15 Institutions benefit from Ghana International Foundation

FIFTEEN institutions in the country have received various cheques amounting to £120,000 to support them in catering for their needs.
They included the Akropong School for the Blind, Ghana Education Project, Afrikids, Kintampo Senior High School, Compassionate for Humanity, Nsuaem Rural Health Clinic and Ghana Outlook.
The rest were Awaa Waa 2, Abokobi Health Centre, Hia Community Library, Osenase Orphanage, Urban Poor Child Organisation, Dagbon State Secondary Technical, Anfoega Roman Catholic School Old Pupils and the Seseame Women Association.
The cheques were presented by the Ghana International Foundation, a subsidiary of Ghana International Bank, a UK-based bank in Ghana, to support the society, particularly the needy and under-privileged.
 Presenting the cheques in Accra, the Chief Executive Officer of  Ghana International Bank,  Mr Joe Mensah, said the bank allocated one per cent of its pre-tax profit every year to the foundation to cater for the needs of the less-privileged in society.
He said the foundation was set up by the bank in 1998 to enhance education, health and alleviate poverty in society.
Mr Mensah, who is also a trustee of the foundation, said “the evaluation is done through assessing the needs of people and assisting them with the needed support.”
He also urged other banks to allocate a percentage of their profit to support the needy in society, which will help alleviate most of the problems of the less-privileged in society. * Trustees of the foundation (seated in front) in a group photograph with some beneficiaries.