ZOOMLION Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of Zoomlion Ghana Limited, last Tuesday presented a cheque for Gh¢50,000 to the First Lady, Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo, in support of her ‘Save a Child, Save a Mother’ project.
The amount is the company’s contribution towards the completion of a maternity block for the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in the Ashanti Region to ease the congestion currently being experienced at the hospital.
The attention of the present deplorable state of the maternity ward of the KATH was exposed by a multimedia journalist who depicted how the situation had led to an increase in maternal and infant deaths at the hospital.
Touched by the story, the first lady through her foundation, the Rebecca Akufo-Addo Foundation, initiated a campaign to raise Gh¢10 million to urgently improve the situation and save the life of mothers and their children through the construction of an additional block for the maternity block for KATH.
At a brief ceremony to lend their support to the initiative, Head of Communications at the Jospong Group of Companies, Mrs. Sophia Lissah, said the gesture formed part of the corporate social responsibility of Zoomlion.
“Zoomlion Foundation was established to help address issues that affect the lives of the ordinary Ghanaians, particularly in the area of health and education. We believe that any initiative aimed at the welfare of mothers deserves the needed support,” she said.
Mrs. Lissah said the company would continue to contribute its quota in addressing teething social and economic development challenges confronting Ghana.
Mrs. Akufo-Addo thanked management of Jospong Group and Zoomlion Companies for the support and also thanked previous companies that had contributed to the project.
She said the project, which begun some weeks ago, would be completed in the next four months.
“So far work on the project is taking shape and we believe in the next three to four months, it should be ready,” Mrs. Akufo-Addo said.
The construction of the maternity block of the KATH started more than three decades ago, but came to a standstill, due to lack of funds. As a result, pregnant women who visited the unit, suffered challenges such as lack of beds and other basic amenities.
Also present at the ceremony were Deputy Head of Communication, Jospong Group, Ms. Barbara Mensah; National Co-ordinator of the Zoomlion Foundation, Mrs Sarah Kyei; Senior Communication Officer, Zoomlion Ghana, Mrs. Patricia Ofori-Atta, and; other staff of the company.
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