KGL Foundation has announced a plan to commit more than GH¢ 20million to its philanthropic work across Ghana in 2022.

The Corporate Social Responsibility arm of the KGL Group, in a statement, said the amount will be injected into social intervention programmes in health, sports, entrepreneurship, youth empowerment, culture and arts.

Speaking at a fundraising ceremony held in Accra, Ghana’s capital, Executive Chairman of the foundation, Alex Dadey, assured of the foundation’s readiness to provide development support.

‘The foundation’s aim is to make a lasting difference, bring hope, joy, and most importantly, leave everything we touch better than it used to be’, he said.

He said the foundation has provided scholarships and entrepreneurial support to underprivileged Ghanaians, while in the area of health care, it has aided Kokrokoo and Asaase foundations to provide incubators and dialysis machines to hospitals as well as funded equipping of the Fadama Health facility.

In collaboration with the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement, he said an entrepreneurial training programme has been instituted for postgraduate students to champion entrepreneurship and employment in agribusiness.

He appealed to corporate Ghana and individuals to support the foundation to realise its goals.

Also speaking at the event, the country’s first lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, lauded KGL Group for its gender-sensitive and human rights-based approach to philanthropy.

She stated her willingness to collaborate with the foundation to improve the well-being of women and children in the country.

It was gathered that beneficiaries of the foundation’s charitable efforts shared their life-changing stories in a series of short video clips played at the event.

Source: Ghanaian Times

Photo source: Oluniyi Ajao