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Regional News of Friday, 17 August 2007

Source: space fm,sunyani.

B/A Chaplains Assist Hospital, CILIA Orphanage

Space FM,Sunyani, August 17- The Association of Chaplaincy Evangelical Team, (ACET), a non- denominational Organisation of Chaplains of Tand Non-Tertiary Schools in the Brong-Ahafo region, has made separate donations to the Children's Ward of the Brong-Ahafo Regional Hospital and inmates of the Compassion Is Love In Action,(CILIA) Orphanage at Yawhima, near Sunyani. At CILIA, items donated included a bag of rice, cooking oil, tins of tomatoes, crates of soft drinks and two boxes and a cash of ¢1000,000.

Presenting the items, the General Overseer of ACET,Mr. Benjamin Asare, said as servants in the Lord's Vineyard, they saw the need o assist the orphanage in their own small way. He said though ACET constantly offers prayers for the less previleged in the society, it also important to physically support them.

The manager of the CILIA Orphanage, Nana Kofi Adu, who is the Krontihene of Yawhima, commemnded the students for their kind gesture and called on other organisations to assist the home. He said the home currently has thirty one inmates, made up of 14 girls and 17 boys with ages ranging from two years to twelve years.

Earlier, ACET had made similar presentation to the the children's ward of the Brong-Ahafo regional Hospital.

The items were made up of fruits, milk, bread and toilet rolls, all valued at ¢1000,000. Receiving the items on behalf of the children, four year old pupil of the Sarfo Memorial School at Fipre, Delin Amankwaa,thanked tghe donors and asked for more of such visits.

A senior staff midwife, Mrs Faustina Nyarko, also expressed gratitute to ACET and appealed to other organisations to visit the children to bring joy to them.