AWA support Centre of Hope

The HAINAN-AWA Foundation, the charity wing of the African World Airlines, recently donated more than GH₵ 3,000 and assorted items to the Centre of Hope at Abossay Okai, Accra.

The donation according to Madam Christabel Amegayibor, Head of Human Resource at AWA, was part of activities to commemorate the 5^th Anniversary of the operation of the airline in Ghana.

She said the gesture by the foundation which is support by the airline and through proceeds from appeals to passenger on the airline was to support the needy and the education of the marginalised.   

In all, the foundation presented five bags 25kilos of rice, 10 cartoons of biscuits, 2 cartoons of milk and Milo, a gallon of cooking oil, washing detergent, toys and books as well as 7 bags of used clothing.

The Mad. Amegayibor(R) presenting the Cheque Sr. Mwaakpaar

Madam Amegayibor, who recounted previous donations the foundation performed at the Osu Children’s Home and Frafraha Orphanage, expressed the hope that the gift would bring a smile on the faces of the Children.

A benefactress passenger Ms. Debbie Otong, who supported the foundation, urged the children to cheer up and take their studies seriously.

Present at the ceremony were some staff of the Africa World Airlines, the beneficiaries and some of their parents.

Rev. Sr. Colette Mwaakpaar, FMM, Administrator of the Centre who received the items, thanked the HAINAN-AWA foundation for the gesture and prayed replenish the amount spent. She said the donation came in handy and would go a long way to support the beneficiaries of the Centre.

As part of the brief ceremony, the beneficiaries recited poems, memory versus and songs to entertain the staff of the Africa World Airlines.