Y’ello Care programme targets healthcare access
MTN Ghana has launched the 2026 edition of its annual 21 Days of Y’ello Care programme, with a focus on improving access to healthcare services in underserved and remote communities across the country.
The initiative, which is led by MTN employees as part of the company’s volunteerism programme, is being held on the theme: “Expanding Equitable Health for Every Community: Strengthening Access to Quality, Preventive and Responsive Healthcare Services for Underserved and Remote Populations.”
This year’s campaign will centre on interventions aimed at addressing challenges within the healthcare system, including the repair of broken hospital beds, public education on lifestyle-related diseases, community health screenings and hygiene promotion activities in schools and communities.
As part of the programme, MTN employees across the country will spend 21 days undertaking volunteer activities in selected communities and healthcare facilities, working alongside healthcare professionals and other partners to support healthcare delivery and promote healthy lifestyles.
Driving Community Impact
Speaking at the launch last Monday, the Head of Corporate Relations and Sustainability at MTN Ghana, Adjoa Wiafe, said the Y’ello Care programme had become an important part of MTN’s culture over the past 19 years and continued to demonstrate the commitment of employees to serving their communities.
She said what began as an annual volunteer exercise had evolved into a tradition that employees looked forward to each year and one that had become embedded in the organisation’s values.
Mrs Wiafe said the programme served as a reminder that employees had a responsibility to give back to the communities that had contributed to MTN’s growth and success over the past three decades.
“Y’ello Care is a time for us as employees to make a personal commitment to the people who have made us who we are, and that is our local communities,” she said.
Focus on Healthcare
She said over the years, Y’ello Care projects had impacted lives through interventions in education, youth empowerment, economic inclusion, digital literacy and healthcare.
However, she explained that healthcare had been selected as the focus area for the 2026 programme because access to quality healthcare remained a challenge for many Ghanaians, particularly those living in underserved communities.
“Good health and well-being are what we all aspire to as individuals and as a country. Sadly, for millions of Ghanaians, especially those in rural and underserved communities, access to quality healthcare is still a daily struggle,” she said.
Mrs Wiafe said one of the key interventions under this year’s programme would focus on addressing the no-bed syndrome, which had recently become a major national concern.
Prevention
For his part, the Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, urged Ghanaians to prioritise disease prevention and adhere to public health measures.
He advised the public to maintain good hand hygiene, use hand sanitisers where necessary and seek immediate medical attention when symptoms of illness appeared.
The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Professor Samuel Kaba Akoriyea, commended MTN Ghana for its continued contribution to healthcare delivery and national development.
