Edusei Foundation donates GHC100K to support the renovation of KATH
Renowned Ghanaian philanthropists, Dr Kwame Bawuah-Edusei, Mrs Evangeline Bawuah-Edusei and family have contributed One Hundred Thousand Ghana Cedis (GHC100,000.00) towards the renovation of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region under the HEAL Komfo Anokye Project.
The Edusei Foundation, a non-profit organization provided the gift as a matching fund to support efforts to give the 70-year-old tertiary hospital a facelift on Saturday June 15, 2024.
The donation by the Edusei Foundation was in response to the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II’s clarion call for all to help address the myriad of challenges bedeviling the premier hospital, as he initiated an effort to raise Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000.00) for the renovation of the hospital as part of his 25th Anniversary Legacy Project.
Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) plays a crucial role in serving over twelve (12) regions in Ghana, but its current state poses significant challenges to healthcare delivery, with essential machines in despair and multiple infrastructural challenges.
In line with this appeal by the revered King, several organizations and individuals have made donations towards the cause.
Flanked by his wife Mrs. Evangeline Bawuah- Edusei and close relatives Mr Kwabena Owusu Agyemang and Mr. Eric Edusei, Dr. Kwame Bawuah-Edusei who was born and also trained as a pioneer Medical Clinical Student at the Teaching Hospital presented a cheque of GHc100,000.00 to the hospital authorities to support the ongoing efforts to rehabilitate the hospital.
“We feel privileged to support the renovation of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital. Being here today brings back lots of fond memories.
“This donation is to help resolve infrastructural defects to ensure a safer and more functional facility to patrons,” Dr Kwame Bawuah-Edusei said as he handed over the cheque to Professor Dr Otchere Addai-Mensah, Chief Executive Officer of KATH and other hospital officials in a brief ceremony.
Responding to this act of generosity, Professor Dr Otchere Addai-Mensah asserted that, “Your kind donation is highly valued as it would go a long way to ensure the successful execution of Otumfuo Osei Tutu’s legacy project for the benefit of all and save the hospital from a possible catastrophic structural failure in the future.”
About The Heal Komfo Anokye Project
The purpose of this proposal is to address the urgent need for infrastructural improvement in Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Ghana’s second-largest teaching hospital which receives referrals from 12 out of the 16 Regions of Ghana.
Despite its reputation for providing quality and affordable healthcare services and conducting groundbreaking research, KATH faces serious infrastructural challenges that affect service delivery to patients, visitors, and staff.
About Edusei Foundation
Dr Kwame Bawuah-Edusei founded the Edusei-Foundation with his wife, Mrs Evangeline Bawuah-Edusei and family in 2013 to help develop and empower the youth and uplift women and children.
The foundation has been working with other non-governmental organizations to promote their goals.
The Edusei Foundation has been organizing youth workshops in Ghana, United Kingdom, Canada and the United States through career and college counselling, life surviving skills and healthy living.
The Edusei Foundation has also been making direct donations to orphanages, Catholic Charities and other non-governmental organizations to empower the youth and women.
Dr Bawuah-Edusei is fully committed to continuing his family tradition of philanthropy, integrity and economic development for the rest of his life as private citizen.
Edusei Foundation does not solicit for funds nor in kind as our resources are internally generated from the running of their family businesses.
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