Kasapreko Company Limited, producers of Awake Purified Drinking Water have donated a whopping sum of GH₵150,000 to the Cardiothoracic Centre of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital.
The Kasapreko company, through its “One4Life” charity-driven project, had over the years provided hope and supported patients with heart conditions, especially children who could not pay for the surgery bills.
Mrs Linda Amartei, Brands Manager at Kasapreko Company said the company since 2016, had donated GH₵75,000 quarterly to the Centre as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility.
Dr. Lawrence Sereboe, the Executive Director, Cardiothoracic Centre, Korle-Bu Hospital who received the cheque disclosed that the support of the Kasapreko Company from 2016 to 2019 to the Centre has saved 53 lives through corrective surgery.
Dr. Sereboe said over 10,000 children were born with one form of a ‘whole in heart’ condition every day, stressing that contributions from such corporate organisations like Kasapreko Company, under its Awake Purified Drinking Water life saving initiative has helped to conduct corrective surgery to save lives.
The “One4Life” campaign which is a life-saving initiative, sets aside 10p from the purchase of every 500ml of Awake Purified water to the National Cardiothoracic Centre.
