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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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The family of Ambassador James Victor Gbeho, a distinguished statesman and diplomat, has paid a courtesy call on President John Dramani Mahama. They officially informed him of his passing.
The delegation, representing the Gbeho family, noted that it was culturally and diplomatically important to formally notify the President of the loss before making a public announcement of his death.
Ambassador Gbeho was a towering figure in Ghanaian and international politics. He served in many diplomatic missions, including New York. He was Ghana’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, a Member of Parliament for the Anlo constituency, and President (formerly Executive Secretary) of the ECOWAS Commission.
He was widely respected for his role in regional integration and his contributions to global diplomacy at the United Nations.
President Mahama expressed his condolences and shared reflections on Ambassador Gbeho’s contributions to the country, West Africa and the world.
Funeral details will be announced later.
The Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, has revoked all firearm permits in Ghana with immediate effect and announced a new registration process for all gun owners.
The minister made the announcement on Tuesday, June 23, at the information service department saying all individuals who currently hold licences to own firearms or sidearms must undergo a fresh registration process.
“From this afternoon, all permits that have been granted to any individual that you are holding a sidearm or firearm is hereby revoked,” Mr Muntaka said.
He explained that the government had identified gaps in the country’s firearm registration system and needed to introduce stricter measures to improve public safety.
“We are opening the window where everyone will have to come forward again to register or re-register the gun because we’ve changed the procedure,” he stated.
According to him, the government decided not to wait until the end of the year to make the changes because lives could still be saved within the next six months.
The Interior Minister said one of the new requirements would be mandatory mental health screening for applicants seeking firearm licences.
“We’ve seen that people with mental health have already gone through and have the sidearm. Now we are introducing mental health. Before we give you the sidearm, we have to be sure that you have the mental stability to hold the firearms,” he said.
Mr Muntaka also announced that applicants would be required to undergo drug tests before being granted licences.
“We’ve also realised that people who are on drugs are also holding their arms and they are legitimate because it’s been registered. Now you have to go through drug tests to be sure that you are not on drugs before you can hold sidearms,” he added.
The minister said the new measures form part of efforts by the government to tighten firearm control and prevent legally registered weapons from falling into the wrong hands.
He urged all firearm owners to cooperate with the new registration process once details of the exercise are announced.
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