A company engaged in the transfer of technologies, Knights a.s. Ghana Limited has donated an amount of GH₵10,000.00 to Lifeline for Childhood Cancer Ghana (LCCG) as part of its corporate social responsibility.

The amount is to support LCCG in its campaign to help children struggling with various types of cancer disease at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.

LCCG, a non-governmental organisation is seeking to raise GH₵1,000,000 as part of its campaign to help support children battling cancer in the country.

Over the years, the organisation has devoted its attention and resources to draw the public's attention to childhood cancer, which is a leading cause of death among children.

The month of September has been set aside globally to highlight the issues that affect cancer patients and especially childhood cancer and its associated challenges.

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), an estimated 300,000 new cases of cancer are diagnosed among children aged 0-19 years annually.

At a short ceremony held at Knights a.s. Ghana Limited’s office, the Chief Executive of the company, Dr Karl Laryea said the company had a strong policy to assist institutions, particularly, those connected to the wellbeing of children.

Dr Laryea said he believed that if every Ghanaian company would give a token to support the work of LCCG, the organisation would be able to raise enough finances to expand their operations by offering help to many affected families.

“LCCG needs resources to expand their support reach and we urge the general public to extend a helping hand to them since without the public's support, their work will not be effective," he added.

On their part, the Executive Secretary of LCCG at the Department of Child Health of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Akua Sarpong, who received the amount, commended Knights a.s Ghana Limited, for it support.

She said the amount would go a long way to enhance the operations of the organisation in their effort to assist childhood cancer patients in the country.

Ms Sarpong said the organisation relied mainly on the assistance of institutions and philanthropists to help them raise the finances needed to support the treatment of children with cancer.

Throwing more light on the operation of LCCG, she said the organisation “is dedicated to making childhood cancer control a national health priority, providing support to families affected by it, creating awareness about Cancer among health workers and the general public, and help alleviate the financial burden on affected families and increasing access to optimal treatment for a cure”.