• Madam Laadi Ayine (right), mother of the home, receiving the cheque from the Project Co-ordinator of ComeAid Foundation, Mr Aminu Akparibo (2nd left).

Foundation sponsors needy children

Dec - 30 - 2014 , 04:05

ComeAid Foundation Ghana, a local non-governmental organisation (NGO), has instituted a sponsorship package for brilliant, needy children of the Operation Mango Tree Children's Home in Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region.

For a start, the organisation has presented a cheque for GHc3,000 to enable five children to benefit from the package when school re-opens in January 2015.

Another five inmates of the home would benefit from the package next academic year. The organisation, with support from the ComeAid Microfinance Company, is sponsoring the children from the primary to the junior high school level.

The package forms part of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme of the organisation. Additionally, the NGO has donated 10 25-kilogramme bags of rice, two cartons of cooking oil, one carton each of bathing soap, washing soap and mackerel and two cartons of tinned tomatoes to the home.

The items, valued at GHc2,341.00 were presented to enable the orphanage to celebrate the Yuletide.

ComeAid Foundation

The Project Co-ordinator of ComeAid Foundation, Mr Aminu Akparibo, noted that his outfit —based in Bolgatanga — was established on May 30, 2013 with the aim of helping the vulnerable in the three northern regions.

"We implement programmes in areas such as health, education, development research, women and children's rights, poverty alleviation and water and sanitation," he said.

The Head of Finance and Administration of ComeAid Microfinance, Mr Gabriel Abem, noted that regardless of the challenges of the years gone by, his outfit "is committed to staying true to the promise of supporting worthy initiatives such as this donation."

He expressed the hope that the initiative would help transform the lives of the orphaned and disadvantaged children by addressing their needs.

The Home

The mother of the home, Madam Laadi Ayine, said the home was established by Afrikids-Ghana in 2004.

She noted that most of the children were in the streets begging hence it was a big relief for them to be given such an opportunity to live normal lives.

The Administrator of the home, Mr Ismann Ayariga, said there were 45 children between the ages of one and 18 years at the home, adding that 22 of them were females and 23 were males.

He observed that the inmates faced challenges such as inadequate food, poor health care and lack of education.

According to Mr Ayariga, some of the children who got the opportunity to attend school eventually made it to the tertiary level.