The Van Calebs Walking Stick Foundation, a non-governmental organization, has donated some items to aged women and girls in the Brofuyedru community in Cape Coast, Central Region.

More than 250 women benefited from the items donated, which included bags of rice, gallons of oil, assorted drinks, and sanitary pads, among others.

While presenting the items, the founder of the foundation, Van Calebs said the donation to the deprived community was to give the underprivileged an opportunity to be part of the ongoing Fetu Afahye festivities.

"We came here to make these donations so that old women in this community would not be left out of the Fetu Afahye celebrations. They were happy when we donated the items to them, and we were happy to see them smile.

"We seek to further support them with some incentives so that they can venture into little businesses to enable them take care of their families," he said.

Van Calebs also revealed that the foundation plans to drill boreholes for some communities in the Eastern Region to ensure the provision of clean drinking water.

He used the opportunity to laud donor partners and colleagues who contributed to the exercise.

"I would like to thank Bruce Brown of BFB Designs because this project would not have been possible without him. I am also grateful to Stella Owusu and her brother in the USA, Diego Salterini, who is also in the USA, and Kwaku Chocomilo in Obuasi. These people have supported me since I conceived this idea and together we will be working on many more projects. This is just the first of many," he stressed.

The Walking Stick Foundation has, over the years, supported the less fortunate in society with various donations and also sensitised young girls on menstrual hygiene.

It has also tackled issues of streetism where young girls have been removed from the streets. Again, elderly women and widows were given capital to start their own businesses.