Learners from the New Horizon Special School, during their annual Art Exhibition and Sale on November 15, 2025, displayed their beautiful handmade art and crafts, highlighting their intellectual ability in vocational skills.
The exhibition included a range of products from batik fabric, tie and dye, and woven kente items, to basketry, beadworks, and Ghanaian dressed dolls.
The colorful exhibition brought together learners, staff, volunteers, and parents of the New Horizon Special School to celebrate the creative potentials of these individuals with special needs, emphasizing the need to include them in society.
Speaking to Newswatchgh.com, Madam Vida Sandra Quaye, Supervisor of the workshop department of the school, emphasized the importance of inclusivity for individuals with special needs.
She said, “We want all people to know that these children, or these sisters and brothers, can do something when given a chance. Here we train them in so many things, depending on the ability and the interest of the child.”
Madam Vida also noted that the learners have been trained adequately and commended them for creativity and hard work, urging “each parent having a child with special needs not to leave him or her.”
According to Mr. Abdul Mumin Yusif, CEO of the 508 Ville, Resilient Joy Foundation, the New Horizon Special School has played an important role in shaping and improving the lives of individuals with special needs.
He noted that his foundation would partner with the school for more events like the art exhibition to uphold the school’s mission in progressing the lives of individuals with special needs.
He said, “This foundation is specifically this year, focusing on people with special needs and to help them in their environment or their country, to understand that there are people like this… That’s why we are also partnering with them, so that we can propagate the message to the whole world.”
Ms. Siphiwe Abraham, Head of Marketing at the school, expressed her delight in the crafts created by the learners, emphasizing the importance of the Art Exhibition as a way to enhance the learners’ skills.
“We’re always really excited to have an arts and crafts exhibition. It’s one of our highly anticipated events of the year because the vocational school is a big part of New Horizons’ mission overall… getting the students to learn new skills and crafts that can help them later on to support themselves”, she said.
She also encouraged all parents and the general public to stop by the school to purchase art and crafts from the school’s workshop as a way to support the school, adding that “we should be more aware of all of the talents and skills that people with special needs have.”
“So instead of feeling like they cannot contribute to society, they actually can in a lot of ways, in several ways in terms of the products that they’re able to make, the things that they learn, and what they actually teach society as well”, Ms. Siphiwe said.
Alfred Amoako Mensah, a learner at New Horizon Special School, expressed his gratitude to his teachers for training him in Bolga basket making.
The New Horizon Special School, since its establishment in 1972, has equipped individuals with special needs with courses like Sensory Training, Physiotherapy, and Speech Therapy tailored to their special needs.
Additionally, their online shop, www.newhorizonschoolshop.com, offers a range of crafts, including woven sashes, sewn bags, beaded accessories, and tie-dye clothes.
By: Veronica Sena Amenya//Newswatchgh.com
