National Service persons attached to the Cal Bank have presented items worth more than GH¢7,000 to Egyam Orphanage Foundation in the Ahanta West District of the Western Region.
The items includes three desktop computers, bags of rice, plates, cooking oil, laundry soap, tinned tomatoes and fish, stationery, biscuits, packs of soya milk, sugar, soft drinks, insecticides, detergents, laundry baskets, plastic chairs, toothpaste, aluminum and plastic bowls, ice chest and other items, with support from corporate bodies and the Cal Bank.
Apart from the presentation, the service persons also went on a float through the principal streets of the Sekondi/Takoradi Metropolis to educate people on the importance of blood donation.
The group later converged on the Blood Bank of the Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital where they donated a pint of blood each.
The Director of Human Resource at the Cal Bank, Mr Samuel Boafo, said the focus was to reach out to the less privileged in the communities they operated.
He said the service persons from various branches in the country had instituted the support scheme with the bank to solicit public support for the needy.
Mr Boafo said the focus of supporting the orphanages was for the national service persons to come face to face with the plight of the less privileged in society, which would encourage them to appreciate the needs of society.
The Administrator of the orphanage, Mr Daniel Payne, thanked the service persons and the bank, as well as other donors for their support.
He said the items would help them to take good care of the children.
Mr Payne said the orphanage had been in existence for the past four years, but was officially opened on December 27, 2007 with the focus to help the less privileged.
He said the orphanage, which started with 32 children, now had 51 children made up of 32 boys and 19 girls.
He appealed to authorities to help them construct the road leading to the orphanage and also for constant support from philanthropists.
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