The Gomoa West District Chief Executive, Mr Theophilus Aidoo-Mensah, has appealed to parents of children affected by Apam Methodist Primary School disaster to help them to put the incident behind them and continue with their education.
"Encourage them to come out of the trauma. If such problems are not carefully handled they can destroy the psyche of the children," he said.
The 76-year-old three-unit block accommodating Kindergarten Two, Primary 1A and 1B of the Apam Methodist School caved in during heavy rains last month and injured 14 of the children.
Thirteen of them received medical treatment at Apam Catholic Hospital whilst the other one was referred to Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra.
Mr Aidoo-Mensah said this at a presentation of relief items to the children by the District National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) on Friday.
He said he was much concerned because the children were in their formative stage and that anything that affected their psyche could be carried for a very long time, if not for ever.
Mr Aidoo-Mensah said the assembly would soon re-roof the building for the children to be taken out of the library where they were temporarily accommodated.
He said Mrs Ama Benyiwa Doe, the Central Regional Minister, had directed that a new three-unit block be constructed for the school.
Very Rev. Ebo Walters, Superintendent Minister of the Apam Circuit of the Methodist Church, appealed to the Ghana Highway Authority to construct speed ramps on the Apam/Mumford road to check knocking down of school children by speeding vehicles.
He said killing and maiming of school children on the road was becoming constant and steps must be taken to stop it.
Mr. Kow Ewusie-Wilson, District NADMO Coordinator, said relief items could not replace the harm done by disasters and that they were only tokens to show government concern for the victims.
Mr. Peter Antwi Boasiako, District Coordinating Director, presented the items to the children and they included used clothes, soap and mats.