Mrs Lordina Mahama, the First Lady, has donated food items and an unspecified amount of money to seven Orphanage Homes in the country.

The orphanages include Anfaani and Tamale Children’s Home in the Northern Region, Let the kids smile at Nkoranza, Frank May and Bethesda Homes at Techiman in the Brong-Ahafo Region, as well as Osu Children’s Home and Christ Faith Forster Home in the Greater Accra Region.

The items include bags of rice, sugar, cartons of milk, toiletries and laptops.

The donation is an annual affair by the Lordina Foundation for the less privileged, especially during the festive seasons.   

A statement from the Office of the First Lady and copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra, said Mrs Mahama’s foundation remained committed to supporting less privileged children.

“Taking care of the less privileged is my passion, I will continue to support them,” the statement quoted Mrs Mahama as saying.

It said the managers of the orphanages expressed their appreciation to the First Lady for the gesture.

The statement said: “At the Osu children’s Home, Madam Sharon Abbey, who expressed her joy, appealed to corporate organisations to continue to support the home.

Mr Kofi Adu-Boahene, Director of Christ Faith Forster Home, also praised the First Lady for her kindness.

He expressed gratitude to Mrs Mahama, saying, “apart from the festive seasons, she occasionally donates items to the home, for which we are very grateful.”

According to the statement, inmates of the Gambaga Witch Camp were not left out, as they received rice, clothing, mats, Milo, cooking oil, and an unspecified amount of cash from the First Lady.

The statement said Nana Oye Lithur, Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, donated the items on behalf of the First Lady.

“Mrs Mahama wants elderly women to also celebrate Christmas as all Ghanaians will do,” the statement quoted the Minister as saying.

The statement said the First Lady was also facilitating the building of a children’s block to house toddlers, which would be completed in the middle of next year.