RELIGIOUS BODY ASSISTS ORPHANAGE (PAGE 22, JAN 8, 2011)

THE Miracle Temple of the International Central Gospel Church at Tema Community 12, has donated assorted items to the Hearts of the Fathers’ Orphanage at Ningo in the Dangme West District in the Greater Accra Region.
The items, worth GH¢20,000, included a double door refrigerator, a deep freezer, aluminium saucepans, television sets, toiletries, food items, groceries,second hand clothing, cooking oil, foot wears and books.
The donation also formed part of the church’s annual charity programme to the home. The programme, which was in its fourth year, also saw members painting the entire home.
They also provided carpet for the dinning area for inmates and replaced broken louvre blades and faulty electricity bulbs.
Presenting the items, Mrs Lilian Kissi, the wife of the head pastor of the church, said the presentation formed part of the church’s social responsibility to the needy.
According to her, Deuteronomy 15 verse 7 stated that “If there is a poor man of your brethren, within any of the gates in your land which the Lord is giving you, do not harden your heart, but rather open up your hands wide and willingly lend him sufficiently”.
According to her, the scriptures served as a motivation for the church to put smiles on the faces of the children.  
“It was for these reasons that the church, as an embodiment of Christ, would want to provide a balance home set up for children who have been orphaned through no fault of theirs,” Mrs Kissi said.
She said that reflected in the church’s commitment to provide assistance to the children who might be experiencing difficulties and rejection from society.
Mrs Kissi was optimistic that the managers of the home would use the items in a judicious manner for an improvement in the living conditions of the inmates.
The mother of the home, Mrs Esther Gozo, who received the items, was grateful to the church for the gesture.
She said the home had acquired a 9.4 acre piece of land for a school and a vocational centre to provide skill training to inmates, as well as deprived children within the Ningo community.
Mrs Gozo said the facility would also contain an infirmary for inmates, as well as a community clinic to provide health delivery for the residents.
Mrs Gozo said the lack of funds had stalled the projects.
She, therefore, appealed for assistance from corporate institutions and individuals for financial assistance in order to realise the objective.