Ms Ewurabena Aubynn, the Founder of Awula Foundation, a non-profit organisation operating in the Ablekuma North Constituency of the Greater Accra Region, has charged the chiefs and people of the constituency to use this year’s Homowo celebration to foster harmony.
According to her, that is the only way the chiefs and people in the area can unite and demand accountability and development from policymakers.
Madam Ewurabena made this statement during a tour to various parts of the constituency to donate some food items to the traditional rulers in the area.
“The donation is my little way to support the various palaces in the constituency towards the celebration of this year’s Homowo Festival,” she stated.
Homowo is a harvest festival celebrated by the Ga people in the Greater Accra Region.
The festival starts in the month of August with the planting of crops (mainly maize and yam) before the rainy season starts. During the festival, they perform a dance called Kpanlogo.
Some of the items donated include; bags of maize, tubers of yam, gallons of palm oil, crates of eggs, bags of rice and assorted drinks.
Speaking to the Republic Press, Madam Ewurabena said the gesture is to wish all the elders, chiefs and people in Ablekuma North, a blessed year (Afi oo Afi) and ask for their prayers, good counsel and blessings.
Some of the palaces visited by Madam Ewurabena and some residents include; Odorkor Official Town Palace, Darkuman Okaiman Mantse Palace, Kwashieman Palace, Sakaman Palace and Tsuim Palace (Odorkor Palace).
The chiefs appreciated her thoughtfulness and gesture.
In return, the Queen Mother of Darkuman, Naa Dede Aminiyie I, and her elders invoked the ancestral spirits to guide her, the family, businesses and heart desires in the coming years.
