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Under its community empowerment initiative labelled 'Bring a Cheer to
your Community', Vodafone Ghana Foundation has funded seven Ghanaian
organizations and individuals engaged in projects with a focus on
health, education, technology, children and entrepreneurial
development nationwide.
The initiative, which was unveiled last year, seeks to empower
individuals and institutions to execute sustainable projects that
address pertinent issues in their respective communities.
The ultimate benefit is to create a society that is healthy and
committed to contributing to the overall economic growth of the
country.
The seven projects, selected out of over 40 entries, were given up to
GH¢50,000 to undertake several activities, bringing the total support
to GH¢350,000
Commenting on the support, Nana Yaa Afriyie Ofori-Koree, Head of
Vodafone Ghana Foundation and Sustainability said: "We are proud to
support Ghanaians who are passionate about solving challenges they
have identified in their respective communities. As a Foundation with
a mandate to ensure a society with improved lives, we will continue to
fashion out ways we can continue to deliver this throughout the
country."
The seven recipients of the support include STEMbees Organisation, an
entity with a focus on getting teenage girls interested in computer
programming; Divine Mother and Child Foundation, which will be seeking
to improve maternal and child health through community outreach
programmes with the use of mobile ultrasound scan; Paul
Anomah-Kordieh, a visually-impaired Broadcast Journalist with ETV in
Ghana, who will use the support to provide learning materials and
medical screening for deaf and dumb students in the Eastern Region;
and The Sugar Project, championed by Kojo Yankson, a radio presenter
at Joy FM.
His project focuses on giving easy access to efficient and reliable
diabetes testing and education centres to all the regions in the
country.
Credit: Myjoyonline.com
