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| Rev Gabriel Atidor doing the presentation |
Thirty six in mates
of Afrikids Next Generation Home, now Centre for Child Development, Bolgatanga have
received items from the Korea Food for the Hungary International (KFHI), a
Korea based NGO. The items including stationary, school bags and foot wares is
estimated to cost about GH¢ 600,000 and were received by the centre under the
auspices of the Catholic Bishop’s Secretariat through one Pastor Jabez Seunghae
of Jesus Gospel Church. At a symbolic ceremony held at the premises of the
centre, Rev Gabriel Atidor who presented the items on behalf of the Bishop of
the Catholic Diocese of Navrongo-Bolgatanga, Most Rev, Alfred Agyenta, said the
donation was made to strengthen the bond of partnership between the secretariat
and the Korean counterpart. The donation, Rev Atidor revealed was the first of
its kind the centre had received from the Korean and further disclosed plans by
the Korean partners to provide the centre with food support. He moreover
outlined measures by KFHI to assist various deprived communities with boreholes
and other social amenities. Rev Atidor therefore expressed profound gratitude
to the people of Korea and the Korea Food for the kind gesture. He also commended the Korean children, whom he
was told, engineered the manufacturing of the stationaries, meant to assist
deprived children in developing countries. Rev Atidor prayed for wider
collaboration between the two institutions and charged the beneficiaries to use
the items for their intended purposes. He urged the project beneficiaries not
to always be at the receiving end but also used the knowledge, skills and
energy acquired to benefit other vulnerable persons especially the elderly in
the society. Mr Clement Sampana, a product of the centre and a student of the
Bolgatanga Polytechnic thanked the catholic secretariat and its collaborative
partners for the gesture and their immense contribution to ensuring the
wellbeing of vulnerable children. He encouraged the beneficiaries to learn to
become responsible adults in future. In an interview with Radio Ghana, the
Project Manager, Centre for Child Development, Felix Frederick Amengo-Etego
said his outfit since its inception 15 years ago, had reached out to over 300
children, mostly school drop outs and has over the period succeeded in providing
child trafficking support services. The centre, he moreover stressed has also
played a tremendous role in transforming the lives of some deprived children
through the provision of educational and home based support programmes. Mr
Amengo-Etogo therefore expressed his outfits resolved to remain committed to
the wellbeing and security of vulnerable youth and appealed to other benevolent
organization to support their activities.
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