US organisation donates to Nkoranza Hospital

Christians in Action Ministries International (CIAMI), a religious organization in California, (US) United States, on Friday presented hospital and educational items worth 250,000 dollars to the Nkoranza Traditional Council for distribution to health and educational institutions in the area.

The items were donated by members of North View City Church, a branch of CIAMI and Mennonite Educational Institute, both in Abbotsford in British Columbia, Canada.

The items included computers and accessories, Mathematics, English, Physical and Social Sciences books, whilst the hospital and medical items included large quantities of assorted drugs and pharmaceutical items, theatre tables.

The Reverend Elgin E. Taylor, President of the Ministries and also leader of an 18-member delegation of the church who were hosted by the Traditional Council said the donation was in response to an appeal made by Okatakyie Agyeman Kudom IV, Omanhene of the area during his trip abroad last year.

The delegation included a Pediatrician and a Physician Consultant and four specially trained nurses who once worked at St. Theresa's Hospital in Nkoranza and other clinics in the area.

Rev. Taylor said last year the organization spent 180 million cedis for the provision of six mechanized bore-holes in some communities in the District, adding that this year three additional boreholes valued at about 100 million cedis would be provided.

Rev. Taylor said the church had, within the last two years, financed educational building projects in selected communities in Nkoranza and Techiman Traditional Areas at the cost of 700 million cedis.

He advised Ghanaian businessmen and other professionals, both at home and abroad to assist the needy and the socially and economically disadvantaged with their wealth, skills and expertise to make life worth living for them.

Okatakyie Kudom expressed appreciation to the church for "the great and valuable contribution", adding "the relationship between the people of the traditional area and members of the church is a real partnership that has been cemented by the gesture".