Audio By Carbonatix
Angela Bature, an 18 year old Ghanaian born American has donated items worth 1,200 dollars to the St. Joseph orphanage at Jirapa in the Jirapa district of the Upper West Region.
The items include diapers, food, used clothing, medicine, crayons and one thousand Ghana cedis.
Angela said being at the other side of the Atlantic does not make her forget about Ghana adding she had heard several stories about the orphanage.
She visited the orphanage to give her widows mite to her less fortunate brothers and sisters.
She was happy and touched about what she and pledged her commitment to do more for the orphanage in the coming years.
Angela who is a student in the United States of America said she raised the money in different ways through the community she lives in and also through some personal savings she has done over the years.
Madam Celine Tiataa, who is in charge of the St. Joseph Orphanage thanked her for her kind gesture and promised that it will be used to the benefit of the orphans.
Madam Celine said since the start of the orphanage in 1939, over 400 orphans have passed through their hands and who today are best placed in society and bringing change to the community.
She called on individuals and benevolent organization to emulate the example of Angela and come to their aid in order to give more ‘‘life’’ to the children.
The orphanage currently has fifteen (15) orphans made up 11 boys and four girls.
DISCLAIMER: The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.
Tags:
DISCLAIMER: The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.
Latest Stories
-
AMA completes road repairs on Kwame Nkrumah Avenue
10 seconds -
Law Students’ Network warns executive dominance could undermine constitutional review
3 minutes -
Mahama to meet relevant stakeholders over concerns about the new Customs Act
10 minutes -
CHASS demands a 20% increase in SHS funding and payment of outstanding debts
12 minutes -
Investigation launched after male body found in County Cork
14 minutes -
We have been scammed by NDC, government is only doing PR – Abanga Fuseini
14 minutes -
Tamale Teaching Hospital records 44 new breast cancer cases in six months
16 minutes -
GES declares October 30 CPD day for private school teachers; learners to observe holiday
16 minutes -
South Korea to support Ghana’s forts and castles restoration with $4.5m over five years
18 minutes -
School headscarf ban sparks rare protests in Azerbaijan and row with Turkey
26 minutes -
Ghana explores underwater sightseeing and shipwreck tourism
27 minutes -
Association of Women Lawyers calls for national sexual offenders register to protect school children
28 minutes -
Soaring commodity prices influenced our 2026 revised growth forecast of 5.7 % for Ghana – IMF
31 minutes -
Government urged to recruit more speech therapists to support children with language disorders
33 minutes -
Chef Abbys: Feeding 50,000 people, putting food security on Ghana’s agenda
1 hour