Shalom Indigenous Foundation, a Baptist Mission dedicated to Spiritual healing on Monday in Accra donated items worth five million cedis to the Dzorwulu Special School for the mentally challenged.

The items included two bales of used clothing, five packets of Quaker oats, two bags of rice, two boxes of vegetable cooking oil, materials for first aid treatment, multivitamin capsules and story books.

Presenting the items, the Reverend Noah Quarshie, Director of the Foundation said it was essential that the spiritual and physical needs of the mentally challenged, orphans and other underprivileged persons in society be attended to.

"Christ came into this world to meet the Spiritual and Physical needs of people, that is why he fed over five thousand people with five loaves of bread and two fishes.

"He did this in addition to the miracles he performed to heal the blind, the lame and other sick persons", he said.

Rev. Quarshie said the foundation in collaboration with its partners in Europe, Rescue Mission would be establishing a feeding centre for needy children.

He said the centre would provide food for children who did not get the opportunity of enjoying three square meals a day.

Rev. Quarshie noted that many people regarded mentally challenged persons as people who were not part of society.

He advised that mentally challenged persons should be given the needed respect, adding; "We at Shalom Indigenous Foundation focus on places people do not care about."

He appealed to individuals, government and non-governmental organisations to put smiles on the faces
of the needy in society during the Christmas festivities.

Mrs. Veronica Bessaw, Headmistress of Dzorwulu special school expressed her gratitude and appealed to the foundation to extend the gesture to other special schools.

She announced plans by the school to establish additional dormitories to enable it to accommodate more inmates.


Source: GNA