Lordina Foundation gives to Gambaga ‘witches’ camp

The Lordina Foundation has presented food and essential items to beneficiaries of the Go Home Project at the Gambaga ‘witches’ camp.

The items included bags of rice, cartons of vegetable oil, canned tomatoes, malt drinks, fruit juices, assorted breakfast beverages, purified bottled water, Gari mix, spaghetti, tissue paper and detergents. Each beneficiary of the Go Home Project also received a piece of cloth and a bar of chocolate.

The Go Home Project is an initiative of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana aimed at correcting the stigmatisation of elderly women in the Gambaga Witch Camp.

In addition to regular donations by the foundation, its Founder and President, Lordina Mahama, has in the past facilitated the presentation of a vehicle and started work on an accommodation and skills training facility for the camp.

The Board Secretary to the foundation, Priscilla Santuo-Ocrah, led a team to present the items to the beneficiaries last Friday, during which she extended warm greetings from Mrs Mahama.

“Mama Lordina loves you all and is always ready to support you to ensure your comfort,” she added.

Ms Santuo-Ocrah emphasised that the foundation’s motto, “The more we share, the more we have”, was its guiding principle.

She said the Foundation believed in sharing its resources to bring smiles to as many faces as possible.

“I know these items will not solve all your problems, but I believe they will make a significant difference,” the board secretary to the foundation stated. 

Accommodation project abandoned

The women in the Gambaga Witch Camp took turns to laud Mrs Mahama and the Lordina Foundation for being a reliable support system for the camp over the years.

The Coordinator of the Go Home Project, Rev. Gladys Lariba, expressed excitement and thanked Mrs Mahama for the donation and support.

She acknowledged that Mrs Mahama and the foundation had played a critical role in running the camp over the years, with regular donations occurring two or three times a year.

Rev. Lariba mentioned that an accommodation facility started before the last National Democratic Congress (NDC) left office had been abandoned.

She expressed the hope that work would resume soon to provide the women with decent and dignified housing while they waited to reintegrate with their families.

Rev. Lariba also thanked the foundation for providing a vehicle that assisted them with their sensitisation programmes and transporting beneficiaries to access health care and other needs.

Implement Anti-Witchcraft Law

The Go Home Project Coordinator also called for the implementation of the Anti-Witchcraft Law, which was passed a few years ago, to educate Ghanaians and prevent further instances of elderly women being expelled from their homes due to witchcraft accusations.