AWC gives to destitute

Action Worship Center (AWC), a subsidiary of Action Chapel International (ACI), has extended its benevolence to the people of Adetim in the West Akim District.

The AWC, over the weekend, as part of the highlights of its Easter festivities, visited the community where it donated carefully selected items, ranging from clothing, shoes, bags, provisions, educational materials, toys, food items and drinks, toiletries, to 50 bags of cement among others, worth GH¢34,482.10.

The Resident Pastor Rev. Koffy Oko-Adjei, speaking after the donation to The Chronicle, said the gesture was in-line with Jesus’ direction in ‘Matt 14:14’ that the well-to-do in the societies must always have compassion on the poor.

“It is an extension of God’s love, and our corporate social responsibility towards the needy in the society,” he revealed.

On the message of Easter, Rev. Oko-Adjei said it was that of “love, sacrifice, giving, and the message of endurance,” so they, as members of the AWC, led by him, believed that being in the church and blessed they needed to extend their affluence to the impoverished localities like the one they donated to.

He added that the donation was the third in three years. Apart from the material wealth they brought to the people, he further explained that they brought to them the gift of love and salvation, which are eternal, because those are not perishable.

He assured the community that they (the AWC) would ensure that their dilapidated school building would be rebuilt into a modern one. “Who knows the next doctor, President, Chief Justice or Speaker of Parliament may come from this community.”

The Assembly Member for the Abamkrom electoral area, Henry Nyani, thanked the members of AWC for their lovely gesture, saying: “We appreciate the kind gesture done to us by the AWC, especially, by providing us with educational materials, because nowadays, the aim of every parent is to give his or her child quality education, and the people of Adetim are no exception.”

“You could see for yourselves how awful our school block is,” he further lamented.

Mr, Nyani, therefore, called on other non-governmental-organisations (NGOs) to emulate the AWC by coming to their aid to alienate them from their current sour plight.

The Chief of the Area, Nana Kweku Seidu, expressed his profound gratitude to the AWC, revealing that the community rarely enjoyed this type of benevolence and love.

“Today is the happiest day of my life,” Rose Musa, a student of Adetin Vision International, told The Chronicle, adding that “the idea of me using the computer for the first in my life, courtesy the AWC, is beyond comprehension. I’m eternally grateful to them.”

The church members, led by Rev. Oko-Adjei, interacted with the community folks for several hours teaching them the scriptures, and also prayed with them for God’s guidance.