First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo presenting the items to Elias Wormenor, a teacher at the Akropong School for the Blind
The Rebecca Foundation, headed by First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has distributed food and household items to students of three physically challenged institutions and the Accra Psychiatric Hospital.
The beneficiary institutions are Mampong School for the Deaf, State School for the Deaf, Adjei Kojo and the Akropong School for the Blind.
The assorted food items included bags of rice, oil, sugar, shoes, diapers and clothes.
To the Mampong School for the Deaf, Mrs. Akufo-Addo presented two big gallons of cooking oil, two 50 kilos of sugar, 20 bags of rice, five boxes of shoes and five boxes of goodies from the Samaritan’s Purse.
Similarly, Christmas came early for the students of the State School for the Deaf and the Akropong School for the Blind when they each received two big gallons of cooking oil, two 50 kilo bags of sugar and 20 bags of rice. They also received five boxes of the Samaritan’s P  urse package and five boxes of shoes each.
In a related development, the first lady also presented same items to the patients of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital, including gowns and diapers for nursing mothers.
Speaking at a brief ceremony to present the items on behalf of The Rebecca Foundation, Mrs. Akufo-Addo thanked the institutions for the wonderful work they do and asked that prudent use is made of the items.