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Disabled braids hair to raise funds for Surgery
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A 21-year-old disabled , Ms. Grace Adwoa Barnes has started a self-help project of braiding hair and selling locally made soft drinks to enable her raise an amount of about Ghc20,000 needed for her surgery at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital to enable her walk again.
She became disabled when a four-wheel drive vehicle accidentally reversed and hit her legs three years ago.
Narrating her ordeal to The Spectator, Ms. Barnes said she had gone to the Destiny Park at Christian Village in the Ashaiman Municipality one evening to enjoy some fresh air but might have dosed off in the process.
“I felt some weight on my legs and later found out that a vehicle had reversed and hit my legs” she explained.
The 21-year-old said the driver of the vehicle had previously helped her but was currently unable to help with her hospital bills because he claimed he had run out of cash to do so after supporting her to undergo plastic surgery and other body treatment.
“I am trying to help myself while I await help from God and anyone who wants to help me so that I can walk again. Please I want to walk again.” she said.
Ms Barnes said though she lived with her parents, they were not in good financial position to raise the funds for her surgery because her mother sold fruits and her father a carpenter.
Pictures of Grace Adwoa Barnes braiding a clients hair.
From Dzifa Tetteh Tay, Ashaiman.
Deputy National Women Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mimi Duah, has openly declared her support for Mavis Hawa Koomson as the next National Women’s Organiser of the party.
In a statement endorsing Hawa Koomson’s candidature, Ms Duah outlined four key reasons why she believes the former MP and Minister of State is best placed to lead the party’s women’s wing.
According to her, Hawa Koomson is a motherly figure who rose from the grassroots and is widely noted for her forgiving nature and ability to foster unity.
“She is a true grassroots mother who easily forgives, fosters unity, provides guidance and arbitrates to ensure all aggrieved party women are brought on board to ensure a unified women’s wing,” she stated.
Ms Duah also pointed to Hawa Koomson’s vast experience, having served as a Constituency Women’s Organiser, Member of Parliament and Minister of State, noting that the experience positions her to provide effective leadership as National Women’s Organiser.
She further described Hawa Koomson as capable of making the women’s wing resourceful, through her extensive network and business contacts, to lobby for logistics, training and financial support for women organisers at all levels.
Lastly, she said the NPP as an opposition party needs fearless, bold and assertive leadership at the women’s front to inspire regional, constituency and polling station women organisers as the party reorganises towards the 2028 elections.
“We need a Women’s Organiser who has been tested, who is bold, who understands grassroots women, and who can lead us to victory in 2028. Hon. Mavis Hawa Koomson is that leader,” she stressed.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
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Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts Minister inaugurates Ghana-Korea Heritage Project Steering Committee
Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts Minister, Abla Dzifa Gomashie, has inaugurated the Ghana-Korea Heritage Project Steering Committee to provide strategic oversight for a five-year programme focused on preserving Ghana’s heritage sites and strengthening their resilience to climate change.
The project will support climate-risk mapping, digital surveying and 3D modelling, joint research, capacity building, community engagement and modern monitoring technologies.
Korea is also providing specialised equipment, including drones, 3D scanners, digital microscopes, thermal imaging cameras and GPS survey instruments, to enhance Ghana’s capacity to scientifically assess, document and conserve heritage structures.
The partnership, which will run through 2030 and beyond, is expected to deepen Ghana-Korea cultural ties while promoting sustainable, technology-driven and climate-adaptive heritage management for future generations.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
