They are Kojo Boakye-Nimako, a Ghanaian, and Dylan Anderson, who are students of the Chaminade College Preparatory High School and Riley Shapiro of Calabasas High School, all located in Los Angeles, California.

The items donated to the orphanage included confectionery, toys, books, clothes and an unspecified amount of money.

The students told citifmonline.com that the donation formed part of their project work at school.

Kojo Boakye-Nimako, who spoke on behalf of his other colleagues, said that although the gesture was part of their project work, they also found it necessary to show kindness to the children.

‘’ Someone will ask why we did not do this donation in Los Angeles where we all stay, but I must say that it is quite humbling for us to travel from our homes and come to Kressner to put a smile on the faces of these young ones” Kojo stated.

He added that, they were willing to return to the orphanage to repeat the gesture if the need arises.

The three US-based Ghanaian students were accompanied by the Vice Chairman of the LPG Marketing Companies Association of Ghana, Gabriel Kumi, and the Director, African Initiatives for Safe Water Network, Charles Nimako.

The guardian of the Orphanage, who received the items, Sister Kizita, expressed her heartfelt gratitude to the students for the gesture.

About the Orphanage

The Kressner Orphanage, located at Kodjo-Ashong in the Ga West Municipality of the Greater Accra Region was funded by the Rotary Club of Otterndorf-Land in Germany, and in collaboration with the Rotary Club of Accra with about $700,000.

It was inaugurated in March 2015 to support orphans within Kodjo -Ashong and its environs in the Amasaman District of Ghana.

Currently, the Orphanage has thirty nine children aged between two and twenty three years

The facility consists of a convent for the reverend sisters, quarters with caregivers’ rooms, a four-unit classroom block, social centre, a pantry, and recreational rooms among others.

The orphanage caters for orphans, children of HIV/AIDS patients, the less privileged and vulnerable in society.
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The gesture formed part of the NGO’s activities to celebrate Christmas with deprived communities.

KITH Mental Home, which is located at Apollo in Takoradi, is home to dozens of men and women with mental illness.

Wenette Foundation, which is led by two sisters, Wendy and Antoinette Coomson, presented bags of rice, cooking oil, biscuits, sachets of water, bags of clothes among other items to help in the running of the home.

They said they were touched by the plight of the Home hence the donation especially during the Christmas festivities to entertain as well as meet their needs.

“We all have a responsibility to care for other people, to help those less fortunate than ourselves. When you have some spare cash, time or goods, it is an opening to help out in this festive season.”

The founder and caretaker of the Home, Habiba Fuseini, said her friends and family had abandoned her following her decision to take care of the patients.

She however said, “I am not bothered because it is not my children and family who will take me to heaven; it is my deeds which will”.

While expressing appreciation for the gesture, she noted that the Home needed mattresses and wooden beds as well as assistance to set up a vocational training facility for the inmates.

She also appealed to other NGOs and philanthropists to come to the aid of the facility, adding that they require assistance from medical staff and pharmacies in accessing drugs for the inmates.

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According to them, this will help address the problem of open defecation in the area.

They made the appeal when an NGO, Jodeb Foundation, donated assorted educational items, school bags, shoes, drinks, clothing, foodstuff amongst others to them, to enable them celebrate Christmas.

The items worth Ghc6,000, were presented to the caretaker of Bewase, Obisi Kumi and the Assembly Member for the area.

Mr. Enoch Quaye, the Executive Director of Jodeb Foundation, who presented the items, urged the community elders to make good use of them to ensure that every child gets an exercise book, pen, and pencils when school reopens. This according to him, will make pupils stay in school and concentrate on their education.

He called on the District Education Secretariat to equip teachers with teaching materials and other incentives to motivate them to stay in the community and impart knowledge to the students.

He also pledged the support of the Foundation towards the construction of the proposed KVIP for the community.

Theophilus Asiedu, the Assembly Member for Bewase, gave the assurance that the items would be put to good use and disbursed evenly.

