Venerated broadcast journalist, Nana Aba Anamoah and celebrated gospel musician Cwesi Oteng, will be attending this year’s edition of Philip Nai and Friends on December 24, 2024.

Philip Nai and Friends is a charity project founded by Philip Nai, a philanthropist and one of Ghana's astute and well-known producers at Joy FM, a subsidiary of The Multimedia Group.

This annual project is in collaboration with Philip’s friends from the media and the arts, with support from corporate Ghana, to show love to the underprivileged by feeding, clothing, providing medical care and entertainment among others.

The year’s edition of Philip Nai and Friends which is the 5th, will be held at the Agblezaa community on December 24, 2024. 

At the programme, media personality Nana Aba Anamoah and Cwesi Oteng, one of the early proponents of urban gospel in Ghana, will give pep talks.

There will also be activities such as musical performances, health screening by Sonotech Medical and Diagnostic Centre, bottle flipping, praise and worship, sip and paint, dancing competition, musical chairs, among others.

Donations of food items, bags of water, toiletries, clothes, learning materials will also be made. Individuals are encouraged to help this worthy cause by calling 0244735451.

Last year’s event was held for children at the oncology unit of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.

Musicians Nii Soul and Perez Musiq were present to lend their support to the programme.

At the event, the Programmes Manager of Joy FM, Edem Knight-Tay shared a word of encouragement with the patients and their parents. She admonished them not to lose hope in God's power to heal the kids of their sicknesses.

Also present were Dr. Grace Buckman, the Chief Executive Officer of Sonotech Medical and Diagnostic Centre; Ghana's rep for Miss Universe 2023, Engracia Afua K. Mofuman; and Kwame Dadzie, the host of Showbiz A-Z on Joy FM.

Philip Nai has for the past four years, led this project in various communities in Accra, every Christmas Eve and wishes to replicate same across the country in the coming years with all your support.