A thirty years old worker with the Underground Mining Alliance (UMA), a contractor for AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine, Mr. Bismark Bapono, has donated GH¢5,000.00 from his salary to support the surgery of four needy persons.
Mr. Bapono, who is the President of Galaxy Foundation, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), explained that he had been soliciting financial assistance from philanthropists for his Organisation to perform surgery for people with deformities, and had pledged to give part of his salary to also help in that direction when he gets a job.
“God has listened to my prayers, and having been employed on the mine, I decided to redeem the pledge, hence, the donation,” he added.
The General Secretary of Galaxy Foundation, Mr. Prince Osei, who received the cheque on behalf of the NGO, thanked Mr. Bismark Bapono for the donation.
Present at the ceremony were two of the four persons to benefit from the amount. They were 39-year-old Amponsah Koomson, who is suffering from abnormal swelling of the neck, and four-year-old Sylvester Yankey, who has a cleft palate.
From Frederick Danso Abeam, Obuasi
