GHACEM Cement Foundation (GCF) has donated 10,000 bags to selected schools and hospitals in the northern sector of the country.
The northern sector comprises the North East, Northern, Savannah, Upper East, Upper West, Bono East, Bono, Ahafo and Ashanti regions.
For the year 2024/2025 the foundation has already given out 21,240 bags of cement to selected health and educational institutions in the southern sector last month, with the northern sector receiving 10,000 bags.
This brings to over 725,060 total bags of cement the company has given as a support package to critical infrastructural projects in the country’s education and health sectors since its establishment in 2002.
At the northern sector donation ceremony held at the Northern Regional capital, Tamale, last week, the Managing Director (MD) of GHACEM, Dr Frank Huber, reiterated the company’s commitment to sustain the foundation in a bid to add its quota to Ghana’s development.
“Being a nation builder means more than just producing cement. It means producing responsibly, giving back meaningfully to society and treating workers fairly, among others.
“Today’s employees and customers ask deeper questions about purpose, ethics and sustainability,” Dr Huber said.
He said GHACEM was proud to lead with values that showed that it cared not just about cement quality but about people and the planet.
The Chairman of the foundation, Ehunabobrim Prah Agyensaim VI, who is the Paramount Chief of Assin Kushea, reflected on the motivation behind the foundation’s creation more than two decades ago.
“At the time companies came, paid their taxes, made their profits and left; there was no conscience behind corporate social responsibility, but GHACEM broke that jinx,” he said.
He said GHACEM decided in 2002 to go beyond paying taxes and royalties to give back to the very communities that supported its business.
Nana Prah revealed that the cost of the donations over the years had reached GH₵58 million, emphasising that the gesture was not a publicity stunt, but a serious moral responsibility by a company that deserved to be supported with continuous patronage for the initiative to be sustained.
Twin development pillars
A Council Member of the foundation, Prof. Audrey Gadzekpo, said education and health were the foundation of opportunity, adding: “A country with an educated, healthy population is a country with a future.”
She urged communities, especially those in the northern sector, to take full advantage of the programme by submitting applications and spreading awareness of the foundation’s work.
“This isn’t just charity, it’s a long-term investment in Ghana’s future. So use GHACEM cement, tell our story, and let’s build a better nation together,” Prof. Gadzekpo said.
2025/2026 donation ceremony
The Head of the GHACEM Cement Foundation Secretariat, Frank Antwi Agyapong, who doubles as the Lead, Marketing & PR at Ghacem, stated: “Looking ahead to 2025/2026, we encourage more institutions to apply. Ghacem is a company that plans for the future and invests in the communities we serve.”
Established in 2002 as part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) to assist deprived communities in improving their health and educational infrastructure, the foundation annually gives cement to deprived communities of the country as a support package for educational and health institutions, which are currently undertaking infrastructural projects.
