The actor, who is currently in Sierra Leone, disclosed in an interview with
Myjoyonline.com
that plans are far advanced for the construction of a new classroom
block for the Aberdeen Community Primary school in Aberdeen in Freetown,
Sierra Leone.
According to him, the US$30,000 self financed
project will start 'as soon as possible' and he hopes to complete it 'in
the next 18 months.'
The initiative, John said, is part of his
John Dumelo Foundation's quest to give back to society. The
construction, he said, would be preceded by a cash and school items -
exercise books, pencils and erasers - donation to the school on
Wednesday.
The fine actor said his charity work 'involves going to
communities, donating medical equipments to schools in deprived
villages. We go to the community and we identify some of the problems
that the community has...we identify them and we provide them.'
The
foundation, which was launched some six years ago, has embarked on
several charity projects including the ongoing construction of a
four-unit classroom block for the Bayire Basic Primary School in Bayire
in the Upper West region.
That project started two years ago and according to him, it is near completion.
In
2012, the award winning actor presented an undisclosed amount of money
to the Students Financial Aid Office of the University of Ghana, Legon.
The amount was aimed at giving scholarship to two students who are
brilliant but lack the financial backing to complete their course at the
university.
John Dumelo disclosed after the donation in 2012
that, 'We are paying for two university students; one Medical student
and one Theatre Arts student. We are sponsoring both of them to undergo
the whole university education.'
In a related development, the actor disclosed to
Myjoyonline.com
that apart from the donation and construction of the school, five
Sierra Leoneans will receive full scholarships to study in his film
school - John Dumelo Film Academy.
'We are offering five spots for
people to come and learn film making in my film school in Ghana. So we
are giving five free scholarships because already we give scholarships
in Ghana so we are giving scholarships to Sierra Leoneans,' he
explained.
John Dumelo is using the visit to shoot episodes of his tourism reality show dubbed,
The Jmelo Show.
The
actor has so far visited Mountain Bintumani, Tacugama Chip Santuary and
some beaches in Sierra Leone. He hopes to also feature tourism sites of
Liberia, Senegal and other parts of Africa.
According to him, the
reality show will see him, for example, 'moving around Ghana from
village to village talking about tourism, doing my foundation work and
moving from tourist site to tourist site and also learning the cultures
of different people.'
'It's just not me; we have other actors and
actresses joining me at a point in time so it just gives us a different
side of actors and actresses that people might not know and currently I
am in Sierra Leone to shoot the Sierra Leone version but I will come
back to Ghana and continue with the Ghanaian version.
'We will
also have people from London, Canada and Nigeria joining us in the
reality show just to broaden the horizon. So we are just moving around
Ghana, touring Ghana and showing the other side of Ghana people might
not know,' he added.
John Dumelo is also currently starring in a movie,
The Queen being shot in Sierra Leone, alongside Big Brother Africa StarGame star, Zainab and Ghanaian actor James Gardner.
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