The New Jersey District of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana has donated relief items to victims of the Akosombo Dam spillage, which has displaced thousands of residents, including some members of the church.
The relief items donated in support of the flood victims in Mepe include four motorbikes, clothes, bags of rice, gallons of cooking oil, and sachet and bottled water. These items were handed over to the Okuapem Presbytery at Mile-50 in Koforidua for onward distribution to the victims.
The team, led by the New Jersey District Minister and also the Clerk of the North America and Australia Presbytery, Rev. Dr. Ransford K Awuku-Gyampoh, was accompanied by Catechist Peter Deku and Nana Agyemang (Senior Presbyter PCG Ascension- New Jersey).
The New Jersey District Minister of the Presbyterian Church, Rev. Dr. Ransford K Awuku-Gyampoh, in an interview with the media, touched on the essence of the donation and called on the government to help relocate the victims.
“The spillage has rendered some members of the church in the Mepe area hopeless. Hence, as representatives of the church in New Jersey, it is important to support and give some kind of comfort to the flood victims. The church needs to stand firm amidst the crises and help the victims get back on their feet. I will appeal to President H.E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to please use his powers to help relocate these friends, parents, and siblings of ours.”
He added, “We believe that if they get a good place to live, especially for students who, for this reason, cannot go to school, and at the end of the year, they are going to write BECE and WASSCE, what happens to them? So for the sake of the future, let us help these children and our parents, and we must not deprive them of their lives.”
The Chairperson of the Okuapem Presbytery, Rev. Ebenezer Acheampong Asiedu, who received the donated items, expressed appreciation to the donors for the gesture, especially in these hard times.
“The four motorbikes for Okuapem and Damgbe-Tong will help us to increase our numbers to bring more souls to Christ and to the kingdom. When the flood occurs, many people lost everything, including their clothing, and so this is going to relieve them to have clothes to wear and to go to church and to work.”