One of the teenage mothers receiving her package
Two non-governmental organisations (NGOs) — the Givers of Happiness Foundation (GOH) and
the SHUNAM Foundation — have presented items worth GH¢12,000 to
teenage mothers, pregnant teenagers and pupils of Denkyira Opponso and five
other communities in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality in the Central Region.
The NGOs are seeking to encourage the beneficiary teenage mothers to
return to school and to also educate teenagers on the negative effects associated
with premarital sex.
Items donated included pregnant mother care medical products,
detergents, sanitary pads, boxes of assorted soaps, 10 bags of rice, cartons of
tomato paste, assorted drinks, biscuits, boxes of indomie and cartons of tin
fish.
Educational items donated were 50 pieces of school uniforms, 1,000
exercise books, 50 boxes of pens and pencils, 250 pieces of my first copy book,
erasers and sharpeners.
The NGOs also announced a joint scholarship package for three teenage
mothers who would want to return to school to continue their education.
The donations were made on behalf of the two NGOs by Ebenezer
Debrah, Public Relations Officer of GOH Foundation and Mary Eshun, Treasurer of
GOH Foundation. The Queenmother of Twifo Kyebi, Nana Bimbila II, received the
items on behalf of the beneficiaries.
Nana Bimbila II commended the NGOs highly for the gesture and said
it would motivate the girls to get back to formal education.
