GCB Bank PLC donates GHC100,000 to Appiatse Support Fund

GCB Bank PLC has donated GHC100,000 to the Appiatse Support Fund established to support the victims and rebuilding efforts of the Appiatse community.

The donation was made by John Adamah, head of retail banking, and Kojo Kwarteng, head of corporate affairs department, on behalf of GCB’s management.

Adamah described the Appiatse explosion as pathetic, and stated that GCB Bank has three branches from Tarkwa to the Bogoso area; and as a responsible corporate citizen, the bank could not look on unconcerned.

He added that apart from being chosen as one of the banks to receive donations for the Appiatse Support Fund, GCB Bank has also deployed other resources, including communication materials, to encourage Ghanaians and non-Ghanaians to donate toward rebuilding the community.

Dr Joyce Aryee, chairperson of the Appiatse Support Fund who received the cheques, expressed delight at the donation by GCB Bank.

She thanked the bank’s board and management for demonstrating love toward the Appiatse community and the people of Ghana.

She reiterated that the committee and government will use the reconstruction of Appiatse to promote a green, sustainable and environmentally-friendly township idea that will soon serve as a model for building townships in the country.

MIIF rallies support for Appiatse explosion victims

Minerals Income and Investment Fund (MIIF) will donate tents, groceries, cash and other relief items to victims of the 20 January 2022 explosion that wiped away the entire Appiatse community in the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality of the Western Region.

The Chief Executive Officer of MIIF Edward Nana Yaw Koranteng told residents of the Appiatse relief camp that his outfit will make it a duty to highlight their plight in order to attract more help for them.

Over 900 displaced residents live in tents provided by philanthropists and organisations like the Red Cross. Prestea- Huni Valley District Assembly has done some construction works to level the camp and anchor tents in the makeshift facility.

According to Edward Nana Yaw Koranteng, the CEO of MIIF, the “test for a nation’s development is in how it cares for its helpless hence it is our responsibility to give to the victims of this terrible disaster.”

In all, MIIF expects to donate about GHc 200,000.00 Ghana cedis in cash and GHc 250,000.00 worth of relief items.

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