The Engineers Charity Foundation, a philanthropic group made up of professional engineers from various industries in Ghana, visited the Royal Seed Orphanage at Jay River in Kasoa in the Central Region to support them with assorted items for the upkeep of the children.

The welfare of children in care institutions, often referred to as orphanage homes, would become a great challenge without the continuous support of well-meaning individuals, groups and organisations.

Ghana has some 139 care institutions or residential homes across its sixteen regions, offering various forms of care to over 3,530 children, according to data from UNICEF and the Department of Social Welfare.

These children mostly end up in orphanage homes as a result of destitution, separation or death of parents. This came to light when the Engineers Charity Foundation visited the Royal Seed Orphanage to support them with assorted items for the upkeep of the children.

Dr Nana Ntow Amoah, the director and founder of the orphanage, noted that such donations bring joy, hope and love to the neediest in society.

According to him, the home caters for over 250 children, offering them various forms of care and support, emphasising that such donations enhance the quality of care given to these children and appealing to the foundation and other organisations to visit them from time to time.

The leader of the foundation, Mr John Mensah, indicated that the Engineers Charity Foundation has earmarked several philanthropic activities to support other orphanages to bring smiles to the needy and the less privileged in society.

With him to donate the items were Mr Kwame Apeletey Vorsah, Mr Richard Kingsley Adom-Hiewo and Elder Nkansah, who took turns to advise the children to be obedient and respectful to their foster parents while keeping hope alive for a better future.

In a separate interview with a member of the foundation, Mr Godfred Kwaku Adu-Gyamfi, he indicated that engineers are usually considered as people who understand the working principles of machines, but beyond that is their first call of solving problems to make life easier and that's something that they intend to extend to the larger society beyond their core duties as engineers.