The Ashanti West Power Queens’ Club of the Electricity Company of Ghana has supported students with disability at the Physically Challenged Action Foundation located at Offinso in the Ashanti Region.

The donation, which took place on Friday, 31st October, 2025, saw the Ashanti West Power Queens donate wheelchairs, packs of water, sanitary pads, tissues, food items, assorted drinks and other items worth GHS 35,000.

The group also made a cash donation of an undisclosed amount to the centre to alleviate the financial burden on the facility.
The Physically Challenged Action Foundation is home to many physically challenged persons from homes and streets in Ghana.

The facility ensures the rehabilitation of the students and offering them a vocation to live independently from their source of livelihood.

The foundation since its establishment over four decades ago has trained over 2000 people with special needs and disability.

In a short ceremony to hand over the items, Queen Rita Adjei, President of Ashanti West Power Queens’ Club, elaborated that the group’s donation to the facility was borne out of their commitment to supporting society under their corporate social responsibilities.

“This gesture forms part of ECG Power Queens’ Club programs geared towards improving the welfare and livelihood of the underprivileged. We heard of the plight of our brothers and sisters, we were touched and decided to support them with the little we have,” she noted.

She further appealed to the general public not to ridicule or discriminate against persons with disability but rather to support them to have a comfortable life.

ECG District Manager for Offinso, Mrs Ruth Boatemaa Boateng, indicated that the power distribution company was not only mandated to provide electricity to homes but also to commit to every aspect of humanity that improves lives.

“As a company, we are committed to delivering quality, reliable and safe electricity services to support the socioeconomic growth of the country. In view of this commitment, improving the livelihoods of our cherished customers through stable power supply or any other means of support is part of our operations, hence this kind gesture of our club to alleviate the plight of our brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers and children”, she said.

Founder of the Physically Challenged Action Foundation, Sylvester Barimah Antwi, expressed the centre’s profound gratitude to ECG Ashanti West Power Queens for the kind gesture.

He disclosed the items have arrived at an opportune time to support the centre, considering the increasing number of students at the facility.

He further called on corporate Ghana and other State-owned enterprises to emulate the kind gesture as the facility continues to rely on donors to provide opportunities for persons with disability.

The ECG Power Queens’ Club is an association of female workers of the power distribution company that promotes gender inclusion and addresses social injustice.