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<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cMy maiden album Mokobe<\/em> was ten years old in December 2013, and to celebrate this, the Lord laid on my heart to launch a campaign to help our brothers and sisters in need of assistance to undergo heart surgeries. There are several of such needy people in our hospitals and it\u2019s disheartening sometimes to hear that some die because they couldn\u2019t afford the cost of surgery. So we embarked on the project in collaboration with the Ghana Heart Foundation and we are still on. We have received enormous support from individuals, churches and organizations towards this project and we are grateful to God lives are being saved,\u201d said Nii Okai.<\/p>\nOn World Hearts Day this year, Nii Okai Ministries selected the third beneficiary to undergo a fully-paid-for operation, following the generous donation from Haven of Rest, United Kingdom. The operation is scheduled to take place at the National Cardiothoracic center in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n
In support of the Saving Hearts Project, students from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology recently participated in a flashmob at the university\u2019s premises and some streets in Kumasi.<\/p>\n
The students, drawn from various Christian groups and associations on the campus, came together and organized a series of programmes to create awareness about the Project and raised funds among themselves to assist the nation\u2019s needy cardio patients.<\/p>\n
KNUST\u2019s Mass drama, acclaimed to be one of the most creative groups in the country, entertained the students with some of their notable performances while medical students from the university took the opportunity to educate their peers on hole in heart and how to prevent heart diseases.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was such a touching moment for me and the team. KNUST is my Alma mater and that is where my music ministry blossomed, so to see the students come out the way they did to support this noble cause was most refreshing,\u201d Said Nii Okai.\u00a0Nii Okai has committed all proceeds from his latest album to the Saving Hearts Project. Both the audio and DVD versions of the album have been compressed on a specially designed flash drive cum wristband with the inscription \u201cI am a heart saver.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cThe flash drive, apart from serving as the storage device for the songs also serves as a band of honour for all our donors. We have a target of supporting ten patients to undergo free heart surgeries. US$ 6,000 per patient is quite huge but I believe, as corporate bodies, churches and individuals come on board, we can be able to raise the monies needed. We have done three so far and we are certain, as God gives us grace, that we can meet our target and assist, at least seven more people,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
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