The items included bags of rice, gallons of cooking oil, cartons of sardines, boxes of Nido, Millo, baby formulae, and detergents, among others, valued at about GH₵12,000.00.
The Foundation also presented an undisclosed cash amount to the orphanage to help meet other needs in caring for the children.
Presenting the items at Jirapa at the weekend, Mr Edward I. Sumaila, the President of the Foundation, said he was touched by the “great stories” of the foundation in raising “great” human resources for Ghana and beyond.
He said that triggered the Foundation’s support to the facility with the items self-financed by the CHAWAF’s Board of Directors.
Mr Sumaila expressed hope that the support would contribute to the proper growth of the children and encouraged other charity organisations to extend their support to the facility to help create a better future for the children.
“There are a lot of people across the world that struggle to make ends meet and orphans have no parents to provide for them…
So, these groceries will help them provide the quality of life that children who are privileged to live with their parents will have,” Mr Sumail, also a PhD candidate, explained.
The CHAWAF was a 501 (C) registered organisation in Columbus Ohio (OH) in the USA working to enhance education, nutrition, and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and provide livelihood support to vulnerable communities with a focus on Northern Ghana.
The donation was in pursuant to the nutrition and WASH components of the Foundation’s operational areas and would also contribute to achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on WASH and Nutrition by 2030.
Reverend Sister Lydia Akanpientiba, a retired Public Health Nurse, the Sister In-charge of the St. Joseph’s Orphanage, thanked the Foundation for the intervention.
She also prayed for God’s blessings to the orgnaisation to continue to support the orphanage and other needy people in society.
Rev. Sis. Akanpientiba indicated that feeding was the most pressing challenge of the orphanage, especially infant formulae – nun 1 and nun 2 – for feeding the infants at the facility.
At the time of the visit, there were four infants at the orphanage, but Rev. Sis. Akanpientiba said two more infants were expected at the facility by Monday, January 20, 2025.
She also mentioned detergents and renovation of the facility as other needs of the facility and appealed for continued support of the philanthropic organisations and individuals.
The St. Joseph’s Orphanage, which started in 1939, currently has 21 children, with the youngest being seven weeks old and the oldest being 12 years old.
GNA
