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LifeCheck back-to-school programme supports 11,000 children  …Offers free health screening in 6 c’nities in 2024 outreach

Over 16,000 people at Teshie and its environs have benefited from this year’s LifeCheck outreach held last Saturday and spearheaded by Empowerment Care Foundation.

Dubbed ‘Life Check 24,’ the ex­ercise was aimed at improving the quality of life for the underprivileged in areas like Teshie, La, Tse Addo, Baatsonaa, Nungua and Spintex Road.

• School essentials were donated to the children

Organised by the Empower­ment Worship Centre (EWC), the out­reach themed ‘Compassion to Make a Difference,’ it had over 11,000 chil­dren receiving exercise books, more than 4,000 schools bags, 5,200 shoes and 100 kids were barbered under the Life Check back-to-school arm.

There was also a free health screening for eye care, dental care, ultrasound scans, minor surgical pro­cedures, and free medication.

Also, over 500 people were regis­tered on the National Health Insur­ance

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Scheme (NHIS), while some adults were screened for hepatitis B, malar­ia, prostate conditions, typhoid, and blood sugar.

The Global Lead Pastor of EWC, Prophet Gideon Danso, said “Life Check 2024 aligned with the church’s mission to create positive change by touching and transforming lives and improving the quality of life for the underprivileged.”

He noted that the Empowerment Care Foundation had implemented various programmes since its incep­tion in 2014, focusing on healthcare, education and other transformative initiatives.

“This is the 10th year LifeCheck is being held and since its inception, more than

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52,000 people have attended, 28,000 people received medical care, over

52,000 individuals fed, and over 32,000 children given back-to-school items.

More than 11,000 have been reg­istered on the NHIS and these figures exclude this year’s target of 15,000 which was exceeded,” he stated.

He said the church volunteers had donated over 50 pints of blood to the National Blood Bank to demonstrate their dedication to help­ing society.

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He expressed the hope that the event was held twice a year to help people in need and assist students to go back to school but that, he said, would call for assistance from other organisations.

A beneficiary, Mrs Gift Mensah, expressed grati­tude to EWC and Prophet Danso for showing them love and reducing some financial burden on them as their kids resume school.

 BY Cecilia Lagba Yada

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