Coca-Cola’s Social Intervention Towards COVID-19

COVID-19 has undesirably destabilized economies, rendered many vulnerable, and worst of it all cost the loss of human lives. Given these unfortunate effects of the pandemic, The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Ghana, TCCBCG, in defiance of limited resources, speedily responded to the call of providing support to communities. This support was given in forms ranging from the donation of critical medical supplies, food items & beverages, and a public sensitization campaign about the disease.

We amplified our support to the fight against COVID-19 by donating 10 pesewas from the sale of each 1.5L PET product on the Ghana Market.

From the scale of the significant number of bottles we sell, we are able to make a meaningful contribution to the COVID-19 Fund which has been established by the Private Sector in Ghana.

Our initiative goes a long way to shore up the government’s effort in managing the pandemic which has taken a hit on the economy.

To enhance public sensitization on how to stay safe at all times, our 1.5L PET products bear labels that communicate COVID-19 prevention protocols prescribed by health authorities. This action is to ensure that we provide our consumers with the requisite information each time they grab a bottle of our products. Staying safe is indeed our priority.

Techgulf Opens Sales Office In Accra

The technology company, TechGulf, has opened its sales office in Accra, Ghana, to deliver unparalleled client experience in Data Storage and Security.

TechGulf Ghana Limited is the Accra-based operating arm of TechGulf LLC. With a strong commitment to excellence in every facet of its operations, the company sells Overland Tandberg products for the entire Africa region, developing a world-class base of distributors to support the Overland Tandberg business operation.

TechGulf is also a development partner working on a world-class Technology Park in Accra, and according to the company’s CEO, Franklin Asare, the opening of the Accra sales office marks the beginning of greater things to come.

The company is committed to helping communities grow and thrive. Manned by leadership with decades of experience in developing projects and an understanding of the complicated process required to get development off the ground.

Techgulf products include RDX® QuikStor® and RDX® QuikStation® Removable Disk Backup, a removable disk-based technology providing lightning-fast backup and restore. They also have Tape Libraries and Autoloaders which is the ultimate solution for a final layer in data protection and archive. Widely used, LTO Tape is recognized as the standard for final data protection processes. Learn More

ExxonMobil and Co-Venturers Donated Medical Equipment to Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital

  • Companies to support critical patient care and COVID-19 response efforts

 ACCRA, Ghana – ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Ghana (Deepwater) Limited (ExxonMobil), and co-venturers Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) and GOIL Offshore Ghana Limited, donated equipment to the Medical Intensive Care Unit of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital.

The September 23 donation included an arterial blood gas machine, a Seimens Rapid Point 500e, two video laryngoscopes, a McGrath MAC Handle 9X1, and video laryngoscope blades, and 1,000 KN95 face masks.

“ExxonMobil and its co-venturers are happy to play their part by providing this equipment and supplies to benefit Ghanaians,” said Preba Arkaah, public and government affairs manager at ExxonMobil. “We hope that patients in the Medical Intensive Care Unit will greatly benefit from it.”

The donation aligns with ExxonMobil’s commitment to support healthcare, a social investment pillar. The medical supplies were procured following engagements with hospital physicians to better understand patient needs and to support the facility’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“These vital medical items are in demand and for ExxonMobil to secure them for us is a great blessing,” said Dr. Yaw Ofori-Adjei, head of the Medical Intensive Care Unit. “These items will enhance the unit’s delivery of care for the patients we serve.”

Dr. Ofori-Adjei reiterated the importance of healthcare and noted the equipment will contribute immeasurably to the hospital’s efforts to provide quality healthcare to all Ghanaians.

ExxonMobil is the operator of the Deepwater Cape Three Points block offshore Ghana’s western coast; GNPC and GOIL are co-venturers.

Webster University – A Leader in Online Education

A thriving 105-year-old liberal arts college based in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, Webster University’s mission is to ensure a high quality learning experience that transforms students for global citizenship and individual excellence. Ever since the doors of Webster Ghana were opened in 2013, students from across the world – undergraduate and graduate – have enrolled at the university’s only Africa campus each year to benefit from the cultural diversity and enriching academic environment. Though Webster is not an online university, it has been highlighted for being able to brave the challenges the COVID pandemic has presented to educational institutions.

While some universities continue to struggle to figure out uninterrupted higher education during these peculiar times, Webster University Ghana has not skipped a beat. Smoothly transitioning to virtual teaching and learning in April 2020 at the start of the health pandemic and continuing on through summer classes, Webster Ghana is looking to re-open this Fall (in October), pending government mandate, with a blended/hybrid style of instruction, making use of online technologies to support students and faculty. Webster has long been lauded a leader in online education since the 1990s and stakeholders at the Ghana campus also have the advantage of proprietary virtual platforms like WorldClassroom and a robust library, including close to 70,000 ebooks.

