Educational support: CCF funds college education of underprivileged SHS graduate

Crime Check Foundation (CCF) has paid the college fees of a Senior High School graduate, Atika Tamim who risked forfeiting her further studies.

From a family experiencing poverty, her mother, Rakia Tamim could not afford her fees.

Atika’s over 70-year-old father would have been unable to provide a square meal for the family without a sustained stream of income but for the contributions of pupils of Islamic lessons studying under him.

Rakia has been a recipient of CCF’s support for over two years since she gave birth to her last child, Khalid with a failing kidney.

“We live on a hand-to-mouth basis because of financial difficulties. My husband is an Arabic ‘makaranta’ teacher and he is paid from the One Ghana cedi each student contributes for his service. Life has not been easy.” She told crimecheckghana.

The Foundation’s support to her is now extended to benefit her daughter to enable her to get a better future.

Through the contribution of Austria-based Ghanaian group, Vienna Beautifies to the programmes of Crime Check Foundation (CCF), Atika received One Thousand Five Hundred Ghana cedis to enable her to secure her admission at the Accra College of Education.

This was done under CCF’s Educational Support Fund through which many underprivileged individuals are receiving further studies at various levels of the educational ladder.