The Citi FM Foundation, as part of its annual Easter Orphan Project, will today, April 21—Easter Monday—bring joy to children in selected orphanages and inmates in rehabilitation centres across the country.
The initiative is a joint effort by Citi FM and Channel One TV and forms a key part of their Family Month activities.
This year, over 500 orphans at the Baptist School Complex Orphanage (BASCO) at Trotor, near Suhum, along with others in the Northern and Ashanti Regions, will benefit from the project.
Speaking ahead of the presentation, Frema Adunyame, Head of Events and Partnerships at Citi FM and Channel One TV, shared insights into the purpose behind the initiative.
“This is a project where we visit various orphanages. We go up north, and also we do the Ashanti Region and we do BASCO. We have done this over the years and we are doing it once again. We do it every Easter Monday so we are going there today, to spend time with the children.
“It is a way of telling them that regardless of whatever has happened to them in their lives, there are still family members who still care about them and they can count on us as one of such,” she said.
Frema also highlighted an expanded focus this year—supporting individuals in rehabilitation centres.
“In addition to visiting the orphanages, this year, we are also visiting two drug rehabilitation centres; the Iris Place and Chosen Rehab. It is sometimes difficult but these people also require some kind of help to be able to be reintegrated back to their families and society.
“But while they are here, they also need that support and we are hoping that you would continue to support us for us to be able to do this annually,” she added.
