{"id":177300,"date":"2015-12-26T14:15:30","date_gmt":"2015-12-26T14:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=177300"},"modified":"2015-12-26T14:31:53","modified_gmt":"2015-12-26T14:31:53","slug":"citi-fm-fetes-kids-in-two-communities-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=177300","title":{"rendered":"Citi FM fetes kids in two communities\u00a0[Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Staff of Citi FM on Saturday visited Sota and Abonya, two communities, in the Shai Osudoku District of the Greater Accra Region for the station\u2019s annual \u201cHelp a Christmas Child\u201d project.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is the first time Citi FM is extending this gesture to children in the two communities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/help-a-christmas-child-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-177308 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/help-a-christmas-child-4.jpg\" alt=\"help a christmas child (4)\" width=\"711\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/help-a-christmas-child-4.jpg 711w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/help-a-christmas-child-4-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Residents of Sota are predominantly farmers; cultivating different types of crops and rearing animals for a living.<br \/>\nWhy Sota and Abonya were chosen,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/christmas-child-new-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-177329 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/christmas-child-new-6.jpg\" alt=\"christmas child new (6)\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/christmas-child-new-6.jpg 533w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/christmas-child-new-6-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Head of Events at Citi FM, Jessica Opare Saforo explained that the station thought the two towns fit the criteria of what the station wanted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/christmas-child-new-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-177328 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/christmas-child-new-5.jpg\" alt=\"christmas child new (5)\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/christmas-child-new-5.jpg 533w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/christmas-child-new-5-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cOver the years we have put smiles on the faces of children and this year we just thought we should extend this gesture to children in Sota and Abonya,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/help-a-christmas-child-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-177307 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/help-a-christmas-child-3.jpg\" alt=\"help a christmas child (3)\" width=\"711\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/help-a-christmas-child-3.jpg 711w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/help-a-christmas-child-3-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jessica added, \u201cSota and Abonya are not too far from the capital Accra but they lack certain basic needs, such as a clinic and access to potable water, motorable roads among others. As a station that believes in sharing, our focus this year was too look for communities that were in the region but were deprived in a way and celebrate the Christmas with them.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 426px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-177300-1\" width=\"426\" height=\"236\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Its-the-Treasure-Hunt.-The-children-are-hunting-now..mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Its-the-Treasure-Hunt.-The-children-are-hunting-now..mp4\">http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Its-the-Treasure-Hunt.-The-children-are-hunting-now..mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Citi FM expresses gratitude for the donations from partners and loyal listeners that have made this outreach possible.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/christmas-child-new-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-177327 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/christmas-child-new-4.jpg\" alt=\"christmas child new (4)\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/christmas-child-new-4.jpg 533w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/christmas-child-new-4-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/christmas-child-new-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-177324 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/christmas-child-new-1.jpg\" alt=\"christmas child new (1)\" width=\"512\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/christmas-child-new-1.jpg 512w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/christmas-child-new-1-300x234.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/christmas-child-new-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-177325 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/christmas-child-new-2.jpg\" alt=\"christmas child new (2)\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/christmas-child-new-2.jpg 533w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/christmas-child-new-2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff of Citi FM on Saturday visited Sota and Abonya, two communities, in the Shai Osudoku District of the Greater Accra Region for the station\u2019s annual \u201cHelp a Christmas Child\u201d project. This is the first time Citi FM is extending this gesture to children in the two communities. Residents of Sota are predominantly farmers; cultivating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":177306,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[43,38],"class_list":["post-177300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-foresight-medical-center","tag-palaver-newspaper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=177300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177300\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/177306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=177300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=177300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=177300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}