PWDs, single mothers get support from Hope in Action Foundation

Hope in Action Foundation, a non-profit organisation championing the welfare of mothers, has extended its humanitarian support to Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) and single mothers within the Ablekuma Afuaman community in the Ga West Municipal Assembly.The Foundation, under its 'Mothercare Campaign' embarked on a medical outreach programme and provided vital supplies, including essential food items like rice, beans, yam, tuna flakes, spaghetti and canned tomato pastes.The 'Mothercare Campaign' is on a heartfelt mission to uplift disabled mothers in various communities; hence, the goal is to ensure that every mother and her baby have the essentials they need while offering them a beacon of hope and encouragement.Speaking to the Ghana News Agency (GNA), Madam Haja Kabba, Founder of Hope in Action Foundation, said her organisation views the act of giving, particularly aiding distressed individuals and the vulnerable in society, as a shared responsibility.She said they were centred on mothers mainly thos e who had no access to education, sanitation, medical, essential and anything that could nourish them and better their lives.Madam Kabba told GNA after launching the Foundation in December 2023, its first charity project witnessed the team visiting four different hospitals and providing 150 mothers and newborn babies with essential items.She emphasised that the 'Mothercare Campaign,' being its second project was, therefore, focusing on mothers with disabilities in particular; saying 'So, we are providing assorted food items, medical care and also giving them a platform to share their stories to reach out and get more assistance'Touching on her preferred community, she revealed that she was working around the scope of Accra.'To me, I want to reach out to communities that are very hard to reach,' she said.The Founder encouraged single mothers and PWDs to see themselves as valuable, embrace the 'can-do spirit', and always keep their hopes alive.Madam Mercy Tagoe, a beneficiary from Afuaman in the Ga West Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, expressed her gratitude to the Foundation for their kind gesture, and requested for similar exercises in the future.She told GNA that participants were screened for malaria, blood pressure, and breast cancer and that after going through the screening they received assorted food items.Mr Wilfred Neneh Addico, Partner at Makers and Partners, one of the sponsors of the event, also told the GNA that the audit firm was passionate about supporting such laudable initiatives, adding that 'this is also part of our breast cancer awareness month'.'So, the programme was designed to reach out to over 200 women in a deprived community, to create awareness on breast cancer, to do some health screening and also provide them with essential items'.Mr. Addico, who stated that this formed part of its corporate social responsibility, thus, giving back to society, also commended community leaders for helping to mobilise members to reach out to its target group.Source: Ghana News Agency