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Six-year-old gets support following The Spectator appeal

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• Patricia Yaa Asantewaa Mensah currently attends a nearby private school

The dream of a six year old girl to become a teacher, in future has started as two philanthropists have offered to sponsor her education to any levels considering the poverty level of her parents.

Instead of walking about three kilometres every day of the week to access education like five of her brothers do daily which she cannot Ms Patricia Yaa Asantewaa Mensah has now heaved a sigh of relief following the intervention of the two good-natured persons. 

She currently schools at a nearby private school which is located only a few metres from her home, at Mexico in the Kpone Katamanso Municipality in the Greater Accra Region.

Little Asantewaa a Kingdergarten Two pupil in an interview with The Spectator on Monday said she was happy that help had come to her because, “she has small legs which can not walk long distances though she strongly desires to go to school”.

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She promised to learn hard so that she could become a teacher to teach more children to become like her in future and asked for God’s blessings on her benefactors. 

Her mother, Mrs. Grace Mensah also said getting her only girl child out of her eight children to go to school had always been a headache for her because she believed education was the only way her family and especially her girl-child could come out of poverty.

She said she dreaded allowing her little daughter to walk such a long distance to school.

She said she could not afford paying for transportation for her and so she was happy when The Spectator put some of their challenges across which touched the hearts of people to support them in one way or the other with the most significant being sponsoring Asantewaa’s education. 

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Mrs. Mensah said her husband who she has all eight children with had travelled for over a year with no news of his return or remitting them thus making life extremely difficult for them.

She was thankful to God, The Spectator and the two philantropists who have decided to remain anonymous for now.

The Spectator published the story about the plight of a  family of eight children and a mother who were needy and struggled to feed and walked a long distance to school daily. They, therefore, appealed for help from public spirited persons.

From Dzifa Tetteh Tay, Gbetsile Mexico.

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NMC inaugurates new board for NTC with Dr Charity Binka as Chair

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Dr Charity Binka NTC Chairperson

A nine-member board for the New Times Corporation (NTC), publishers of The Ghanaian Times and The Spectator newspapers was sworn into office on Thursday with a call to strengthen the governance of the Corporation.

Dr. Binka (seated second from right) with Dr Okpoti [right] the board and Management of NTC photos Okai Elizabeth.
Dr. Binka (seated second from right) with Dr Okpoti [right] the board and Management of NTC. Photos Okai Elizabeth.

The new NTC board is chaired by Dr Charity Binka and has Very Rev. Helena Amma Serwah Opoku-Sarkodie, Mr Tito Kojo Voegborlo Esq and Naana Aklerh Amenyah Kubi I as members. Read More

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Let your faith in Christ reflect in daily lives …Christians told

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Christians have been urged to demonstrate a living faith in Jesus Christ by allowing their confession of Him as Lord and Saviour to reflect in their daily lives.

According to the Kaneshie District Pastor of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana (EPCG), Rev. Dzidzor Nathaniel Affram, a genuine Christian’s confession should go beyond words and be demonstrated through obedience to God, love for others and service to the Church.

He made the call at the 40th anniversary remembrance service for the late Wesley Kwasi Kwadzo at the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana, Maranatha Congregation at Awudome Avenui in the Volta Region.

Speaking on the theme, “The Church Built on a Living Confession,” Rev. Affram said life would continually present challenges capable of testing Christians’ faith, making it necessary for believers to hold firmly to their confession that Jesus Christ is Lord.

He explained that accepting Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour required Christians to live according to His teachings, stressing that their faith must be evident in their conduct.

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“A living confession listens to God and not man,” he said, urging Christians to remain obedient to God even when faced with difficulties and pressures.

Rev. Affram further encouraged the congregation to care for vulnerable people and demonstrate concern for others, adding that such acts were practical expressions of Christian faith.

He also urged Christians to identify and use their God-given gifts to build the Church.

He said every member of the Church had a role to play and cautioned Christians against looking down on others because of their status or abilities.

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The remembrance service brought together family members, friends, members of the congregation and sympathisers to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the late Wesley Kwasi Kwadzo.

By Lizzy Okai

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