By Emelia Nkrumah
Accra, Aug. 31, GNA – The Revival Outreach Church has organised a thanksgiving and anointing service for children of Street Academy, a non-government organisation which caters for the wellbeing of homeless and child labourers.
The annual thanksgiving service was also organised to draw the children closer to God and seek His protection and assistance in all their endeavours.
Speaking at the service, Mr Peter Akorful, an elder of Revival Outreach Church, urged the children not to demean themselves but believe that they were created for a purpose.
He told them to believe in God and trust in Him alone for the supply of their entire needs since He was the creator of all things.
“Always believe in yourselves and confess positive things since life and death lay in the power of the tongue,” he added.
Mr Akorful appealed to Christians to cultivate the habit of giving and paying attention to the needs of the less privileged.
He advised the children to emulate the character and way of life of Jesus Christ as indicated in the Bible.
Mr Ataa Lartey, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Street Academy, said God had been faithful to the school as well as the students throughout the academic year, hence the thanksgiving service.
According to him, the Academy’s objective was to empower the less privileged and vulnerable within the communities to live normal and professional lives.
Mr Lartey indicated that the Academy was faced with financial challenges and called on the government and stakeholders to come to their aid to enable the children to lead better lives in the near future which he maintained had taken over hundreds of kids off the street over the years.
He therefore thanked the church for hosting this year’s thanksgiving service for the Academy and the school.
The Street Academy was established in 1986 by Mr Ataa Lartey, a sports enthusiast and social worker, as a youth program to tap talents in sports and cultural activities.
It is a three-year bridge program preparing students for mainstream education, the public school system, and vocational training. Committed to the most vulnerable children, the Street Academy is 100% free, sponsoring books, uniforms, and two meals a day.
The Academy offers inclusive refuge for under-resourced and underprivileged children by providing an alternative school curriculum rooted in informal academic teachings, sports, music, art, and culture.
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