General News of Friday, 29 November 2019
Source: africanews.com
An influential Ghanaian journalist rallied donations of over $9,000 to support medical treatment of an ailing girl she hosted on a television program recently.
Nana Aba Anamoah, who works with the privately-owned GH Onte TV, made the call for donations via Twitter and grossed the amount needed to treat the 8-year-old patient, Davelyn, in under 24-hours.
In the fundraising video posted on November 26, Nana Aba disclosed that the afflicted girl was autistic, almost visually and aurally impaired. She had also been diagnosed with hole in heart, a cardiothoracic condition.
“The cost of the surgery is $9,000 and with 50,000 Ghana cedis we can save her life,” she said adding that the girl’s mother had raised 4,000 Ghana cedis ($750), and she needed public support to raise the remaining 46,000 Ghana cedis.
In giving an update of the records as at Wednesday November 27, the journalist announced that the fundraiser done largely via mobile money transactions was far advanced.
MoMo to Dorcas, Davelyn’s mother ( 0244-472-624) currently stands at 20,212 cedis.
— nana aba (@thenanaaba) November 27, 2019
MoMo to 0540-703-584 (Phoebe Cobbinah, Davelyn’s Auntie) also stands at 10,000 cedis.
MoMo to Ewura Abena 0558602553, the UG student - 13,360 cedis.
I am grateful to every one of you ???? https://t.co/nIDB9t8CGs