British High Commission women celebrate Christmas with cancer-suffering children

A group of ladies from the British High Commission in Accra have presented multiple gifts, drinks, biscuits and a Christmas cake to the children at the Cancer Ward of the Paediatric Department of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. The aim of conducting this arrangement is to give them the feel of the Christmas season.

The ladies from the British High Commission presented a Christmas tree with lights and decorations to the ward and spiced the occasion with a visit of Father Christmas to the ward. The children suffering from cancer are within the age range of 1 to 15 years. The gifts offered were solicited from different shops and hotels in Ghana's capital city, Accra, said a group member, Jillian Tay. Orca provided the Christmas tree, lights, decorations and gifts, Golden Tulip and Accra City Hotel donated cakes, Fairway Supermarket in Labone donated biscuits and drinks, Kingdom Bookshop gave some gifts and the Ghana Chocolate Factory also donated a large sack of cocoa powder plus lots of chocolate, as reported by Graphic Online.

According to Jillian Tay, there is an urgent need to raise funds to complete the construction of a prospective Mothers Hostel which foundation stone was laid by the First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo. She further said that the hostel is immediately required and money is needed to complete it. These mothers and children come from various parts of the country and it is quite expensive for them to stay in the capital city.

She further opined that an existing Association of Parents of Children with Cancer raised some money to construct the Mothers Hostel so that the mothers, those from outside Accra, could stay on site and look after their children. But, now more money is needed to complete the building and especially major companies are being approached to make donations towards the cause.