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Street Academy receives essential medicines from Tabernacle Church, USA
Street Academy, a non-governmental organisation, has received sets of essential medicines for the administration of health care for children of the Academy and its community at large.
The medications, worth about $1,000, were donated by the Tabernacle Church, USA, as part of their outreach work to support vulnerable and underprivileged people across the globe.
Madam Penninah Osei Poku, an entrepreneur, who led and donated the drugs on behalf of the Church said, they noticed after visiting the Street Academy during the December festivities that the Health Post of the Academy had run out of medications.
As a former national service personnel at the Academy, Madam Osei Poku, understood the challenges and led the initiative by connecting the Academy through a friend to the Heywan family of the Tabernacle Church.
The Heywan family were in Ghana for a visit and they took the opportunity to donate to the school, teach and play with the children where they saw the dire need of the Academy’s Health Post.
Miss Felicia Owusu, a Nursing Officer, Street Academy, said they had received a lot of antibiotics including Azitromycin, Amoxiclav and analgesics like Brufen, blood supplements, anti-malaria drugs, sanitary pads for the girls and other medications.
She said the common illnesses they had mostly encountered had been malaria, infections, typhoid and lots of wound infections – adding that individuals, government and pharmaceutical companies should come to their aid with medical supplies and medications since they served the community also without taking money.
“We’re grateful to Madam Osei Poku and the Church. These medications will go a long way in helping us treat illnesses, prevent complications, and then promote health in general. We hope this will not be their last time,” Miss Owusu said.
Ataa Lartey, the Founder and Executive Director, Street Academy, commended the kind gesture and said, investing in the health and education of people especially underprivileged children had been the greatest service to mankind.
“We should prevent diseases and not wait for it to come before we say we are curing it. It’s a waste of money. We would use the drugs Penninah and her team brought to supplement the immunisations that the Rotary Club of Nordenberg are doing for this community,” he said.
Street Academy, a non-governmental organisation, has received sets of essential medicines for the administration of health care for children of the Academy and its community at large.
The medications, worth about $1,000, were donated by the Tabernacle Church, USA, as part of their outreach work to support vulnerable and underprivileged people across the globe.
Madam Penninah Osei Poku, an entrepreneur, who led and donated the drugs on behalf of the Church said, they noticed after visiting the Street Academy during the December festivities that the Health Post of the Academy had run out of medications.
As a former national service personnel at the Academy, Madam Osei Poku, understood the challenges and led the initiative by connecting the Academy through a friend to the Heywan family of the Tabernacle Church.
The Heywan family were in Ghana for a visit and they took the opportunity to donate to the school, teach and play with the children where they saw the dire need of the Academy’s Health Post.
Miss Felicia Owusu, a Nursing Officer, Street Academy, said they had received a lot of antibiotics including Azitromycin, Amoxiclav and analgesics like Brufen, blood supplements, anti-malaria drugs, sanitary pads for the girls and other medications.
She said the common illnesses they had mostly encountered had been malaria, infections, typhoid and lots of wound infections – adding that individuals, government and pharmaceutical companies should come to their aid with medical supplies and medications since they served the community also without taking money.
“We’re grateful to Madam Osei Poku and the Church. These medications will go a long way in helping us treat illnesses, prevent complications, and then promote health in general. We hope this will not be their last time,” Miss Owusu said.
Ataa Lartey, the Founder and Executive Director, Street Academy, commended the kind gesture and said, investing in the health and education of people especially underprivileged children had been the greatest service to mankind.
“We should prevent diseases and not wait for it to come before we say we are curing it. It’s a waste of money. We would use the drugs Penninah and her team brought to supplement the immunisations that the Rotary Club of Nordenberg are doing for this community,” he said.
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Ghanaian music icon, Akwasi Poku Addae, known in Showbiz circles as Kwaisey Pee has honoured his promise to children suffering from cancer.
Ahead of his 25th anniversary event held at the D’ Icon Event Centre at East Legon last year, he made a promise to donate some funds to children suffering from cancer.
True to his word, the musician has recently made a donation of GHC50,000 to the Paediatric Oncology Unit of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital.
He told the Ghanaian Times that children are so dear to him, and was optimistic the support would go a long way too impact lives.
The music dynamo also promised that the gesture will not be the last,” it will be a continuous feature from me.”
He also called on Ghanaians home and abroad to lend a helping hand to children suffering from cancer.
According to him, children with cancer have many needs, and a helping hands will go a long way ease the suffering.
“Cancer treatment is very expensive, and leaving that to parents of the children alone, will be a huge burden, with support from you and myself, we can make some changes in other people’s lives,” he concluded.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
A disagreement has emerged between Member of Parliament for Berekum West, Dickson Kyere-Duah, and energy consultant Kwadwo Poku over government funding for Ghana’s participation in the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
The debate centred on government’s decision to budget about 13 million dollars to support the national team, even though FIFA is expected to provide an appearance fee of about 10.5 million dollars if Ghana qualifies for the tournament.
During the discussion on Joys news , Mr Poku questioned why the government should allocate such an amount when FIFA already provides funds to participating countries.
According to him, the appearance fee alone should help cover some of the country’s expenses.
He argued that if FIFA is giving Ghana 10.5 million dollars simply for qualifying for the tournament, it raises questions about the need for the government to appropriate additional funds.
Mr Kyere Duah, however, explained that the government’s allocation was part of advance planning captured in the national budget even before the final qualification results were known.
He noted that the budget for the tournament period was prepared in November 2025, when it was not certain that Ghana would qualify.
He stressed that budgeting does not automatically mean the entire amount will be spent.
According to him, the funds are meant to prepare the team from the start of the competition period until the end of the tournament.
Mr Kyere Duah explained that if the team exits the tournament early, the full amount allocated in the budget will not be used.
Mr Poku maintained that FIFA already provides financial support to teams for participating in the World Cup and insisted that the government must clearly justify additional spending.
The discussion extended to the role of the Ghana Football Association in managing the national teams.
Mr Poku described the association as a private institution and argued that FIFA also operates as a private body that does not allow government interference.
He explained that FIFA provides funds to teams to support their preparation and participation in the tournament.
Mr Kyere Duah, however, maintained that national teams represent the country and require government support to operate effectively.
By: Jacob Aggrey
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