Precious Jewels Ladies Association donates to Nsawam Orthopaedic Training Centre

Precious Jewels Ladies Association, a group of ladies based in the United Kingdom (UK), has donated £2,000 to the Orthopaedic Training Centre at Nsawam.

The gesture, which forms part of the association’s 5th anniversary celebration, was to support children living with cerebral palsy in the country.

The president of the association, Leona Adu-Poku, led a delegation to hand over the money to the leadership of the facility at Adoagyiri, Nsawam, last Wednesday.

Rationale

Mrs Adu-Poku explained that the association believed that every child deserved a chance to thrive, regardless of the challenges they faced.

“It is for this reason that we selected the Ghana Orthopaedic Centre as one of the beneficiaries of our efforts,” she said.

Mrs Adu-Poku emphasised recognising the incredible work of the institution by providing care, hope and dignity to underprivileged children and individuals aligned with the association’s mission.

“Your dedication to improving lives aligns perfectly with our mission and we are honoured to partner with you in this way,” the President of Precious Jewels Ladies said.

Gratitude

The Director of the Orthopaedic Training Centre (OTC), Nsawam Ghana, Rev. Sr Elizabeth Newman, expressed gratitude to the association for the support.

She said although children born with cerebral palsy were one of the biggest concerns in the country,there were few facilities for treating them.

As a result, the OTC opened a workshop at Walewale in the North East Region for people in the northern part of the country to have access to care and assistive devices.  

Rev. Sr Newman also stated that the centre treated and provided assistance to over 7,000 patients a year, which included children and adult amputees.

She said that most amputations were due to diabetes and road accidents, while it occurred in most children usually as a result of birth deformity.

The Orthopaedic Training Centre at Nsawam has been in existence for 62 years. The centre deals with orthopaedic appliances and has a children’s home for children who need physical therapy.

In 2013, OTC opened a college for prosthetics and orthotics, where young men and women are trained to be orthopaedic technicians.