Business News of Friday, 15 February 2019

Source: Pat Godwin

Awake donates GHC75,000 to the national cardiothoracic center

This donation cumulatively sums up all donations made so far to 1,000,000.00 This donation cumulatively sums up all donations made so far to 1,000,000.00

Awake Purified Drinking water, CIMG Product of the year 2017 through its charity driven project; ONE 4 Life showed massive love to people with various cardiovascular disease by donating GHC 75,000 on Valentine’s day Thursday 14th Feb 2019.

This donation cumulatively sums up all donations made so far from 2016 to a whopping 1 Million Ghana Cedis (1,000,000.00).

This great accomplishment was remarkably marked with sensational gospel musician Diana Antwi Hamilton to specifically thank its cherished consumers for their support in achieving this feat; through their continuous patronage of Awake which contributes 10p on every 500ml bottle purchase.

Diana Hamilton’s Mo No Yo song (over 3 million YouTube views) was used as tag line for this activity. She visited patients on remand and in the OPD (Out Patients Department) to share words of encouragement and retailers and consumers in and around Korle-Bu environs to further thank them for this success.

Diana Hamilton was honoured to be present at event and commented that “She was particularly pleased to witness in full glare as donation was made and was surprised that a million had been given within this short period”.

Awake Purified Drinking water has over the years donated to the National Cardiothoracic Centre to financially support the less privileged and disadvantaged who cannot afford medical care heart transplant, heart surgeries, etc. This donation will mark the 9th time since the ONE 4 Life initiative.

Speaking at the event, Director for Water and CSD, Eunice Adjei announced that donation made so far to the Cardio centre through the sales of Awake bottles has reached a total of One Million Ghana Cedis with Sixty-Six (66) Beneficiaries.

“Indeed, we proudly attest that with the help of Ghanaian consumers and our stakeholders, our dream of building a formidable brand and a great Corporate Social Responsibility project has immensely been successful and we are poised in ensuring continuity of the One4Life Campaign.

On Behalf of the Group Chairman (Dr Kwabena Adjei), The Managing Director (Richard Adjei), Staff and board of Kasapreko, we want to say thank you to all Consumers, Distributors, retailers and everyone that has supported Awake Purified Drinking Water and One4Life project since 2016”.
Indeed, Mo Ne Y)!!!!!!!!!

Receiving the 9th donation since the initiative began, Dr. Lawrence Sereboe, Head of the Cardiothoracic Centre, received the cheque on behalf the Centre and used the opportunity to express the Centre’s gratitude to Awake Purified Drinking Water and Kasapreko Company Limited for sustaining their commitment to the Centre.

He also used the opportunity to entreat corporate bodies and individuals to follow suit and support the centre to save more lives.

In the spirit of St. Valentine’s, the Awake team also provided breakfast packs with chocolates to patients on remand and in OPD to remind them that they are loved and cherished.

The main objective of the donation is to thank its consumers for helping the brand to achieve great success through their continuous purchase of Awake Purified Drinking Water.

Awake Purified Drinking Water is available in 19litres, 1.5litres, 750ml, 500ml and 330ml, available for purchase in all marts and shopping centres across Ghana.