Dependable Ladies, a Women’s Wing of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Kwadaso Constituency and staunch supporters of the Member of Parliament (MP), Professor Kingsley Nyarko, have donated a variety of gifts to the Edwenease Rehabilitation Centre.
The items included assorted soft drinks, boxes of biscuits, tissues and others to help the inmates enjoy the Christmas festive season.
Mrs Grace Boadu, the leader of the group, speaking with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) after the donation, said it was to support the less privileged to enjoy the yuletide.
According to her, the items would go a long way to satisfy some of the needs of the inmates of the Centre, adding that, the group would strive to continue to support marginalised children.
Prof. Nyarko, who together with the Women’s group donated the items to the centre, commended the Dependable ladies for their continued support and vision to donate to the centre.
According to him, the centre which was providing technical and vocational training to people w
ith disabilities was of great importance to society.
He would, therefore, do whatever it takes to support them in times of need to enable the inmates to live a comfortable life at the centre.
The Edwenease Rehabilitation Centre is a government institution under the Department of Social Welfare.
The centre was purposely established to provide vocational training for the visually, physically and mentally impaired, as well as those who suffer from mobility or learning difficulties in the city of Kumasi and other communities in the Ashanti Region.
Currently, the centre provides training in leather works, sewing, needlework, shoemaking, hairdressing, beautification and rural craft courses for students who live at the facility.
It was first established in Kwadaso in 1958 and in 1974, the city council relocated it to its present site at Edwenease, intending to take people with disability out of the streets and provide care for them.
Mrs. Rita Manu who received the items on behalf of the institution, expressed
her appreciation and gratitude to the Dependable ladies and the MP for their kind gesture.
Source: Ghana News Agency
