‘Beyond the numbers’: Bank of Africa’s Leila Pentsil supports accident victims

The Head of Marketing and Corporate Communications at Bank of Africa and a member of the Accident Victims Support Foundation (AVSF), Leila Pentsil, has urged Ghanaians to extend care to road crash victims beyond the shock of statistics.

On Sunday, September 7, 2025, she hosted five accident victims and their families to lunch at the AH Hotel in Accra, an event she said was inspired by her desire to support survivors whose lives have been permanently altered by crashes.

“This has always been something I wanted to do because after reporting the statistics on road crashes, we tend to do little about the people who are injured and those whose lives will change forever and not for the better,” she explained.

Among the victims hosted was a trader who lost her husband in a road accident, the family of a 55-year-old woman left bedridden after a truck ran into her fried yam stand, and a 12-year-old boy who survived a crash that claimed his mother’s life.

In addition to the lunch, Ms Pentsil donated food items and an undisclosed sum of money to support the families. She said the initiative would not be a one-off, adding that she intended to hold such charitable gatherings regularly to inspire others to act.

“Accidents affect people’s lives and not for the better,” she told GraphicOnline. “I urge more people to support the AVS Foundation, because a lot of people are living the reality of the aftermath of these accident statistics, which affect many victims.”