The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) Limited, through its 2021/2022 batch of the National Service Personnel (NSP), has provided a 7000-litre water reservoir, foodstuffs and toiletries to Rising Star Orphanage in Dodowa in the Greater Accra Region to address the challenges of the inmates.
The gesture forms part of GRIDCo’s Annual Corporate Social Responsibility strategy in which service personnel posted to the power transmitter contribute to meeting a need in GRIDCo’s operational area.
With support from GRIDCo’s Management, a needs assessment showed that the Rising Star Orphanage has been without adequate water storage facilities and potable water for some time now, hence, the decision by the 2021/22 Service Personnel to support to resolve that challenge.
Through self-imposed levies, the GRIDCo 2021/22 Service Personnel procured the reservoir and foodstuffs estimated at over GHS28, 000.
Established in 2006 and became operational on August 1, 2008, GRIDCo operates the National Interconnected Transmission System (NITS) in Ghana and currently transmits electricity to thirty-one Bulk Customers and Distribution Utilities from eleven wholesale suppliers, including the Volta River Authority (VRA).
Speaking at a brief ceremony at the Rising Star Orphanage, the President of 2021/2022 National Service Personnel Group, Ms Akua Eduako Nkansah said: “GRIDCo has, indeed, touched many lives, and through its policy which emphasises the spirit of community, our colleagues and I want to give back following the completion of our tenure.
“We believe our contribution will go a long way to improve the conditions of the children,” she added.
It is the fifth year in succession that National Service Personnel assigned to GRIDCo have supported communities in some of its operational areas.
Richard Mensah, the National Service Personnel Coordinator at GRIDCo, noted that “GRIDCo, as a company, has care at the heart of our core values, which means we care for our employees and not just our employees but the community in which we operate.”
He said the company has instilled this care in the National Service Personnel posted to the company adding that each year they carry out project to assist society.
He commended the NSP for supporting the inmates and was hopeful that the items would go a long way to alleviate the challenges of the home.
The Communications Manager of GRIDCo, Dzifa Bampoh, who praised the service personnel for their effort, also charged them to continue to provide care for the needy in the communities where they find themselves.
Secretary of the Rising Star Orphanage, George Apperkon, expressed the gratitude of the orphanage to GRIDCo for the gesture.
According to him, the water reservoir, for instance, would help to ease the pressure the children go through daily to get water.
The Rising Star Orphanage was founded in 1982 by Madam Victoria Namo Sampson.
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