Staff of Stanbic Bank Ghana Limited at the Harper Road Branch in Kumasi, have donated items worth GHS 2, 500.00 to the Edwenase Rehabilitation Centre for the Physically Challenged, in Kumasi in the Ashanti region.
The donation was made up of a variety of food items, toiletries, as well as used clothing, and an undisclosed amount.
Making the donation to the Centre, Branch Manager of the Bank, Joseph Antwi Sampson, reiterated the Bank’s commitment to improving lives.
“The call to reach out to the humanitarian needs of the disabled is at the core of our personal lives and it is always a privilege to reach out to others”, Antwi said.
He noted that for the past few years, the Bank had adopted the School, not only as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility, but also on the personal humanitarian front.
Antwi further revealed plans to sponsor the construction of walkways estimated at GHS10, 500.00 on the compound, to check the spate of injuries among the students of the centre.
Receiving the donation, the Head of the Centre, Modesto Ibrahim Ayiwole expressed their profound gratitude to Stanbic Bank saying it is their hope that the relationship would be sustained.
Ayiwole indicated that the school is run on government subsidy, which for three years has not been forthcoming, and that the centre thrives on the benevolence of individuals and institutions like Stanbic Bank. Antwi used the platform to appeal to individuals and institutions to come to the aid of the centre.
The Edwenase Rehabilitation Centre is a Government of Ghana school for the physically challenged, set up during the first republic.
The donation was made up of a variety of food items, toiletries, as well as used clothing, and an undisclosed amount.
Making the donation to the Centre, Branch Manager of the Bank, Joseph Antwi Sampson, reiterated the Bank’s commitment to improving lives.
“The call to reach out to the humanitarian needs of the disabled is at the core of our personal lives and it is always a privilege to reach out to others”, Antwi said.
He noted that for the past few years, the Bank had adopted the School, not only as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility, but also on the personal humanitarian front.
Antwi further revealed plans to sponsor the construction of walkways estimated at GHS10, 500.00 on the compound, to check the spate of injuries among the students of the centre.
Receiving the donation, the Head of the Centre, Modesto Ibrahim Ayiwole expressed their profound gratitude to Stanbic Bank saying it is their hope that the relationship would be sustained.
Ayiwole indicated that the school is run on government subsidy, which for three years has not been forthcoming, and that the centre thrives on the benevolence of individuals and institutions like Stanbic Bank. Antwi used the platform to appeal to individuals and institutions to come to the aid of the centre.
The Edwenase Rehabilitation Centre is a Government of Ghana school for the physically challenged, set up during the first republic.
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