The Youth of St Bakhita Catholic Church, Old Estates-Koforidua, on Monday reached out to 32 aged, vulnerable and home-ridden persons with various assorted groceries under the “I Care Project.”
The ‘I CARE Project’ was an initiative mooted by the youth of the church to primarily solicit for various supports from well-meaning people in an effort to reach out to needy persons during the Easter period, but was deferred to this Monday.
This year’s donations were the second of the project since its inception, with its first project being at the Nsawam Female Prison, where several boxes of sanitary pads and other items were donated on World Sanitary Day.
It was sheer love for humanity and contributions to both physical and spiritual development of the needy and aged as the youth took four hours of their precious time moving through communities in the new Juaben Municipality of the Eastern Region to do the donation.
The all happy youth bore the scorching sun as they navigated their way over some dilapidated foot bridges, and bushy pathways to bring joy and happiness to the disadvantaged individuals in society.
The Parish Priest of St Bakhita Catholic Church, Old Estates-Koforidua, Rev. Fr. Sebastian Hackman Owusu-Mensah, could not hide his appreciation of the youth for coming up with this initiative.
According to him, the Church had a critical role in supporting the needy as their spiritual welfare is seen to. “Well done for this project; may your needs and that of the donors be answered. We really need to care for the vulnerable.”
A beneficiary who was excited to receive the packages, saying, “I am happy you remembered me, God bless you.”
