Accra, Ghana- Staff of MTN Ghana Foundation today distributed hampers to 250 babies born on Christmas season across the country.
The hampers, each comprising blankets, diapers, towels, shawls, bibs, toiletries, clothes and other baby essentials were distributed to mothers in over 10 hospitals in the 16 regions of Ghana. Mothers with multiple births were given additional hampers for each baby.
Madam Rhoderlyn Entsua Mensah, Sustainability & Social Impact Manager at MTN Ghana Foundation who led a team of MTN Ghana to present 50 hampers to new mothers at the Tema General Hospital, said similar donations were done nationwide.
She noted that babies who were born on the 24th, 25th and 26th December benefitted from the annual package.
Madam Mensah explained that the donation was in line with Foundation’s commitment to brighten lives through impactful Corporate Social Investments.
“It is with great joy that we offer gifts to these unique babies. Christmas, as we all know is a season for showing love. We did this to put smiles on the faces of these mothers to make them feel loved and share in the joy of the season”, she said.
The mothers of the babies who were overjoyed commended MTN Ghana Foundation for the exceptional show of love.
One of the mothers who delivered on 25th December said, “This is my best Christmas. I will surely tell my baby when he grows up that MTN brought him lovely gifts when he was born”.
The Deputy Director of Nursing Services at the Pediatric Unit of the Tema General Hospital, Madam Nelly Enyimah, also thanked the management and staff of MTN Ghana for supporting the new babies and their mothers over the past nine years.
Since 2011, the MTN Ghana Foundation has donated over 1000 hampers to babies born between 24th, 25th and 26th December.
The donation is one of the many ways the MTN Ghana Foundation has helped to brighten the lives of members of the Ghanaian community. The presentation of the hampers was given to celebrate the occasion of the birth of Jesus Christ.
Since its inception in 2007, the MTN Ghana Foundation has improved access to healthcare by building hospital blocks and CHPS Compounds and donated medical equipment to various health centres.
Some health projects the MTN Ghana Foundation has undertaken include the construction of a Neonatal Care Centre for Tamale Teaching Hospital, refurbishment of the 2nd floor maternity block of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, construction of maternity blocks for Ejisu Government Hospital and the Tema General Hospital; and the provision of an Emergency Center for Atua Government Hospital.
In all the Foundation invested has invested in over 140 projects across the country.
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