Jodeb Foundation is a Ghanaian NGO established in 2013, and has been assisting in the improvement of basic education in deprived communities.

The Foundation also seeks to create a Ghana where the welfare of deprived children is protected.

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According to the Managing Director of Maxam, Patrick Lombardia, the company aims at giving unprivileged children protection and putting smiles on their faces especially ahead of the Christmas festivities.

Speaking to citifmonline.com, Mr. Lombardia said the children deserve better education which is the company’s focus.

“For Maxam Ghana limited, it is very important that we give children a bright future and protect them. We are really focused on helping children to have good education and all around the world we have programmes to this effect. The child protection center is doing an outstanding job and we deem it right to join them during this Christmas season to celebrate”

Receiving the items on behalf of the center, Director of the Center, Father Peter Savior, commended Maxam Ghana Limited for their kind gesture.

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The 110-bed capacity hospital, is the second oldest in the region, and serves residents in Keta and its environs. HFC Investments made this donation, after the only incubator in the neo-natal care unit broke down beyond repairs.

The short handing over event had in attendance, the wife of Keta’s chief, Mama Tokornii, the Presiding member for the Keta Municipal Assembly, Richard Kwame Sefe, staff of the hospital including the facility’s medical Superintendent, Dr. Kwasi Asare Bediako among others.

Dr. Bediako thanked the bank for the act of kindness, and noted that the incubator could not have come at a better time.

“We are so grateful for this. We never saw this day coming, after the only one we had just broken down. Unarguably, this will reduce the deaths of premature babies at this facility. Parents (especially the poor ones, don’t have to travel to the other cities again. This is simply a blessing’’.

On his part, Peter Larbi-Yeboa, said this initiative was also staff driven, adding that the whole idea of giving back to society formed an integral part of the bank’s corporate culture and strategy.

‘’What is striking and worth noting about why we are here today is the degree of staff involvement in this instance. This initiative is an entirely staff led process from conception to delivery. And so it is not about wanting something back or showing to the world that we are good citizens – it is only because it is the right thing to do’’.

An elated Mr. Larbi-Yeboa said the entire staff of HFC Investments were pleased that their efforts had come to fruition.

‘’We are here today to share in the joy of the hospital and community. We only pray and hope that the incubator will go a long way to assist preterm or premature babies born at this hospital to grow up strong, and come back to contribute to Keta and Ghana”, he stated.

HFC Investments donate borehole to Manchie Basic school

HFC Investments earlier inaugurated a mechanized borehole for pupils of Manchie M/A Basic School, located in the Ga West Municipality of the Greater Accra Region.

The borehole, estimated at a cost of GHS19,000, was completed within two months to serve the school and the entire community.

The inauguration of the borehole project was witnessed by students and teachers of the Manchie Basic School, staff of HFC Investments, representatives from the Municipal Education Directorate, and the Chiefs and people of Manchie.

This is the second time HFC Investments is inaugurating a project in the small farming community.

It is a follow up to the earlier project inaugurated for the school in 2016, which is a 3-unit classroom block.

The mechanized borehole, located on the school’s premises, means that pupils who hitherto walked several kilometers in search of water or joined long winding queues to fetch water at the limited boreholes (non-mechanized), will no longer go through this.

One of the pupils said, “We can now heave a sigh of relief. No more walking long distances, carrying buckets on our heads to fetch water. Now we can study better because we don’t have to use school hours to go in search of water”.

Speaking at the inauguration, the General Manager of HFC Investments, Peter Larbi-Yeboa, was confident that the mechanized borehole would go a long way to alleviate the plight of the pupils.

He added that the initiative was a staff volunteering project.

“This beautiful project you see here was financed through staff donations including other innovative initiatives undertaken by them to raise funds, and this kindness is highly commendable. But this gesture will not be a nine-day wonder. We will continue to positively influence lives in this community, no matter how small, Mr. Larbi noted”.

