GHANECC donated Baptist School Complex and Orphanage at Suhum

THE Ghana Netherlands Chamber of Commerce and Culture (GHANECC) has donated items worth GH¢2,500 to the Baptist School Complex and Orphanage at Suhum in the Eastern Region.
The items included clothing and foodstuffs as well as cash.
The Manager of GHANECC, Ms Francesca Holdbrook-Smith, said she decided to mobilise support for the complex following a visit she paid to the complex two years ago and saw the efforts the founder was making to make the place a better place for the orphans.
“I believe these kids, some of whom are very young, have a lot of potential and if they are given the needed support they will become useful to the society,” she told the Daily Graphic.
She said the chamber focused most of its efforts at providing sound marketing and business information, while facilitating trade between the two countries and promoting business connection between the business community in both countries.
She said the donation was part of the Chamber’s effort to make the children at the orphanage celebrate the Christmas festivities meaningfully.
She advised the kids to be obedient and make the best out of the opportunities being offered them at the complex.
The Project Manager for GHANECC, Ms Sherifa Fuller, also advised the kids to study hard and believe in themselves because there was nothing they could not achieve if they made up their minds to achieve their objectives.
The Founder and Pastor of the complex, Reverend Victor Ofori-Amoah, expressed profound gratitude to GHANECC for the support and gave the assurance that the items would be used for the benefit of the kids.
He said the complex catered for about 105 students from six regions, and that most of them were sent there by the Department of Social Welfare and opinion leaders in the community and its surroundings.
According to him, the school started under a cocoa tree with few orphans and its population continued to grow with the support of benevolent associations and individuals in society.
Reverend Ofori-Amoah said the school, which started in September 1996, now had only nine classrooms, which were not enough for the pupils, looking at their increasing number and their desire to study.
The complex, he said, had about 26 workers some of whom served as teachers in the school. Among them are three senior high school graduates who are at the moment looking for admission to some of the country’s tertiary institutions.