Ghanaian medical assistants to train in Israel, Monday, May 7, 2012 (Page 49)
A number of Ghanaian medical assistants are to benefit from specialist training in neo-natal care in Israel, Ms Sharon Bar-Li, the Israeli Ambassador to Ghana has said.
The details of the package are still being discussed.
Additionally, Israel is working out details of establishing a neo-natal care unit in Kumasi.
The unit will be the third to be built in Kumasi. Already, two units built by Israel have been completed in the Ashanti Region.
The Israel Ambassador made these known at her country’s 64th Independence Day reception in Accra last Tuesday.
Israel was declared a state on May 14, 1948; a day before the expiry of Britain's United Nations’ mandate over historic Palestine. Israel traditionally celebrates Independence Day according to the Jewish calendar.
According to statistics from Israel Central Bureau of Statistics on the eve of Israel's 64th Independence Day on Tuesday, the country's population stood at 7.881 million; a significant rise in its population at Independence which was 806,000.
Mrs Bar-Li gave the assurance that her country was committed to completing the project and expanding its partnership with Ghana in other areas of interest through funding from Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation (MASHAV).
Ghana was the first black African country to establish formal diplomatic relations with Israel in 1957. The two countries maintained resident ambassadors in each country for close to 15 years (1958-1973) until Ghana broke diplomatic relations with Israel in compliance with an Organisation of African Unity (now African Union) Resolution enjoining all members to do so in the wake of the Yom Kippur war in 1973.
But after years of frosty relations, the two countries on August 9, 1994 signed a joint communique and announced simultaneously in Tel Aviv and Accra the re-establishment of diplomatic relations with effect from that date.
However, steps taken by the two countries to revive their diplomatic relations were sealed in September, 2011 with the posting of Mrs Bar-Li to Ghana as an Ambassador after three decades.
Proposing a toast at the reception, the ambassador observed that, “ friendship and ties as we share between the Republic of Ghana and the State of Israel are precious.
The reopening of a resident embassy is a unique opportunity to intensify them through mutual visits, joint ventures, economic fairs and exhibitions and through the encouragement of our governmental as well as private sectors and people-to-people relations.”
Israel’s economic, social and political footprints are numerous. In April, 1959, Israel, with help from India, supervised the establishment of the Ghana Air Force.
It had also been involved in agricultural projects, water engineering schemes, the building of sewage systems, establishing the Black Star Line Shipping Company, and the training of Ghanaian pilots.
While trade volumes between the two countries are not in the margins of Ghana’s traditional trade partners, Israel’s investments in Ghana has increased over the years.
Currently, Israeli private investments in Ghana are about $500 million, while Israel’s governmental Foreign Credit Insurance Corporation (ASHRA) has 25 per cent of its total international exposure to Ghana.
The chain of investments are in the areas of agriculture, water management, communications, energy infrastructure and security.
On the educational front, the ambassador said Israel had over the last three years been supporting early childhood development training in Ghana and that 100 teachers in the Ashanti Region were beneficiaries.
The programme, which Ambassador Bar-Li described as highly successful has been expanded to Accra, Some selected teachers have benefited from it, while seven colleges of education were also expected to benefit.
She also said the embassy was working with the Ghana Education Service to adopt it at the national level, so that all Ghanaian children would benefit from it.
The Minister of Tourism, Ms Akua Sena Dansoa, in a speech read on behalf of the Foreign Affairs Minister, Alhaji Mohammed Mumuni, acknowledged the role of Israel in Ghana’s development.
She said ties between the two countries had been mutually beneficial, and added that the tourism traffic from and to both countries had increased over the years.
While applauding Israel’s contribution to Ghana’s development over the years, Ms Danso also pledged Ghana’s commitment to strengthening the bond between the two countries.
The details of the package are still being discussed.
Additionally, Israel is working out details of establishing a neo-natal care unit in Kumasi.
The unit will be the third to be built in Kumasi. Already, two units built by Israel have been completed in the Ashanti Region.
The Israel Ambassador made these known at her country’s 64th Independence Day reception in Accra last Tuesday.
Israel was declared a state on May 14, 1948; a day before the expiry of Britain's United Nations’ mandate over historic Palestine. Israel traditionally celebrates Independence Day according to the Jewish calendar.
According to statistics from Israel Central Bureau of Statistics on the eve of Israel's 64th Independence Day on Tuesday, the country's population stood at 7.881 million; a significant rise in its population at Independence which was 806,000.
Mrs Bar-Li gave the assurance that her country was committed to completing the project and expanding its partnership with Ghana in other areas of interest through funding from Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation (MASHAV).
Ghana was the first black African country to establish formal diplomatic relations with Israel in 1957. The two countries maintained resident ambassadors in each country for close to 15 years (1958-1973) until Ghana broke diplomatic relations with Israel in compliance with an Organisation of African Unity (now African Union) Resolution enjoining all members to do so in the wake of the Yom Kippur war in 1973.
But after years of frosty relations, the two countries on August 9, 1994 signed a joint communique and announced simultaneously in Tel Aviv and Accra the re-establishment of diplomatic relations with effect from that date.
However, steps taken by the two countries to revive their diplomatic relations were sealed in September, 2011 with the posting of Mrs Bar-Li to Ghana as an Ambassador after three decades.
Proposing a toast at the reception, the ambassador observed that, “ friendship and ties as we share between the Republic of Ghana and the State of Israel are precious.
The reopening of a resident embassy is a unique opportunity to intensify them through mutual visits, joint ventures, economic fairs and exhibitions and through the encouragement of our governmental as well as private sectors and people-to-people relations.”
Israel’s economic, social and political footprints are numerous. In April, 1959, Israel, with help from India, supervised the establishment of the Ghana Air Force.
It had also been involved in agricultural projects, water engineering schemes, the building of sewage systems, establishing the Black Star Line Shipping Company, and the training of Ghanaian pilots.
While trade volumes between the two countries are not in the margins of Ghana’s traditional trade partners, Israel’s investments in Ghana has increased over the years.
Currently, Israeli private investments in Ghana are about $500 million, while Israel’s governmental Foreign Credit Insurance Corporation (ASHRA) has 25 per cent of its total international exposure to Ghana.
The chain of investments are in the areas of agriculture, water management, communications, energy infrastructure and security.
On the educational front, the ambassador said Israel had over the last three years been supporting early childhood development training in Ghana and that 100 teachers in the Ashanti Region were beneficiaries.
The programme, which Ambassador Bar-Li described as highly successful has been expanded to Accra, Some selected teachers have benefited from it, while seven colleges of education were also expected to benefit.
She also said the embassy was working with the Ghana Education Service to adopt it at the national level, so that all Ghanaian children would benefit from it.
The Minister of Tourism, Ms Akua Sena Dansoa, in a speech read on behalf of the Foreign Affairs Minister, Alhaji Mohammed Mumuni, acknowledged the role of Israel in Ghana’s development.
She said ties between the two countries had been mutually beneficial, and added that the tourism traffic from and to both countries had increased over the years.
While applauding Israel’s contribution to Ghana’s development over the years, Ms Danso also pledged Ghana’s commitment to strengthening the bond between the two countries.
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