{"id":99460,"date":"2025-10-20T17:50:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T17:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=99460"},"modified":"2025-10-20T17:50:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T17:50:06","slug":"families-at-fadama-receive-support-from-kevin-okyere-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=99460","title":{"rendered":"Families at Fadama receive support from Kevin Okyere Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Kevin Okyere Foundation (KOF), a non-governmental organization, has donated food items to 300 families and 100 individuals in the Fadama and Abeka communities at the forecourt opposite the residence of the National Chief Imam, Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu, in Accra.<\/p>\n

The donation formed part of the Foundation\u2019s commemoration of World Food Day, which fell on Thursday, October 16, under the global theme \u201cHand in Hand for Better Food and a Better Future.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Items presented to the predominantly female beneficiaries included rice, sugar, beans, sardines, salt, tomato paste, gari, bathing and washing soap, cocoa beverage, powdered milk, vegetable cooking oil, toothpaste, and sanitary pads.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the ceremony before handing over the items, Kevin Okyere, Founder and Chairman of the Foundation, said:<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, through this outreach, we are reaching over 400 people \u2014 300 families and 100 individuals \u2014 ensuring that at least for today, they will not have to worry about their next meal. But more importantly, this represents a bigger message \u2014 that in our shared humanity, we are only as strong as the compassion we show one another.\u201d<\/p>\n

He described this year\u2019s theme as a call to unity and collaboration, emphasizing the need for collective effort to ensure that no one is left behind.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is why my Foundation is built on empathy and the belief that governments alone cannot meet every need. We see every day that many families still struggle with access to education, healthcare, and opportunity, and so we set for ourselves four key areas of focus \u2014 education, healthcare, economic empowerment, and humanitarian relief,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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Mr. Okyere noted that through these pillars, the Foundation has quietly supported lives across Ghana by providing scholarships and materials that allow children to dream again.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn healthcare, our impact runs deep. At the National Cardiothoracic Centre at Korle-Bu, our Foundation has funded dozens of life-saving surgeries, particularly for children born with heart defects whose families could not afford treatment,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

He further reiterated the Foundation\u2019s commitment to working with state institutions, the private sector, and civil society to address the root causes of poverty and inequality rather than just their symptoms.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not driven by numbers; we are driven by people. Every act of compassion, every hand extended, and every meal shared is a step toward the Ghana we all dream of,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

The Executive Secretary at the Office of the National Chief Imam, Alhaji Osumanu Seidu, expressed appreciation for the gesture and urged the Foundation to consider future collaborations with development-oriented organizations to offer skills training for the youth in the communities.<\/p>\n

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