{"id":388994,"date":"2018-01-05T11:58:23","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T11:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=388994"},"modified":"2018-01-06T14:33:33","modified_gmt":"2018-01-06T14:33:33","slug":"us-based-students-donate-to-kressner-orphanage-at-kodjo-ashong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/01\/us-based-students-donate-to-kressner-orphanage-at-kodjo-ashong\/","title":{"rendered":"US-based students donate to Kressner Orphanage at Kodjo-Ashong"},"content":{"rendered":"
Three students from Los Angeles, California in the United States, have donated assorted items to children and guardians of the Kressner Orphanage at Kodjo-Ashong in the Ga West Municipality of the Greater Accra Region.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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The items donated to the orphanage included confectionery, toys, books, clothes and an unspecified amount of money.<\/p>\n
The students told citifmonline.com<\/strong> that the donation formed part of their project work at school.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n \u2018\u2019 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\u201d Kojo stated.<\/p>\n He added that, they were willing to return to the orphanage to repeat the gesture if the need arises.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The guardian of the Orphanage, who received the items, Sister Kizita, expressed her heartfelt gratitude to the students for the gesture.<\/p>\n