Foundation supports 300 PWDs with food items

The Ntiamoah Foundation, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has donated food items valued at GH¢120,000 to 300 persons with disability and vulnerable aged persons in the Birim North District in the Eastern Region.

The items were bags of rice, edible oil and crates of eggs.

The Programmes Manager of Ntiamoah Foundation, William Sarpong, who made the presentation, said the gesture was aimed at helping the beneficiaries to enjoy the upcoming Yuletide, promising to make the gesture a regular feature.

Mr Sarpong stated that last year, the foundation donated bags of rice, edible oil and sardines to 200 persons with disability and vulnerable aged persons in the district.

He advised the beneficiaries to consume the items but not to sell them.

Projects

Touching on the numerous projects the foundation had provided to raise the quality of life of the people in the district, Mr Sarpong mentioned the construction of classroom blocks for several basic schools, information communication technology centres, clinics and the setting up of a mobile library at New Abirem.

The Queen mother of Akyem Hweakwae, Nana Asantewaa Nkyemah III, who chaired the function, was full of praise for the Ntiamoah Foundation for its commitment to education development and health promotion in the district and urged other NGOs to take a cue from the foundation to contribute their quota towards the progress of the area.

She paid a glowing tribute to the founder of the Ntiamoah Foundation, the late Robert Asante, who was also instrumental in helping Newmont Akyem to invest in the area which had accelerated the development of the district.

The District Social Welfare and Community Development Director, Anastasia Akosua Boadiwaa, said her outfit selected the persons with disability to receive the donation.

A beneficiary of the donation and a professional tailor, Bismarck Yirenkyi, on behalf of his colleagues, thanked the Ntiamoah Foundation for the gesture.

He advised them not to see their disability as an inability, but to engage in any trade of their choice to make a decent living instead of begging on the streets.