The Ministry of Commerce Alumni Association Ghana (MoSAAG) has made a charitable gesture by donating relief items valued at over GHS80,000 to victims of flooding in the South Dayi constituency of the Volta Region.
The donated relief items consist of mattresses, bags of rice, sachets of water, clothing, buckets, mosquito coils, sanitary towels, canned fish, cooking oil, and soaps.
The contribution comes in response to a plea for assistance from the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor.
“The flood has completely submerged houses and washed away farmlands, leaving many homeless and without a source of livelihood. This donation could not have come at a better time. With over 5,000 people affected by the flooding, these items will go a long way to help them recover,” he said.
He urged other organisations and individuals to assist the victims, who are in desperate need of food, water, clothing and shelter; saying that though the government through the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has supported victims, more needs to be done.
“What the government has provided so far is inadequate, because the number of people affected is high. We therefore call on other institutions to complement these efforts.
“One of the key issues affecting our people is that they have not been resettled after being displaced over the years by flooding; and also, the inappropriate compensation paid to them by Volta River Authority,” he added.
President-MoSAAG, Sualah Yazid Zougrana, said the donation forms part of the association’s annual corporate social responsibility efforts funded through scholarships they receive from the Chinese government.
“We undertook studies in China, thanks to the Chinese government. So, we deem it an obligation every year to give back to society a portion of the funding as our widow’s mite,” Mr. Zougrana revealed.
The Chief of Todome, Togbe Adza Yeh Arku V, thanked MoSAAG for the kind gesture and appealed for other groups to assist victims in Todome and surrounding areas, who continue to face immense difficulties in the wake of the flood.
Last year, the association as part of its corporate social responsibility constructed a borehole for Anorteyman, a community in the Obom Domeabra constituency. two years ago, it made donations to an orphanage that houses children living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).