Trailblazers Ghana, in collaboration with Rafimex Company Limited, has donated assorted items to some victims displaced by spillage of the Akosombo Dam in the North and South Tongu Districts of the Volta Region.
A team from the two entities visited Tefle, Mepe and Tokpo Ayidome-Juapong, where some of those displaced by the floods had settled in camps. Food items worth GH₵50,000 and stationery such as books, diaries, pens, pencils, sharpeners, erasers and about 300 pieces of polo shirts were presented to the victims.
The Administrator at Trailblazers Ghana, Gifty Takyi, whose organisation seeks to improve and empower women and children in rural and underprivileged communities, said: “Rafimex is a company that believes in giving back to the society, hence, the support”.
According to her, the company believes that donating to the victims of the spillage village is not only a corporate social responsibility, but a way to contribute to a more stable and resilient community and country as a whole.
The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, who handed over the items to the victims, assured them that steps will be taken to ensure that the Volta River Authority (VRA) compensates them.
While appreciating the donors, he said: “These organisations have come here to support you with all these items. I didn’t have to call them. We thank Rafimex General Trading Company for the support. Trailblazer also came to support with exercise books and pens, and we thank all of them for their outstanding support”.
He assured the victims of the support of all well-meaning Ghanaians and the international community to get through the crisis.
“We are in this together; you are not alone. You are not going to be abandoned. There’s no need to panic, to be traumatised, nor to be worried. Corporate Ghana and NGOs are in solidarity with us. The international community is strongly backing us; so nobody should feel isolated or abandoned. We have an army of supporters; so many people are supporting us, and that should give us encouragement,” he added.
The flooding caused by the spillage of the Akosombo Dam has forced many communities in the North, South, and Central Tongu Districts of the Volta Region to evacuate, leaving them with no choice but to live in makeshift structures in the meantime.
