Lady Julia Osei Tutu, wife of the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei
Tutu II, has enjoined corporate institutions and other individuals to
prioritize charity services to the underprivileged in society.
This, she says, is important in promoting the
educational, socio-economic and emotional wellbeing of orphaned children.
In the spirit of the Christmas season, the Otumfuo Charity
Foundation, together with Eden Microfinance Company and Akwafo Adamfo Marketing
Company, organized outreach programmes for three less-endowed ophanages in the
Ashanti region.
“Christmas time we usually invite the children to Manhyia
to have a party but this time we decided to go out and go into the environment
that the children live in and see for ourselves how the children live and if
there is anything else that we can do”, stated Lady Julia.
Inmates of Ashan Children’s Home, Remar Christian Charity
Organization and Cherub Children’s Home received foodstuff and other items
for their upkeep.
Lady
Julia also shared special moments with the kids, exciting them with unique
items to celebrate the season.
“I
feel very good, I feel very blessed”, she said. “Anytime one gets to spend with
children, especially children who are less fortunate I think it’s a blessing
from God and I’ll encourage more people to do it; it gives you a very good
feeling, so I’m very happy to be here”.
Executive
Board Chairman of Eden Microfinance, Williams Adom Boateng, said the company
delights in promoting the upkeep of less fortunate institutions, as part of its
corporate social responsibility.
According
to him, Eden has reached out to eight charity homes in the cause of 2012,
stating that the company will not relent in doing more.
“Today’s
visits have been exceptional and we thank God for that; it’s very important to
us because we have to share the little that God has blessed us with and ensure
the children are catered for”, said Mr. Adom Boateng.
Meanwhile,
the Adom Boateng Foundation has donated items to inmates of the Kumasi Central Prisons
and also organizing free mass registration exercise for individuals who cannot
afford to pay the National Health Insurance premium.
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