Bakaano, C/R, Jan. 16, GNA—The Little Angels Trust, a charity organization, donated medical supplies and assorted items to the Cape Coast Metropolitan Hospital in the Central Region.
The items include medical supplies, packs of bottled water, children’s clothing, and soft drinks, among others.
Dame Lavinia Enim, the Founder of the Trust, said, “Little Angels Trust is all about children. We believe children are the legacy that we are going to leave behind, especially terminally ill children like those with cancer.”
She said an average child who comes from a middle-class or rich home was diagnosed with an illness like cancer; it had a huge impact and affected the whole family financially.
“So if a child who is poor is diagnosed with cancer, that could be a death sentence because this is a child whose parents cannot even afford to feed them,” she said.
Research shows that each year, an estimated 400,000 children and adolescents aged 0-19 develop cancer, of whom many cannot afford treatment.
She said the Trust would keep fighting to put smiles on the faces of the children as long as there are sick children and as long as children are dying unnecessarily.
She said over the years, the Trust had supported the children’s units of Korle-bu Hospital, Princess Louise Hospital, Accra Psychiatric Hospital, Mamobi Hospital, and Interbeton Hospital in Cape Coast.
The Founder of the Trust their outfit have built a strong relationship with the Department of Child Health at the Korle-Bu Hospital and others within Ghana.
She said over the years, the Trust had organized health walks to create awareness for childhood cancer and show love to children who are terminally ill.
She appealed to corporate institutions and other philanthropists to come to the aid of children who are terminally ill.
Dr Vincent Kudoh,the Medical Superintendent at Cape Coast Metropolitan Hospital, thanked the Trust for the gesture.
“I pray we get more people like you to support the hospital. “We are blessed to have,” she said.
He appealed to other institutions to support the hospital to continue to provide health care to the community.
GNA
Edited by Kenneth Odeng Adade