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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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During the visit, he inspected ongoing restoration works and received briefings from engineers on efforts to restore power. He commended them for what he described as a swift and professional response to the situation.
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By: Jacob Aggrey
