Some officials of Barclays Ghana with the nursing mothers
EMPLOYEES
OF Barclays Bank, which will soon be known as Absa, brought smiles on the faces
of 10 nursing mothers by paying their medical bills at the Korle Bu Teaching
Hospital (KBTH).
In
addition, the nursing mothers received free medications and hampers. The
initiative by the Barclays employees, who were born in June, was led by Antoinette
Kwofie, Finance Director and William Easmon, People Function Director of the
bank.
Ms
Kwofie said as part of the bank’s employee volunteerism drive, the June-born
employees made a commitment to put together their resources to support
disadvantage parents to access quality health care for their babies.
“We
believe in contributing positively to our society and impacting lives by helping
members of the communities in which we operate to realize their
possibilities. We therefore decided to support these needy nursing mothers
and their premature babies in order to reduce their financial challenges in accessing
quality healthcare,” Ms Kwofie noted.
Dr.
Naa Djama Glover of the Child Healthcare Unit of the Korle Bu Teaching
Hospital, on behalf of the hospital and patients, expressed gratitude to the employees
of Barclays for their support to the mothers.
“It’s
a lot of help and support to the mothers. It’s really encouraging for them
because every child deserves a chance at life.”
The
presentation also coincided with the 2019 World Prematurity Day which is
observed on November 17th each year, to raise awareness of pre-term
birth related worldwide.
Approximately
15 million babies are born pre-term each year, representing about one in 10 of
all babies born worldwide.
