ASA Savings and loans Ghana Limited, a subsidiary of ASA International, as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility has donated items worth several thousand of Ghana cedis to the New Life Nungua Children’s Home International in Accra.
Mr. Shah Abdul Wahab – Deputy Managing Director, ASA Savings and Loans – said aside from the provision of a Loan & Savings programme, ASA Savings and Loans, the company has incorporated a Corporate Social Responsibility programme and allocated US$35,000 for this year.
“This will be toward general health, which includes Hepatitis B test, Sugar level test, Malaria prevention, drug distribution and donations to orphanages,” he said.
Mr. Abdul Wahab said the activities will be spread in the six regions of Ghana where its operations are captured. A total of 22 activities have so far been executed, with 3,854 beneficiaries within the communities of Ashanti, Brong Ahafo, Takoradi and Greater Accra Regions.
Nii Afotey Botwe, Chief and Director of the orphanage, thanked the company for its kind gesture and called on other organisations to emulate it.
ASA savings and loans has 108 Business Offices across 6 regions of Ghana, currently serving more than 163,500 clients. The company is working to reach all the 10 regions by 2018.
ASA Saving and Loans Ghana Limited has rolled out special investment and loan products that target SMEs, high net worth Individuals, Societies, Associations, Clubs, Schools, Churches, Enterprise, and Corporate Bodies.
ASA Savings is a proud member of the Ghana Club 100 and was ranked 20th Best Company in Ghana in 2016.
Meanwhile, ASA operates in Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Sierra Leone, Pakistan, Myanmar, Philippines, India and Cambodia.
ASA Savings and Loans was also adjudged Overall Best Taxpayer (MTO) 2014. It offers competitive interest rates on Savings, Fixed Deposit & LTS Accounts, Free Advisory Services, NO withdrawal restrictions, NO Commission on turnover (COT), and easy access to SME and individual loans.
ASA Savings staff present at the donation were Mr Sika, Operation Manager; Mr Majad Khan, Regional Manager Accra-North; Mr Joseph Annan, Area Manager; and Mrs. Glanita Osei Agyemang, Nungua Branch Manager.
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