Facebook Group; ”Tried & True” Donates To Accra Psychiatric Hospital

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A Facebook group by name , “Tried & True”, as part of its One-year Anniversary has donated some items to the Accra Psychiatric Hospital Children’s Block.

The items include; bags of rice, sugar, detergents, boxes of toothpaste, toiletries, assorted drinks, diapers, drugs among others worth over Ghc 10,000.

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The group, aimed at providing support for the needy and vulnerable in society, in last week also made a donated to the Rising Star Orphanage at Dodowa in the Kpone Katamanso Municipality.

The group created in last year, June, by Mrs. Sandra Tetteh-Myles, a Ghanaian UK base citizen with over 45,000 members is made up of professionals from different working fields with the will to help people the needy.

Mr. Hernry Kwabena, the Coordinator who presented the items on behalf of the group, explained that ‘’even though our country, Ghana is trying their best to handle the situation in terms of psychiatric patients, drugs and their basic needs still needs all the help and assistance it can get to make their system better hence they group see the need to assist them’’.

He said group as part of anniversary activities also trained over 30 people in soap making among others at free of charge to get themselves employed and earn their living.

He noted that the group is planning to abort one of the wards and also help to assist in the rehabilitation of the hospital in the future.

One of the Senior Staff Nurse of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital who received the items thanked and expressed the hospital’s profound gratitude to the members as well as the patrons of the group.

She urged corporate organizations to come to the aid of the hospital in these trying times as mental illness can affect each and everybody irrespective of one’s position in the society.

By: Radio1News|Ghana