The Assembly member for the area, Benjamin Richard Akoto, the representative for the Chief of Manchie, Samuel Nii Omarboe , the Deputy Director of Finance and Administration at the Municipal Directorate, Miss Beverly Dansoah Bartels and the Headmaster of the school, Kingsley Adobah, lauded the initiative by the bank, and charged the students and pupils to ensure the  proper maintenance of the borehole.

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It was all joy and relief for staff and patients of the hospital upon receipt of medical equipment; ranging from two sets of baby incubators, a suction machine, a phototherapy machine, an operating theatre bed, five sets of oxygen flow meters, an autoclave machine, baby cots and sets of bedsheets.

The intervention, the hospital administration said would go a long way to improve quality of health delivery in the district and other adjoining districts that benefits from the facility.

In an interview with the MP for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, he said his pledge to bring some relief to the hospital is crucial to the well-being of his constituents especially expectant and nursing mothers, and their children.

He said the equipment procured so far is worth over one hundred thousand Ghana cedis(GHC 100,000) with an ambulance yet to be delivered.

Donating the equipment to the beneficiaries, the MP asked that they maintain them properly to serve the hospital for a long time. 

Some patients at the Hospital thanked the Member of Parliament for the gesture.

North Tongu: Ablakwa supports Free SHS with donation to schools

Mr. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa early on presented some items in support of the implementation of the government’s free Senior High School education policy.

Two secondary schools in the North Tongu district; Mepe St Kizito and Battor Senior High Schools, on Wednesday took delivery of a total of 200 set of mono desks, seven white marker boards, 10 boxes of markers and 10 teacher desks with their accompanying chairs.

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The donation is in response to calls on corporate Ghana, by Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, to support the victims of the gas explosion which claimed at least seven lives and severely injuring over 130 others.

[contextly_sidebar id=”AH8McfyCliPCRHcnj85oQVy6TEFQAP0e”]The country manager of Conserveria Distribution Ghana Ltd., Mr. Vishal Dogra, made the donation on Tuesday, October 17, 2017, to the 37 Military Hospital authorities in Accra.

Receiving the donation on behalf of the hospital and patients, Colonel MA Yeboah-Agyapong, the Commanding Officer of the 37 Military Hospital was full of praise for the generous donation from Conserveria Distribution Ghana Ltd.

“I want to thank GINO products for the timely donation of food which is very much needed at this point. I am touched because you realize that the patients need to eat food and not only take drugs.”

He encouraged Ghanaians to donate more for the victims.

“We also want to thank our benefactor Mr. Herbert Mensah who has been going round and soliciting help for us. I wish other Ghanaians will emulate his passion for helping people who are in need”, Col. MA Yeboah-Agyapong added.

Conserveria Distribution Ghana Ltd is the sole distributor of GINO line of food products in Ghana, including GINO tomato paste, GINO rice, GINO mackerel, GINO spaghetti and many more.

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These include boxes of canolas, disinfectants, monitors, catheter, boxes of NG tubes, suction device, syringe pump, pulse oximeter and minor surgical and OPD equipment.

The donation was done through her benevolent organization called Samira Empowerment and Humanitarian Project.

Hajia Samira Bawumia in a brief speech said the TTH is dear to her heart, hence the donation.

The Second Lady reiterated the commitment of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo’s administration to improve the country’s health sector.

The TTH acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO), David Z. Kolbilla, extolled the Second Lady for placing premium on the major health referral facility, serving Northern Ghana and beyond.

Dr. Kolbilla appealed to government to fix the hospital’s myriad of challenges including staff accommodation and hostels for patients’ relatives.

He bemoaned the hospital’s broken down oxygen plant leading to the erratic supply of medical oxygen to patients. He also raised concern about infrequent water supply and shortages of basic consumables.

Dr. Z. Kobila exposed some selfish staff who illegally extort monies from patients and called for a stop to such inhumane practice.

