Rev. Mrs. Rita Korankye-Ankrah handing over the donation to Dr. Frank Owusu Sekyere as members of the group and hospital staff look on
Royal Ladies Ministry, the women’s group of Royalhouse Chapel International, has donated GH¢100,000 to the Child Cancer Unit of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH).
The group also gave out undisclosed amount of money, food, Bibles and other items to parents of the patients in the unit.
The support to children living with cancer forms part of the Royal Ladies Ministry’s 30th anniversary celebration themed, “Three Decades of Empowering Women and Transforming Lives”.
Speaking at the event, First Lady of Royalhouse Chapel International and President General of the Royal Ladies Ministry, Rev. Mrs. Rita Korankye-Ankrah, expressed her joy in seeing the “RL3D Childhood Cancer Project” which was an important activity on the celebration calendar, being fulfilled.
She said, “Every year, as a group within Royalhouse Chapel, we do donations across the nation and this year we chose the childhood cancer project, we decided that we won’t sit in our comfort zones, enjoy and leave the babies and young children with cancer, so as part of our 30th anniversary we came to celebrate with the babies who out of no fault of theirs, are living with cancer.”
She explained that in as much as the donation to the unit is important, a sustained fund is needed to aid in buying medications to help the children beat cancer.
Mrs. Rita Korankye-Ankrah affectionately called, Mama Rita, expressed her appreciation to the Apostle General, Rev. Sam Korankye Ankrah, the members of the group and the church for supporting a worthy cause.
Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of KBTH, Dr. Frank Owusu Sekyere expressed his appreciation to the women and urged other institutions and groups to emulate their kind gesture which would go a long way to support the unit.
He said, “It is always a delight when people think about children, we can’t do it all when it comes to health, it must be a shared responsibility. I think it is a very laudable idea and we will want other corporate and social groups to emulate this kind gesture”.
Paediatric Oncologist, Dr. Ernestina Schandorf, expressed appreciation to the Royal Ladies Ministry on behalf of the oncology unit, parents and their children.
She assured the group that the items received would be used by the hospital to help in the treatment of the children.
A mother of a cancer patient, Madam Kate Baidoo, who has a 5 years old son at the ward, also thanked the group for their kind gesture.
By Florence Asamoah Adom