RURAL BANK DONATES TO FLOOD VICTIMS (Page 20... Regional News)

Story: Joe Okyere, Elmina

THE Kakum Rural Bank Limited, has donated items worth GH¢3,500 (¢35 million) to the flood victims of the three northern regions.
The items comprised 18 cartons of key soap, 15 bags of sugar, 13 bags of rice, 10 bags of maize and eight bales of used clothing.
The bank also donated six 14-inch colour television sets worth GH¢900 (¢9 million) to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture towards this year’s Farmers Day to be held in the Central Region.
The beneficiaries are the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) District Assembly, the Mfantseman District Assembly, the Cape Coast Municipal Assembly, the Twifo-Hemang-Lower Denkyira District Assembly, the Abura-Asebu-Kwamakese District Assembly and the Regional Farmers Day Secretariat.
Presenting the items, the Managing Director of the bank, Mr Samuel Tetteh Sackey, said the donations formed part of the bank’s social responsibility to its catchment area and the country as a whole.
Mr Sackey said the bank recognised that credit alone might not be the most important service for the poorest segment of the market.
He said over the years, the bank embarked on a number of social activities by assisting in areas of health, education, environment and supported the National Farmers Day with donations.
He said the bank had adopted the children’s ward of the Central Regional Hospital and provided it with medical equipment, and supported blood donation and immunisation of children in its catchment area.
Mr Sackey stated that the bank had also supported needy, brilliant students in the area with scholarships and provided textbooks, exercise books, computers and other education materials as well as prizes for best teachers in the catchment area.
He said the bank had also teamed up with the District Assembly and other organisations to initiate a project to keep the major roads in Elmina clean as well as donations towards the National Farmers Day.
The District Chief Executive for the KEEA, Mr George Frank Asmah, commended the bank for its immense contribution, not only to its catchmant area, but to the country as a whole.
He asked other institutions to emulate the deeds of the bank to improve the socio-economic well being of the people.