Barclays visits Koforidua Prison
Some staff members of the Koforidua branch of Barclays Bank have engaged in an activity hitherto unknown in banking.
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It was an evangelisation tour of the Koforidua Prison during which they mingled with the inmates and sing, danced and shared the gospel with the prisoners after which they made personal contributions to purchase some detergents and consumables for them.
The event dubbed: “Make a Difference Day (MAD)” was aimed at making life bearable for the prisoners and also to help in reforming them for a decent life after they leave the prison.
Joy and sorrow
It was indeed a mixture of joy and sorrow as many of the inmates and some staff members of the bank could not hold back their tears as the bank officials, led by Messrs Kwasi Mante and Augustus Sey, branch and operations managers respectively, and Mr Kwabena Osei Kufuor, a Banking Hall Executive took turns to advise the inmates.
That was after two psychiatric nurses from the Koforidua Regional Hospital, Messrs Charles Ntim and Emanuel Kwadwo Dei, had also taken the inmates through life after prison.
The inmates, totalling 656, made up of the young and elderly, some in their early 70s who were given the Word of God, were also counselled on how to make ends meet and deal with stigmatisation after they come out of the of the prison.
Suicide
Some of them committed suicide because most of the inmates after serving their sentences were considered outcasts by families, friends and the society in general.
Charles Ntim reminded the inmates that every human being was faced with challenges and that their present situation should not make them feel as outcasts which will make them go to the extreme of committing suicide, which to him was condemned by God.
