The city authorities of Neu-Isenburg Council in Germany have donated 100 beds to the Edwenase Rehabilitation Centre (ERC) in the Kwadaso Municipality of the Ashanti Region.
Neu-Isenburg Council officials were in the country in October last year on a Municipal Climate Change Partnership tour between the Kwadaso Municipal Assembly and the Neu-Isenburg City, and one of the several places the delegation visited during their stay was the Edwenase Rehabilitation Centre.
Mr. Albert Osei-Wusu, who donated the beds on behalf of the Neu-Isenburg Council, said the beds were the Council’s support to the Centre to augment the efforts of the staff towards alleviating part of the problems the inmates faced.
Mr. Osei-Wusu, who is a longtime resident of Germany, said the Neu-Isenburg Council was ready to help in improving conditions at the centre, and gave the assurance that he would use his several years of association with Germany to facilitate assistance for the Centre and the Kwadaso Municipality.
The Municipal Chief Executive, Mr. Richmond Agyenim-Boateng, who received the beds and in turn presented them to the centre, thanked Mr. Osei-Wusu and Neu-Isenburg Council for the support to the inmates.
He said the Assembly was aware of the numerous challenges facing the centre, and admonished the inmates not to underestimate their own potentials because of their physical conditions.
Mr. Daniel Ayivor, the Centre Manager, said there were several challenges facing the centre, but added that the staff were doing their best to train the about 150 inmates in various vocational skills to become self reliant in society.
From Thomas Agbenyegah Adzey, Kumasi
