As part of the Company’s Corporate Social Responsibility, the Staff of Total Petroleum Ghana PLC embarked on an annual charity donation exercise at MAHLEF (Mama Happy Life Enhancement Foundation) located at Tema-Manhean on 14th of February 2022.
MAHLEF is a Non-profit Christian Humanitarian Organization that targets teenage mothers and children to support them in their medical expenses, feeding, education and their overall well-being.
Teenage mothers are also trained in bead-making, knitting, catering and sewing to enable them acquire some vocational skills.
On behalf of the Staff and Management of Total Petroleum Ghana PLC, a cheque of Twenty Thousand Ghana Cedis (GHC 20,000) was presented to the Foundation.
Additionally, several items including bags of rice, gallons of oil, boxes of canned tomatoes, sugar, detergents, toiletries amongst worth Five Thousand Ghana Cedis (GHC 5,000) were also presented. The objective is to help cater for the day-to-day management of the Foundation.
The Executive Director of Mahlef, Madam Happy Crentsil expressed her sincere gratitude for the kind gesture and promised to use the cash and items to cater for the well-being and development of these young mothers and less privileged children within the community.
Similarly, on the 16th of February 2022 a delegation from the Company embarked on another donation exercise to Village of Hope located at Gomoa Fetteh in the Central Region.
A cheque worth Twenty Thousand Ghana Cedis (GHC20,000) was presented to The Village of Hope on behalf of Management and Staff of Total Petroleum Ghana PLC. The Company also donated bags of rice, gallons of oil, boxes of canned tomatoes paste, sugar, detergents, and toiletries, totaling Five Thousand Ghana Cedis (GHC 5,000). This donation was to help support the Foundation in its day-to-day operations.
Upon receiving the items, Mr. Kweku Sarkodie, the Deputy Group MD, informed the team that the foundation will be celebrating its 26th anniversary in February this year and that they currently have 44 students at university, 40 in Senior High School (Boarding), and 96 children in the Basic School on their premises. The Basic School, he added, is open to the public at a fee. They also have a health facility that provides services the orphanage as well as numerous nearby communities.
He expressed his heartfelt gratitude for the thoughtful gesture and promised to use the funds and materials to support the well-being and development of the underprivileged children being catered for in the Village.