Webster Ghana is dual-accredited by the National Accreditation Board (NAB) of Ghana and the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) in the United States (US), and all students receive a degree issued from the US. The 14-month Master’s programs – an MBA, M.A. in International Relations and M.A. in Human Resources – have further US accreditations. Regardless of specific degree area, Webster students follow the same curriculum worldwide. The lovely Ghana campus – which has dormitory accommodation – is centrally located in Accra’s coveted neighborhood of East Legon. The Fall semester has seen students start classes online with hopes of transitioning back to the classroom by the October term.

“Webster University has been a recognized, global leader in online education since the late 90’s. Given the university’s expertise in online learning, students have a wonderful opportunity to continue their studies virtually, receiving the same quality education they would have experienced in person, thanks to the myriad of online tools, training sessions and platforms available to all Webster students throughout the worldwide network,” says Webster Ghana’s Campus Director, Mrs. Christa Sanders-Bobtoya.

Webster University provides the unique opportunity for students to study abroad during their course of study after their first year. They may elect to do so for a nine-week term, semester or an entire academic year at any of Webster University’s international network of campuses including Switzerland, Austria, the Netherland, US, Thailand, China, Greece, the UK and Uzbekistan. As professors have this same opportunity, students in Ghana learn under top notch global faculty.

On more digital education wins, through the Webster Success Center, this past summer some students were able to secure virtual internships with multinational companies and the school launched the premier edition of its Summer Virtual Learning Program, a 4-week transition and college prep experience for high school seniors.

Admissions is ongoing for both undergraduate and graduate programs – October and January 2021 starts, with plans to start online and transition to campus in the last quarter of the year. Webster University Ghana’s Admissions Office can be reached by phone on 054 012 0849 / 054 012 0869.

ATC Ghana And American Tower Foundation COVID-19 Relief Efforts

ATC Ghana has through its philanthropic initiatives, responded to the ongoing COVID-19 Relief efforts by donating to hospitals and other institutions involved in the fight against the pandemic in Ghana.

The company donated medical supplies and personal hygiene products to the Greater Accra Regional Hospital. The items included  600 N95 face masks, 150 PPE, 60 face shields and 60 sanitizers, 70 gloves, 60 disposable bedsheets, and medical-grade cleaning detergents.

The Tamale Teaching Hospital also received 100 N95 face masks, 30 PPE, 60 face shields and 60 sanitizers, 70 gloves, and 60 disposable bedsheets.

ATC Ghana also donated 300 N95 face masks, 70 PPE, 10 face shields and 10 sanitizers, 20 gloves, 10 disposable bed sheets, and medical-grade cleaning detergents to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital.

The company through similar efforts provided 600 N95 face masks, 200 PPE, 100 face shields and 100 sanitizers, 120 gloves, 100 disposable bed sheets, and medical-grade cleaning detergents to the Ga East Municipal Hospital.

To support COVID-19 education and public awareness across Ghana, ATC donated 150 sanitizers, 500 local face masks, 10 Veronica buckets, 100 hand tissues, and 100 gallons of liquid hand-washing soap to the National Commission for Civic Education.

In addition to the above donations, American Tower Foundation also donated USD$100,000.00 to the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research to enable testing, research, and training of front-liners in the war against COVID-19.

As the pandemic continues and its social and economic effects are felt with greater intensity, ATC Ghana remains committed to working with all stakeholders to help navigate through this crisis.

ATC Ghana is the largest independent owner and operator of shared wireless infrastructure in Ghana. They provide towers, in-building systems, power solutions, and services that speed network deployment for the wireless and broadcast communications industry.

 

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Kosmos Energy Donates Enhanced Testing Equipment Valued at $50,000 to the Ghana Health Service

Kosmos Energy Ghana has donated automated DNA/RNA extraction machine, RNA extraction test kits, and swab kits with transporters worth $50, 000 to the Ghana Health Service to help the Covid-19 fight.

Kosmos is confident that these items would complement the aggressive testing initiative of the Government of Ghana by enhancing the ability of GHS to deliver more rapid test results to support timely isolation and treatment of COVID-19 cases.

Kosmos is a full-cycle deepwater independent oil and gas exploration and production company focused on the Atlantic Margins. Our key assets include production offshore Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, as well as a world-class gas development offshore Mauritania and Senegal. We also maintain a sustainable exploration program balanced between proven, emerging, and frontier basins.

Procter and Gamble (P&G) Supports Government’s COVID-19 Fight with Face Masks

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, P&G has supported the efforts of the Ghanaian government to curtail the spread of COVID-19 with a donation of 11,100 personal protective equipment in the form of face masks. We understand that this donation of protective equipment will support health workers on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a cause we wholeheartedly support.

