Over 100 widows receive clothes, rice, cooking oil…. from Kwabena Nyame
Over hundred widows in the Nyinahin in the Ashanti Region of Ghana have received donations to support them in celebrating Christmas.
The donation which was in collaboration with some friends and worth over 6,000 Ghana cedis was aimed at supporting the poor and needy widows during the festive seasons.
Abena Konadu, a widow and a mother of 4 is among the many that benefited from this donation.
“When my husband died, nobody cared to catered for our children. I’ve been working at a farm to provide for my children.
“The little I get from the farm is what I use in fending for my children. I have nobody to cater for myself and my children,” she said.
The items including bags of rice, oil, GTP cloth, and other cooking items were provided by a Ghanaian Young farmer who lived in Nyinahin in the Atwima Mponua district, Philip Kwabena Nyame.
“We are in the festive season, and we decided to donate to the widows in our community. Widowhood as part of nature is inevitable so we decided to give out to them this festive season.
“Because of the pandemic, there has been a lot of shocks around the whole country and every worker. We the farmers is no exception. So we decided to help out so the widows can be part of the festive season,” he said.
He explained his past experience with a friend who’s mother was widow motivated him to give back to the vulnerable.
“Its like I’ve been in their shoes before because my friend mum was once a widow so I can feel their pains especially during such occasions. You have to be part of them to know the pain they’re experiencing.
“We decided to do it for the widows because most of the time, our mothers are the ones who usually take care of the family. Some fathers don’t really care about what the family goes through,” he added.
Mr. Kwabena Nyame explained that the gesture would be replicated in the other villages in the next year.
“We are trying to move to expand to the other communities within the district in the near future”: he revealed.
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By Akwadaa Nyame (SilverFM)
