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| The Director of the centre, Mr Abdul Aziz (extreme left), in a group photograph with some Executives of Agri-Cattle Lakeside Estate Company in a group photograph with some of the orphans |
Story: Mary Ankrah
A REAL Estate company in Ghana, Agri-Cattle Lakeside Estates Limited, in collaboration with the Canadian Embassy, has presented items worth GH¢1,800 to the Mercy Social Centre, an orphanage at Ashale-Botwe in Accra.
The items included bags of rice, cartons of cooking oil, Lipton Tea, sugar, milo, tin tomatoes and milk among others.
The gesture was to support the authorities at the orphanage to cater for the children and make the children feel loved and cared for.
Making the presentation in Accra, the Public Relations Officer of the Agri-Cattle Lakeside Estates, Mr Mohammed Mustapha Ofori, said the donation formed part of the company’s social responsibility towards the community in which it operates.
He used the occasion to advise the orphans to respect the authorities of the home and learn very hard to achieve their goals to become responsible people in the society.
He also urged the teachers of the home to exercise patience and tolerance and bring up the children in a way that would benefit the society for them to contribute towards the development of the country.
Receiving the items on behalf of the centre, the Director of the school, Mr Abdul Aziz, thanked Lakeside Estate and the Canadian Embassy for their benevolence towards the upkeep of the orphans, adding that the items would serve the purpose it was meant for.
The Mercy Social Centre caters for 260 children (aged from six to 22 years) from deprived homes and those without parents.
Out of the 260 children, 125 males are currently living in the boarding house of the centre while the females are living with relatives.
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