Abokobi Area Rural Bank, one of the earliest established rural banks, on Saturday cleaned the Frafraha Christ Foster Home and donated assorted items worth about GH¢500 to the inmates as part of this year's Rural Banking Week celebration.
Staffs of the bank clad in the bank's Tee-Shirts also presented GH¢100 cash and sanitation tools such as hoes, cutlasses, brooms, and a wheel barrow after using them to carry out the clean-up exercise.
The items include bags of rice, maize, beans, gallons of edible oil, and boxes of soap.
Presenting the items, Mr Jonathan Adama, Internal Auditor of the bank said the foster home was chosen not only because it is located in the catchment area of the bank, but more so to demonstrate the bank's social responsibility to society.
He said society especially corporate institutions owed it a responsibility to lend support to orphans most especially because inmates orphanage homes needed love and care in order to grow up and become responsible adults.
Mr Nelson Corsy-Dewu, the Accountant of the bank said: "As a bank we believe besides, our core functions, demonstrating our love to the vulnerable and needy in the society in which we operate should complement out overall success story."
Mr Victoria Abraham, Head of the Home expressed gratitude to the bank and said the home counted it a privilege to receive such kind gesture from the bank.
"We have so many homes around, but Christ Foster Home in recent times seemed to be catching the eye of institutions and individuals and we are grateful to God for that," she said.
The home at present has about 50 inmates under the care of dedicated caretakers.
GNA
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1 Nov. 08

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Social Deductions Kilo
Keep proper accounts on kilo deductions, farmers told

Akim Swedru (E/R), Nov. 01, GNA - The Birim Central Municipal Best Farmer, Mr. Emmanuel Duah, has urged seven-member committees of the various societies entrusted with kilo deductions on cocoa in the municipality, to endeavour to keep proper accounts of such moneys.
He said due to improper records on the kilo deductions, many societies of the Licensed Buying Companies had stopped the practice, which he described
as helpful to poor farmers.
Mr. Duah was reacting to claims at Akim Swedru near Oda on Wednesday, that the deduction was a waste of funds and also an attempt to extort moneys from the cocoa farmers.
He explained that such moneys were used to purchase farming inputs to be sold to farmers on credit basis.
The Best Farmer noted that apart from the society committees who sometimes misappropriated funds accrued from the deductions, some cocoa Purchasing Clerks (P/Cs) also eventually squander the funds.
"This is no secret, there had been several occasions that similar situations had degenerated into scuffles between P/Cs and committee members", he added.
Mr. Duah was emphatic that while the clerks kept the funds, they tried to frustrate farmers through unnecessary deductions like 'short weight' during balking.
He appealed to farmers at the societies that continued to practice the kilo deductions, especially those who had defaulted in paying for insecticides supplied to them last years, to pay up immediately.
Mr. Duah also urged committee members not to hesitate to prosecute anyone found to have embezzled such moneys, and called on the farmers to maintain their cocoa farms regularly to maximise output.