P&G has a long history of supporting our communities in times of need all around the world. Since the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak, P&G globally – through “P&G Protect Our Heroes” Mission – has stepped up its commitment to be a force for good and have been working with long-standing partner organizations like the American Chamber of Commerce, Ghana (AmCham Ghana) to provide support to communities, relief agencies and people impacted by this challenging situation.

P&G as a company serves consumers around the world with one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands, including Always®, Ambi Pur®, Ariel®, Bounty®, Charmin®, Crest®, Dawn®, Downy®, Fairy®, Febreze®, Gain®, Gillette®, Head & Shoulders®, Lenor®, Olay®, Oral-B®, Pampers®, Pantene®, SK-II®, Tide®, Vicks®, and Whisper®.

The P&G community includes operations in approximately 70 countries worldwide. P&G has been operating in Sub-Saharan Africa for more than 25 years and in Ghana through our distributors for over 5 years contributing economically and socially.

Our purpose is to continue to touch and improve the lives of our consumers in Ghana with innovative brands. Some of our brands in Ghana include Pampers®, Always®, Ariel®, Oral B®, and Gillette®.

Miriam Badu representing P&G Ghana Trading Ltd commended the government on its effort in showing strong leadership during this period.

Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Provides 300 Residents In Ayawaso With Relief Packages

Before the novel COVID-19 virus hit the shores of Ghana, United Way Ghana was already collaborating with Standard Chartered Bank Ghana under our overarching program, Improving Basic Education (IBE). This partnership was initiated to improve the teaching and learning engagements of teachers and young learners while providing parents and caregivers the necessary tools to make them financially literate and self-reliant.

When the shutdown of schools made it impossible to go through with the IBE program, our collaboration with Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) evolved to support the vulnerable communities under our COVID-19 Response Initiative. Through our partnership with SCB, we will be supporting the parents and caregivers of the wards in the Kanda Cluster of schools by providing them with relief packages and engaging their young learners in a remote reading program for an entire month. These relief packages contain essential foodstuffs like rice, gari, beans, sugar, mackerel, soap, oil, and tin tomatoes and sanitary items for the household.

Soon after this agreement, SCB presented relief packages worth GHC85,000.00 for 300 households in Ruga, Kawukudi, and Maamobi with the promise of beginning remote literacy engagements in the coming weeks. Mr. Nimfah- Essuma, the Chief Financial Officer of Standard Chartered Ghana, commented during the presentation, “Having operated in Ghana for more than 120 years, we are committed to supporting our communities and the country at large during such dire times of need. Our immediate goal is to deliver relief measures to support the most vulnerable, and it is the reason we have partnered with United Way to address the needs of the most impacted. “We shall continue mobilizing our resources to support the most vulnerable,” he added.

Aside from having wards in Kanda Cluster of Schools, the beneficiaries receiving these packages are parents and caregivers who depend on the school feeding program to provide meals for their children.

To ensure the safety of all present we adopted the social distancing protocols recommended by the World Health Organization and the Ghana Ministry of Health. Before entering, beneficiaries had to wash their hands with soap and water. Then when called, enter into the building to show their coupon before receiving their package.  The look of relief on faces humbled all present. It was obvious that for most, this was God sent. “I am very thankful to have known Standard Chartered Bank and United Way Ghana, this package is going to make my family very happy today”, commented one man after receiving his package. A young learner sent by his mother said, “When my mother asked me to come, I was anxious because I did not know what to expect. Now I am happy I came, my little brothers and sisters will have good food to eat. You have really helped us”.

Most of the volunteers teared up after his comment, “I am lucky I get to do this, it has been a very humbling experience for me. I am not going to forget this anytime soon. I appreciate my parents providing for me and my siblings” commented Mary-Anne, a volunteer with United Way Ghana. In attendance at the distribution centers were volunteers and staff from United Way Ghana, Mother of All Nations, Muslim Family Counselling Services, and Achievers Ghana.

There were solemn moments during the distribution when it became apparent that these beneficiaries were receiving what they felt was a lifeline. Louisa Mensah, Resource Mobilization and Donor Retention Lead commented, “It has been a fulfilling experience, the gratitude the beneficiaries showered on us makes me believe that these packages will go a long way to provide sustenance for their families”.

With schools still suspended, the staff of Standard Chartered Bank will be engaging young learners of these beneficiaries through our remote reading program. We expect the young learners will be ready to be engaged and eager to learn.

With each engagement, our goal to support underserved communities under our COVID-19 Response Initiative becomes a reality. We have a long way to go in reaching our overarching goals but we continue to press on and know that each donation makes a difference in the lives of many people.

You can join us by going to https://unitedwaygh.org/united-way-ghana-COVID-19.php to find out more information,