Rt Rev. Prosper Samuel Dzomeku (middle), Moderator of GEC, Rev. Dr Yohanes Kwasi Ahiabu (left), Synod Clerk, Gifty Tayvia Agordome (right) with the Prison officers after the meeting

Global Evangelical Church donates to Prisons PISPES Fund

Daily Graphic May - 20 - 2026 , 09:57 2 minutes read

The Global Evangelical Church (GEC) has supported the Ghana Prisons Service’s Prisons Improvement and Sustainability Pesewa Fund (PISPES).

At a brief meeting between the two sides, GEC presented a cheque to the fund, which was received by Deputy Superintendent of Prisons (DSP) Dora Ohenewah Lartey.

Making the presentation, the Moderator of GEC, Rt Rev. Prosper Samuel Dzomeku, expressed the church’s excitement in contributing its quota to strengthen the Prison Service’s inmates reformation agenda.

He stated that although the donation may be considered a “widow’s mite,” it would go a long way to help the service achieve its vision of transforming lives.

DSP Lartey, after receiving the donation, explained that the PISPES Fund was an initiative of the GPS, led by the Director-General, Patience Baffoe-Bonnie, aimed at expanding strategic projects that support government efforts to improve the livelihood of prison inmates.

She commended the Global Evangelical Church for the thoughtful gesture and appealed to other churches and organisations to partner the service in its reintegration programmes.

Prevent stigma

DSP Lartey further highlighted that after significant efforts were made to reform inmates and prepare them for reintegration, society also had a responsibility to accept them back and avoid stigmatisation.

She stated that giving discharged inmates a second chance and supporting their smooth reintegration would help prevent reoffending and enable them to become productive members of society once again.

The Synod Clerk of the Global Evangelical Church, Rev. Dr Yohanes Kwasi Ahiabu, praised the Ghana Prisons Service for stepping beyond inmate housing to proper reformation and reintegration.

He encouraged other denominations and organisations to emulate the example of the GEC by contributing to the PISPES Fund, thereby strengthening Ghana’s collective effort to transform lives and reduce the return of inmates to prison for lack of societal acceptance.

The PISPES is an initiative by the Ghana Prisons Service aimed at improving the welfare of officers and inmates, promoting agricultural mechanisation, and driving industrialisation within prisons.

It aims to bridge the funding gap, reduce reliance on government subvention, and sustain transformative programmes of the service.