Revival Outreach Church donates food items, others to Street Academy

 The Revival Outreach Church in La on Friday presented food items to the Street Academy in Accra.

The gesture was to support the academy to take care of the under­privileged children and help in the organisation of an Easter picnic for the children on Easter Monday.

The items worth over Gh₵27,000 include rice, sugar, maize, tin fish, gari, toiletries, clothes and many others.

Led by Rev. Prof. Abednego Okoe Amartey, immediate past Vice Chan­cellor of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) said the gesture was to put smiles on the faces of the children and also encourage the staff of the Academy for the good work.

He said the presentation has been an annual thing and believes it has come to stay.

According to him, it was important for other churches and organisations to join the effort to keep these children off the street and be trained in their areas of interest.

Rev. Emmanuel Amuzu who presented the items commended the staff and manage­ment of the Academy for the good work it was doing to giving the children a bright future.

He said the items were not meant for the children alone, adding that, “part of it would go to the teachers who train these children. That should serve as an incentive to them.”

He lauded the vision of the Acad­emy Director, Ataa Lartey and urged more organisations to offer similar support.

“What the Academy is doing is massive. These are children who on regular days would roam the streets and grow up becom­ing social deviants. Parents should try to be more responsible taking care of their wards.

“However, traditionally when a child is born, his or her development and upbringing becomes the respon­sibility of the society. It is the reason we, as a church, would continually support the acad­emy to keep these children to get the training to be respon­sible adults,” he explained.

The Director of the Acad­emy, Ataa Lartey thanked the leadership and members of the church for the presenta­tion which he said would go a long way to ease the burden on them.

 By Spectator Reporter