The International Justice Mission (IJM) has donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and assorted food items to the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) and some selected care homes in Ghana.

This is to enable them to stay safe and effectively fight against coronavirus in the country.

The donation is part of several ongoing efforts by the Mission to support national efforts at combatting the virus in Ghana.

Victor Atipaga, the Advocacy and Operations Specialist of IJM did the presentation of 500 pieces of nose masks on-behalf of his organisation to the Laboratory Department of TTH.

He indicated that the donation was in response to calls made by officers of the hospital for the general public to support them to acquire the needed PPEs to aid their efforts at containing the virus in the region.

He said, “IJM as an organisation is a good partner of the hospital and thought it was in the right direction to provide them with the needed assistance”.

According to Mr Atipaga, the 500 pieces of the N95 nose masks donated is part of many ongoing efforts by the organisation to support key government institutions that are at the frontline of this crisis.

Receiving the items on behalf of the hospital, Mohammed Misbao who is the Public Relations Officer of the hospital said the donation was timely and will enhance the safety of the many health professionals who are risking their lives to provide care for infected persons.

He used the brief ceremony as an opportunity to appeal to other organisations to also consider assisting the hospital.

In Accra, IJM has also provided food supplies to 5 care homes that provide care and support to survivors of child trafficking in Ghana.

The food supplies were made up of drinks, bags of rice, sugar, gallons of cooking oil and boxes of tomato paste.

IJM is a global organization that protects those in poverty from violence. IJM partners with local authorities to rescue victims of violence, bring criminals to justice, restore survivors, and strengthen justice systems.

Since 2015, IJM has been supporting government to combat child trafficking and forced labour in the fishing industry on the Volta Lake, the largest manmade lake in the world.