Brisk Credit supports Echoing Hills

Brisk Credit, a micro-finance company, has presented assorted items to the Echoing Hills Village, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) with a shelter at Ogbojo, near Madina, for deprived children.

The company, established two years ago, decided to donate to the NGO as part of its second anniversary and also in line with its corporate social responsibility policy.

The items included two bags of rice, a bag of maize, sachet water, plastic cups, bowls, buckets, toiletries, fish and detergents.

Echoing Hills Village, which was established in 1994, houses about 50 children who are provided with food, shelter, clothing and education at the home.

The inmates are made up of children who suffer from intellectual disability, hearing and visual impairment, are physically challenged and orphans.

Some of the children are in school, while the rest are learning different kinds of skills.

Brisk Credit, which plans to be a nationwide corporate entity soon, extends credit to market women, traders, individuals, corporate institutions and SMEs.

The General Manager of the company, Mr Gideon Asamoah-Asante, gave the rationale behind the donation, saying, ‘As a company, we do not only aim at making profit but also fulfilling our social responsibilities.’

He said the company decided to support the less-fortunate in the area where it operated.

Mr Asamoah-Asante asked the children at the village to pray for the growth of the company so that it could get more to share with the vulnerable in society.Some of the inmates of Echoing Hills Village

Receiving the items, the Director of Echoing Hills Village, Rev Larry Lamina, thanked Brisk Credit for the gesture and urged other companies which were better endowed to come to the aid of the less-fortunate in society.

Established by Cordell Brown, an American who visited the country in the 1990s and had the vision to secure the future of people with disabilities, the home currently lacks potable water, mattresses, food, money, teachers and healthcare facilities.

Rev Lamina urged parents and society at large not to neglect less-endowed children to roam the streets but identify their talents and help them develop those skills to become useful adults.

The Project Officer of Echoing Hills Village suggested to the government to fully implement the Disability Law to ensure that all vulnerable children had access to education and free medical care.