Accra, Dec 23, GNA – The women at the Gambaga ‘Witches’camp have lauded Mrs Lordina Mahama and her Lordina Foundation for being a reliable support system for the camp over the years.
A statement issued by the Lordina Foundation and copied to the Ghana News Agency, said in addition to regular donations, Mrs Mahama had also in the past, facilitated the presentation of a vehicle and started work on an accommodation and skills training facility for the camp.
The statement recounted that on September 20, the Foundation visited the camp and presented food and essential items to beneficiaries of the Go Home Project.
It said after the presentation, Madam Priscilla Santuo-Ocrah, Board Secretary, Lordina Foundation, extended warm greetings on behalf of the Foundation’s President to the women.
“Mama Lordina loves you all and is always ready to support you to ensure your comfort,” she told the peoeple.
Madam Santuo-Ocrah emphasised that the Foundation’s motto, “The More We Share, the More We Have,” was its guiding principle.
She said the Foundation believes in sharing its resources to bring smiles to as many faces as possible.
“I know these items will not solve all your problems, but I believe they will make a significant difference,” she noted.
The statement said the items presented included bags of rice, cartons of cooking oil, canned tomatoes, malt drink, fruit juice, milo beverage, bottled water, tom brown, gari mix, spaghetti, tissue paper, and detergents.
It said each beneficiary also received a piece of cloth and a bar of chocolate.
Reverend Gladys Lariba, the Coordinator for the Go Home Project, expressed excitement and thanked Mrs Mahama for the donation and support.
She acknowledged Mrs Mahama and her Foundation for the critical role she was playing in running the camp over the years, with regular donations occurring two or three times a year.
She expressed the hope that work on an abandoned accommodation facility would soon resume to provide the women with decent and dignified housing while they waited to reintegrate with their families.
Rev Lariba also thanked the Foundation for providing a vehicle that assisted them with their sensitisation programmes and transporting beneficiaries to access healthcare and other needs.
She also called for the implementation of the Anti-Witchcraft Bill, which was passed a few years ago, to sensitise Ghanaians and prevent further instances of elderly women being expelled from their homes due to witchcraft accusations.
The “Go Home Project” is an initiative of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana aimed at correcting the stigmatisation of elderly women in the “Gambaga Witches Camp.”
GNA