Asongtaba Cottage Industry to adopt God’s Love Orphanage

Mr Akampoi (Left) receiving the items on behalf of the home

Members of Asongtaba Cottage Industry  exhibiting  what they can do best

Section of the in-mates

Plans are underway to make God’s Love Orphanage in Bolgatanga an integral part of Asongtaba Cottage Industry. Management of the industry to this end is making frantic effort to speed up the process in consultation with caretakers of the orphanage. This came to light when members of Asongtaba made a symbolic presentation to the orphanage. The items valued at GHc7, 000 included teaching and learning materials, bags of rice, gallons of cooking oil, boxes of soap, assorted drinks and biscuits as well as cartons of milk among other toiletries. The Business Development Manager of the Asongtaba Cottage Industry and Exchange Programme, Faisal Keliou who made the presentation on behalf of their Executive Director said preparations to adopt the orphanage is in progress and that efforts would be made to surmount the daunting challenges affecting the smooth operation of the orphanage. He said his outfit having realise the need to give back to society thought of attending to the plight of the vulnerable especially children who through no fault of theirs struggle to make a living. He expressed the industry’s resolve to be intimately involved in the school project undertaken by the orphanage adding that with the needed available resource the completion of the project will come to fruition. Mr Kaliou however solicited the support of other institutions to complement their effort. He also appealed to all well-meaning Ghanaians to show sign of appreciation by giving back to society. According to him Asongtaba as a vocational and training institution will not relent in its commitment to give care and support to the poor and the needy in society, emphasising that adequate steps are far advance to reach out to other orphanages in the region. The caretaker of the Orphanage, Francis Akampoi who received the items showed gratitude to Asongtaba for demonstrating true commitment to bring smiles on the faces of the vulnerable. The items, he said, would go a long way to sustain the livelihood of the inmates whose current population stands at 27 including children born by lunatic women. He said the orphanage through special support from individuals and institutions particularly Island Aid, an NGO has over the years grown to become one of the recognised public institutions in the region and the country at large.  He told Radio Ghana that children brought to the home are identified, monitored and adopted to orphanage with the support of the Department of Social Welfare which is an advisory body instituted to address issues concerning vulnerable children. He said as a registered public institution established in 2008, God’s Love Orphanage , a subsidiary of God’s Love Ministry has over the said period taken care of poor and malnourished children and will continue to cater for them when identified.

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Items on display