Accra, May 1, GNA – The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC), on Friday made a cheque donation of GH¢ 70,000.00 to the COVID-19 National Trust Fund.
Most Reverend Charles Gabriel Palmer-Buckle, Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Coast who is the Vice President of the GCBC, did the presentation on behalf of the Conference at its Secretariat in Accra.
He was supported by Rev. Fr. Lazarus Anondee, Secretary General of the GCBC, an official statement copied to the GNA said.
The statement said Archbishop Palmer-Buckle noted that the donation was the Catholic Church’s widow’s mite to support the government, so that collectively Ghana could fight the novel Coronavirus disease.
He said GCBC’s nine-month National Response Plan for Covid-19 aimed at providing Protective Personal Equipments for all Catholic frontline health workers as well as provide relief items to the elderly and the vulnerable.
He expressed his gratitude to all, especially the frontline workers for their sacrifices and prayed for God’s protection and intervention.
Mr. Jude Kofi Bucknor, a Member the Board of Trustees, received the cheque on behalf of the Trust.
He was supported by the Administrator of the Fund, Dr. Collins Asare.
Mr. Bucknor thanked the Catholic Church on behalf of the Trustees for the generous donation and gave the assurance that the money would be used judiciously and accounted for by the Trust.
GNA