Audit Service donates to orphanage

Published in the Daily Graphic on 17/08/2010, pg 19

Story: Matilda Attram, Bawjiase

The Countryside Orphanage at Bawjiase in the Central Region has received a donation of assorted items worth GH¢3,000 from the Ghana Audit Service.
The items are toilet rolls, gallons of cooking oil, bags of sugar and rice, cartons of Cowbell powered milk, bags of used clothing and cash of GH¢2,500.
The donation, made by the management and staff of the Ghana Audit Service, is to assist with the upkeep of the inmates.
It also forms part of activities slated for the centenary celebration of the service.
According to the Assistant Auditor-General in charge of Public Accounts, Mr George Winful, who presented the items, the decision to assist the orphanage was meant to express love to the inmates of the orphanage and share with others in society, especially the less privileged.
He said apart from visiting the Countryside Orphanage, the service had also made presentations to other institutions, such as the Akropong School for the Blind in the Eastern Region.
He expressed satisfaction with the operations of the orphanage and assured its management of the service’s support.
Receiving the items, the Founder and Mother of the orphanage, Mrs Emma Boafo, said since its establishment in 1983, it had depended on the support of benevolent organisations for its smooth operations.
She said the aim of the institution was to nurture and train needy children to become responsible adults in future.
Mrs Boafo thanked the management and staff of the Ghana Audit Service for their gesture and appealed to other organisations to donate towards the operations of the orphanage.
The Countryside Orphanage, which started with six needy children, now houses 78, including babies, toddlers and physically challenged children.