August 28, 2025
Construction Of Borehole For Weija Leprosarium
On Thursday 17 July 2025, British Canadian International Education, an Educational Consultancy Organisation (BCIE) in Accra, Ghana that assists students to further their Education overseas has constructed a borehole fitted with water treatment equipment to serve the inmates of the Weija Leprosarium in the community of the Macarthy Hill. The organization has been operating in Ghana for the past 25 years.
At the ceremony to hand over the facility to the Weija Leprosarium. The Regional Manager, Ghana of BCIE Ltd indicated that the perennial water shortage at the Leprosarium became a concern to the Leprosarium, and then they decided to come to their aid.
The Panju Foundation, an NGO arm of the British Canadian International Education, voted a little over Forty Thousand Ghana Cedis(GHC40,000.00) towards the construction of the borehole. This is not the first time the organization is assisting an organization in the country.
Handing over the project to the Weija Leprosarium, the Regional Manager, Ghana Mr. Kingsley Asiedu Koranteng indicated that the company would continue to support the Leprosarium so that the inmates can live a better and comfortable lives without water challenges.
Receiving the project on behalf of the Leprosarium, Father Cambell, who oversees the Weija Leprosarium, was full of praises for BCIE, Ghana for not keeping all the profit to themselves but also considered the plight of their fellow brothers and sisters to come to their aid. He expressed his heartfelt appreciation to the company.
He further encouraged other companies to come and help the Leprosarium since the government alone cannot share all the responsibilities to the Leprosarium. The inmates were very grate to BCIE LTD, Ghana for thinking about the and then coming to make life better for them. They recall the last two years ago, how BCIE came to them and donated various items to them.
Finally, BCIE Ghana promised to continue to support the Ghanaian community as long as they keep working here and getting the support of the citizens in the country. Present at the handing over ceremony were the authorities of BCIE Ltd, the authorities of the Weija Leprosarium and the inmates of the Weija Leprosarium.
