Nana Kwaku Baah, the Nkosuohene of Kenyase Number 2, delivering his address
THE ANNUAL mega Children and Widow’s Christmas Party, organised by the Octagon Foundation, has been held at Kenyase Number 2, in the Ahafo Region.
As expected, 160 inmates of the Kenyase Prisons Camp and 1,000 children, including street children and orphans, were served sumptuous meals and soft drinks.
The merrymaking event, held annually on the New Year’s Day, has been in existence for over ten years.
The foundation also presented half piece of wax print cloth to 160 widows, who afterwards were served with food and screened medically for free.
Octagon Foundation, was founded by Francis Donkor-Baah, a popular Metallurgical Engineer, who is also a renowned entrepreneur and a philanthropist.
Aside the annual Christmas party, Octagon Foundation has also embarked on several developmental projects to help expedite the transformation of Kenyase Number 2.
As a result of this, the Kenyase Number 2 Traditional Council in 2018, bestowed the ‘Nkosuohene’ title on Francis Donkor-Baah, with the stool name Nana Kwaku Baah.
Nana Kwaku Baah said he is aware of the financial troubles facing most of the people in the area, especially the widows and children, hence instituting the annual party.
“The most affected are these widows and aged. So, during Christmas we try to bring them together and make merry and share gifts,” he said, adding, the event had come to stay.
He said his siblings Emelia and Rita Donkor-Baah (UK) and his classmates from 1988, Joyce Addo Yobo (UK), Ebenezer Akumatey (USA) and Andrews Annang (USA), supported the event.
Nana Kwaku Baah also heaped tons of praises on his colleagues in mining, Paul Sawley, Joseph Akwasi Addae and Benjamin Baah for their significant support.
The Octagon Foundation leader said it is a blessing to give than to receive, therefore he would continue to solicit for support to help uplift the needy in Kenyase Number 2.
FROM I.F. Joe Awuah Jnr., Kumasi