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Mr John Sparks (left) and Mr Thunde cutting the tape to open the centre. INSET: The newly inaugurated World Vision Shared Services Centre Ghana
Mr John Sparks (left) and Mr Thunde cutting the tape to open the centre. INSET: The newly inaugurated World Vision Shared Services Centre Ghana

World Vision opens regional services centre in Accra

A christian relief and development organisation, World Vision International (WVI), has inaugurated a regional office in Accra to enhance its financial operations in Africa.

Known as the World Vision Shared Services Centre Ghana, the office serves as the central accounting nerve centre of all financial transactions the group conducts throughout Africa.

The establishment of the new centre in the country followed a global study on the financial chain of the organisation.

Apart from the Accra office, WVI has two of such offices in Costa Rica and Philippines serving as its regional operations in North America and Asia, respectively.

Efficiency

The National Director of WVI, Mr Dickens Thunde, explained that the centre was meant to further improve on the group’s operational efficiency and streamline its financial systems through cutting-edge technology and highly trained workforce.

He said the centre was part of the organisation’s vision of prioritising its resources in a manner that would ensure that the most vulnerable in society benefited from its services and added that “the focus is to help the vulnerable.”

“This deliberate focus on the marginalised in the society is challenging us to review how we conduct our operations in the country and the continent as a whole. Our priority is to reach access to the vulnerable in a very innovative and sustainable manner,’’ the director added.

Mr Thunde urged the staff of the organisation to work with a mindset of helping the vulnerable in society and also in a manner that portrayed the aim and aspiration of the WVI.

“We need to ensure that whatever we do pertains to the Christian core values of love, kindness and partnerships,’’ he said.

Services

Giving statistics on the operations of the organisation, the Senior Director of Shared Service Operations and Implementation, Mr John Sparks, said every year, WVI’s activities helped 120 million children in over 95 countries.

He revealed that 70 per cent of WVI’s global budget was allocated to its operations in Africa for the fight against poverty and improving the education of children on the continent.

“We are at worst places just to put smile on the faces of needy children and families because they live in situations that required support,” the director said.

Mr Sparks explained that Ghana was chosen as the centre because of the relative peace and political stability in the country.

“The love and hospitable nature of Ghanaians also fall in line with WVI core values of love and helping the vulnerable,’’ he added.

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