Lebanese to support children of fallen peacekeepers
The Lebanese community in Ghana is to sponsor the children of Ghanaian soldiers who lost their lives while serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).
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The Lebanese Ambassador to Ghana, Mr Ali Halabi, made this known when he paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Defence, Mr Mark Owen Woyongo, in Accra.
The gesture by the Lebanese community is in recognition and appreciation of the tremendous sacrifices Ghanaian troops have made to Lebanon through peace support operations undertaken by the United Nations.
According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Defence after the meeting, Mr Halabi said although the Lebanese community in Ghana had supported the education of some Ghanaians at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), it was time to extend the gesture to the children of soldiers who lost their lives in Lebanon.
Should the military high command not find such suitable children, the scholarship will be extended to cover children of such soldiers from other peacekeeping missions, whom he referred to as ‘children of martyrs.
Mr Woyongo thanked the Lebanese community in Ghana for their benevolence.
He said Ghanaian troops excelled in peacekeeping wherever they were deployed.
The UNIFIL was established by the United Nations Security Council in March 1978 by UN Resolutions 425 and 426.
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To date, 30 Ghanaian peacekeepers have lost their lives.