More than 60 people from Becky Home, an orphanage at Gomoa in the Central Region have benefited from a free medical screening conducted by Chrissy Foundation, a non-governmental organisation in Accra.
The free medical screening includes malaria, typhoid, hepatitis, drug & supplement administration among others.
The NGO also donate items including include bags of rice, tissues, soft drinks, clothes, medical disposables among others to support the orphange.
The screening and the donation is worth over GH¢ 20,000.
As part of the donation, the group spent time with the children and advised them on possible career choices while motivating them.
The members of the foundation also had lunch with the children and other fun activities.
Donation
The Vice president of the Chrissy Foundation, Albert Kwabena Frimpong presenting the items to the orphanage, reiterated the group’s commitment to providing for people in need in society, especially orphaned children as they have to rely on donated items for their daily survival.
He explained that the gesture was to contribute to providing a safe environment and sound mind for the beneficiaries by ensuring that their basic needs were met.
The gesture, he said, represented the foundation’s commitment to making positive impacts in the lives of others particularly the needy.
Beyond the donation, he said the foundation had also embarked on skills training programmes for widows in various communities.
Gratitude
In her remarks, the Co-Founder of the Orphanage, Mrs Vivian Asiedu, who received the items, expressed gratitude to Chrissy Foundation for its immense contribution to the welfare of the Orphanage.
The items, she said, would bring hope to the beneficiaries.
She further called on corporate Ghana to come to their aid by supplying them with more of such items to help them channel the limited resources to education and health.