The Northern Regional Minister, Salifu Sa-eed, on behalf of the chiefs and people thanked the Second Lady for her kind gesture.

He admonished her to do more since she has the hospital at heart.  Salifu Sa-eed urged management and staff to improve their cordial relations.

Donations to basic schools in Tamale

Hajia Samira Bawumia earlier donated library books to three selected schools within the Tamale Metropolitan Area.

She symbolically handed the donation over to the school heads at the Zogbeli Block ‘A’ cluster of schools.

The second Lady impressed upon the pupils to read wide and work hard to attain higher academic laurels.

She cautioned the school heads against diverting the books for their personal gains, and promised to sustain the donation to promote literacy and as well overturn the falling standard of education in the area.

One of the school heads of the beneficiary schools, Madam Henrietta Yaro, on behalf of her colleagues, commended the Second Lady for the support.

They promised to put the books to good use as they are needed to improve pupils’ reading skills.

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This is not the first time Joyce Midley is providing such a gesture to the Volta Home Orphanage.

In 2015 and 2016, Joyce Midley put together her Easter and Christmas packages, and donated them to this orphanage and two others in the country. The aim was to put a smile on the faces of these unfortunate children in society.

This year, Joyce Midley is embarking on a special project with selected orphanages in the country. This involves physically visiting, feting and donating food items to some children’s homes across the country.

The foundation is again kick-starting the project with the Volta Home Orphanage. This follows a request from the orphanage that some of the children aspire to pursue a career in broadcasting and therefore would request her mentorship, guidance, advice and motivation.

About 60 children of the Volta Home Orphanage were feted, and also benefited from cash donations as well as groceries such as rice, tin fish, milk, juice, diapers, educational materials, some dresses Joyce Midley wore for her news presentations, 10 yards of cloth, and biscuits among others.

The donation was supported by Melcom Ghana Limited, Mothers of Africa, Patrick Quainoo Ministries and Friends of Joyce Midley.

Joyce Midley is a communication specialist and a Broadcast Journalist with over a decade experience in television presenting; having worked with Ghana Television (GTV) and TV3 Network Limited much of her professional life.

Her love for charity and lending support to the vulnerable, the marginalized and the underprivileged in society spurred her on to establish her charity foundation in 2015 in collaboration with Patrick Quainoo Ministries under the tag line “Joy in Giving” project.

Orphanages that have benefitted under this project are the Osu Children’s Home in Accra, the Volta Home Orphanage in Vedeme in the Volta Region and the Alpha & Omega Orphanage at Suhum in the Eastern Region.
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Citi FM is raising the amount for the foundation to support the tertiary education of 50 beneficiaries.

The average amount spent on each beneficiary is roughly GH¢5,000, and this is to cover tuition, accommodation, stationery and stipend.

Representing the Chevening scholars, Emmanuel Akaadom, underscored the importance of supporting persons “who are very brilliant but in need of financial support to continue their education.”

Chevening is the UK government’s global scholarship programme that provides beneficiaries with an all-expense paid scholarship to enable participants to achieve their professional goals, and Mr. Akaadom noted that his colleagues could also, in turn, help others in need to inch closer to their life goals.

“As Chevening scholars, we also feel privileged and favoured after being given a scholarship by the UK government to go study outside… we also saw the need to support out brethren here so they can also go high to achieve what they want to achieve in life,” he said after presenting the donation.

How to contribute to COPE

Donations can be sent to the MTN mobile money number 0550 900 006. Cheques can also be written in the name:

CITI FM FOUNDATION

Alternatively, Donations can be made at the front desk of Citi FM, located behind the Adabraka Police Station.

COPE is a Corporate Social Responsibility initiative programme under the Citi Foundation for Ghanaians in need of support for education purposes.

COPE is an initiative that seeks to provide full scholarships to brilliant but deprived students to further their education.

Between 2014 and 2016, the project expended an average of about GHc 5,000 per academic year on one beneficiary.

Through donor support, COPE has managed to cater for 22 students.

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