{"id":1270367,"date":"2022-12-27T11:06:25","date_gmt":"2022-12-27T11:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/27\/mtn-ghana-gifts-hampers-to-christmas-babies-at-korle-bu\/"},"modified":"2022-12-27T11:06:25","modified_gmt":"2022-12-27T11:06:25","slug":"mtn-ghana-gifts-hampers-to-christmas-babies-at-korle-bu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/27\/mtn-ghana-gifts-hampers-to-christmas-babies-at-korle-bu\/","title":{"rendered":"MTN Ghana gifts hampers to Christmas babies at Korle Bu"},"content":{"rendered":"

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MTN Ghana Foundation has gifted hampers to about 60 babies born during the yuletide at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra.<\/p>\n

Mothers of babies born from 24 to 26 December which is also Boxing Day received hampers and recharge cards while eight mothers in labour also received the same.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The donation is under the \u2018MTN Boxing Day Hamper Distribution\u2019 programme by MTN Ghana Foundation which started in 2011 to put smiles in the face of mothers and their babies.<\/p>\n

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The assorted hampers included baby diapers, baby wipes, baby clothing, toiletries, toys and other baby essentials.<\/p>\n

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The same hamper distribution is happening simultaneously in all 16 regions of Ghana.<\/p>\n

The beneficiary hospitals were Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Effia Nkwanta Hospital, Adidome Hospital, among others.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Speaking after the donation, the Manager for Sustainability and Social Impact for MTN Ghana Foundation, Mrs. Rhoderlyn Entsua-Mensah, said the project aims to support mothers who deliver on December 26 to show appreciation to them.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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She said the project was carried out across the 16 regions at specified hospitals.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mrs Entsua-Mensah, however, said there are 500 hampers in total to be distributed to all babies born on Christmas Boxing Day.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cMTN is committed to celebrating with mothers who have successfully delivered on festive occasions like Christmas,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She stated that the foundation has a lot of projects to be accomplished including a sixty-bed maternity and child health block to be built in Keta, Volta Region, a robotic centre to be built for Mamfe Girls, an accident and emergency ward also to be built for citizens in Bawjuasi in the Central region.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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She said the Foundation will continue to invest in all areas to benefit the people of Ghana.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis project is the Foundation\u2019s 25th Anniversary milestone project,\u201d she added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Senior Midwifery Officer at the Maternity Unit of Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Portia Ocloo Enam Aku, said the Maternity Unit had more than sixty deliveries between December 24 and December 26.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She expressed gratitude to MTN Ghana Foundation for their immense contribution to the Hospital.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Dorcas Dadzi, a mother at the hospital, said she was surprised and excited upon delivering her son and receiving her first gift from MTN.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI am really happy and grateful to MTN Ghana Foundation because I didn\u2019t expect it and I am an MTN network user\u201d, she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

MTN Ghana Foundation has been giving to babies annually at various maternity hospitals to cater for the health needs of several individuals and organisations across the country to foster socio-economic growth.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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