The New Jersey District of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana has donated relief items to support members of the church affected by the recent floods in the Volta region as a result of the spillage of the Akosombo dam.
The team led by the New Jersey District Minister and double as the Clerk of the North America and Australia Presbytery Rev. Dr. Ransford K Awuku-Gyampoh and accompanied by Catechist Peter Deku and Nana Agyemang ( Senior Presbyter PCG Ascension- New Jersey on Sunday November 19, 2023 handed over the relief items to the Okuapem Presbytery at Mile-50 in Koforidua.
The relief items donated in support of the flood victims in Mepe were four motorbikes , clothes, bags of rice , gallons of cooking oil and sachet and bottled water.
The New Jersey District Minister of the Presbyterian Church Rev. Dr. Ransford K Awuku-Gyampoh in an interview said the spillage has rendered some members of the church at the Mepe area hopeless hence as representatives of the church in New Jersey it is important to support and give some kind of comfort to the flood victims.
Rev. Dr. Ransford K Awuku-Gyampoh further noted that “the church needs to stand firm amidst the crises and help the victims to get back to their feet”.
The Reverend Minister backed calls for relocation of the flood victims saying ” I will appeal to the President H. E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to please use his powers to help relocate these friends , parents and siblings of ours”
” we believe that if they get good place to live especially there are students who for this reason cannot go to school and at the end of the year they are going to write BECE and WASSCE and what happens to them , so for the sake of the future let us help these children and our parents as and we must not deprive them of their lives”. He added.
The Chairperson of the Okuapem Presbytery Rev. Ebenezer Acheampong Asiedu received the donated items and highlighted the usefulness of the item to the flood victims and the church as a whole.
According to him “the four motorbikes for Okuapem and Damgbe-Tong will help us to increase our numbers to bring more souls to Christ and to the kingdom”
“when the flood occurs , many people lost everything including their clothing and so this is going to relief them to have clothes to wear and to go church and to work”
Rev. Ebenezer Acheampong Asiedu applauded the New Jersey District team led by Rev. Dr. Ransford K Awuku-Gyampoh for the kind gesture.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/Obed Ansah
