Accra, Dec.17, GNA – The Vodafone Ghana Foundation, to promote inclusion and equality in its operations, has employed more Persons with Disability (PWDs) and trained them in Information and Communication Technology to sharpen their skills.
They form part of the customer care personnel, who offer services to Vodafone users via toll free numbers and in-person.
Mr Amaris Nana Perbi, the Lead, Vodafone Ghana Foundation, disclosed this in an interview with the Ghana News Agency when the Foundation marked the 2021 International Day of PWDs 80 participants in Accra.
He said the Foundation trained them in robotics, website development, and coding.
The occasion also provided the platform to unearth their talents in sporting activities such as goal- balls, egg and spoon race, and sit-down-volley ball, especially for those with visual and hearing impairment.
Mr Perbi said PWDs had great potentials and could bring them onboard when offered the opportunity, adding that Vodafone had no regrets engaging them.
Madam Geta Striggner-Quartey, the Director of Legal and External Affairs, Vodafone Ghana, said the exercise was also part of the Vodafone Ghana ‘Birthday Stars’ initiative, where staff got together within the month of their birth to design and implement a corporate social responsibility to touch lives.
They also invite personalities within the broadcast media, especially with television, who had their birthdays the same month to share experiences and motivational messages.
Mrs Patricia Obo-Nai, the Chief Executive Officer of Vodafone Ghana, a December born, expressed joy at the positive impact the exercise had had on the PWDs.
“This has come from our hearts, so please do have fun. I appreciate greatly your presence and participation,” she added.
Ms Ramatou Salifu, the First Vice President, Ghana Blind Sports Association, expressed gratitude to Vodafone Ghana Foundation for the constant support to members.
She said though Ghana won Bronze at the International Blind Sports Federation’s ‘Goalball African Championship’, the team could have done better if it had training kits to sharpen skills.
She said goalball was a beautiful game, which was getting accepted globally, and appealed to individuals and corporate organisations to support the team with rehearsal kits.
“We need to see goalball as one of the major sporting events that can equally be as attractive as the football played by the Black Stars.”
GNA