Calvary Methodist Women's Fellowship gives to Sekondi female Prisons

Leader of the Beach Road Calvary Methodist Women's Fellowship in Takoradi, Mrs Christina Blankson has advised inmates of the country's Prisons not to saddle themselves with grief but rather, be encouraged that God could salvage their situation.

She also advised the inmates to study the word of God for a total transformation in their lives before they were released from the Prisons.

Mrs. Blankson, who is the former Programmes Manager of World Vision-Ghana, said this in a sermon when the fellowship donated assorted food items and personal effects as well as cooked food and drinks to the 25 female inmates at the Sekondi Central Prisons.

The items include; soap, combs, toothpaste, toilet roll, diapers, women's wear, plates and hair thread which came from individual contributions of the Fellowship.

Mrs Blankson said as an annual ritual, the fellowship would continue to visit the inmates, donate items to them, drink and dine with them and share the word with them to make them feel part of society and experience massive transformation in their lives.

She appealed to them to reflect soberly on their situation in the hope that God would use them as special vessels to propagate the gospel.

Receiving the items on behalf of the Regional Commander, the Second in Command at the Sekondi Female Prisons Superintendent Clarissa Danquah expressed her heartfelt gratitude to the Women"s Fellowship and the Methodist Church for the humanitarian gesture.

She called on society to complement government's effort by contributing towards the upkeep of prison inmates to complete their sentence.

Speaking to the GNA on the sidelines, Supt. Danquah appealed to government to complete a structure meant to be used as a saloon to train the inmates to acquire skills in hairdressing.

She also appealed to government and other public-spirited organisations to donate more drugs to augment the First Aid Box and provide an infirmary to cater for the health needs of the inmates.

Supt. Danquah appealed to family members who neglect their relatives in Prison to halt the practice and visit them with personal effects and make them feel part of them and asked parents to exhibit love and care towards their children, counsel them and provide them with the necessities in life.