GNLD donates to Korle Bu

Published in the Daily Graphic on 25/05/2010, pg 18


Story: Matilda Attram
Nine hospitals and one school have benefited from a donation of 120 boxes of home care detergents worth GH¢30,000 from the GNLD International, manufacturers of health care, home care, personal care and skin care products.
The institutions are the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Mamprobi Polyclinic, the La General Hospital, Adabraka Polyclinic, Kaneshie Polyclinic, Maamobi Polyclinic, Princess Marie Louise Hospital, Achimota Hospital, the Weija Leprosarium in Accra, and the Godenu LA Kindergarten/Primary School in the Volta region.
The products were expected to support the sanitation sectors of the various institutions.
Presenting the items, the International Vice President in charge of Sales and Marketing of the company, Mr Ridolfo Ricco Brown, said the donation was in line with the company’s good corporate citizenship objective.
He said the company was concerned about the sanitation and health aspects of the communities where it operated adding that “ as a company, our purpose is to make a positive difference in the lives of people”.
He said the exercise was also part of the company’s support towards the celebration of this year’s World Environmental Day to ensure a clean environment.
“As part of the celebration of the World Environmental Day this year, we in GNLD would like to take this step by ensuring that the environment is clean before the day itself”, he stated.
Mr Brown also mentioneded that the company assisted in the development of other institutions and organisations.
The Deputy Director for Nursing Services of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Ms Comfort Aboagye-Adu, who received the items on behalf of the institutions expressed appreciation to the management of the GNLD International, for the gesture and gave the assurance that the products would be used for their intended purposes.
The company, which was first established in the United States of America (USA), currently exists in over 50 countries across the world.