REV. WILLIAM ADDO FOUNDATION DONATES TO GHANA MAKE A DIFFERENCE

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Rev. William Addo, the Rev. Minister in charge of the Gospel Light International Church, Ojobi Branch, last week, Sunday, (28/01/2024) donated items–including second-hand-clothes, a bag of rice and an undisclosed amount of cash–to the Ghana Make A Difference at Dabanyin in the Central region of Ghana.

The Ghana Make A Difference is an orphanage/special home located at Dabanyin, a community along Kasoa-Winneba Road of the Central Region.

HISTORY
According to Mr. Kofi Amaoko, Director of the Home, the. The home was founded by Mr and Mrs Stacy Hofman, people of the United States of America, some ten years ago, with the aim of making a difference in social care or support in Ghana.

The couple was also to show love and to offer opportunities to those less privileged in society to realise their potential and the true meaning of their lives.

The Director of the Home stated, that they were running the home with the collaboration of the Ghana Social Welfare Department and other related organizations.

He, however, regretted the fact, that there was a need for public education against stereotyping and stigmatization of children in special homes.

He said stereotypical comments like “these are the orphans” and like should not be used on children from special homes since such will rather dampen their spirit and make them feel less human. Rather, there should be equity and equality when relating to children from special homes or orphanages.

According to Madam Bernice Mensah, a staff member of the orphanage, currently, the home has some 47 children with the capacity to take more.

REV. WILLIAM ADDO FOUNDATION

Rev. William Addo is a Minister of the Gospel Light International Church, in charge of the Ojobi Branch, and he is the founder of the William Addo Foundation, a nongovernmental organization with the aim of improving the lives of the vulnerable and the less privileged in society.

The Rev. Minister, when quizzed by this platform, noted that he should have started a foundation earlier to support the vulnerable in society, but some negative perceptions about some foundations and orphanages in the past had kept him away from starting until now when he started visiting some orphanages then he saw the reality and felt the touched God to start one.

According to him, before this time he had been making donations to orphanages and special homes like the Ghana Make A Difference and the Village of Hope, as well as vulnerable individuals.

He said, that in the coming months, he was looking forward to registering his foundation as an international nonprofit organization.

The foundation, though, is still at its embryonic stage, has a staff capacity of four, including Rev. William Addo, the Founder, Elder Francis Essuom, Presiding elder, Elder Appiah Adjei, Assistant Elder, and Miss Florence Tawiah, Secretary of the foundation.

Story By: Ishmael Junourgh

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