The Ridge Church School has donated some items to three institutions during its annual harvest in Accra.
The annual Harvest and Outreach Programme which allows students at the school to give to the needy and vulnerable in society resumed this year after a two-year break due to the outbreak of COVID-19.
The harvest which has been going on for years now was established to instil the act of giving to the less privileged in the students, as well as inculcate in them the need to be grateful to God.
The three institutions, the Children’s Department of the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Klicks Africa Foundation and the Akropong School for the Blind received items such as toiletries, beverages, fruits, bread, foodstuff, and detergent, among other items.
The theme for this year’s harvest was: “Great is thy faithfulness”.
The chaplain of the school, Reverend Laud Gyampoh, encouraged parents to take inspiration from the story of Noah and the flood in the Bible.
He explained that although the flood had destroyed the earth, Noah came out of the ark and offered to God as a sacrifice all the clean animals, which made God pleased with him.
He related the story to the effects of Covid-19 and the attendant economic hardships it brought but applauded the parents for supporting their wards to give to the needy.
“Covid-19 has destroyed a lot, and the effect is still being felt by the world.
The world economy is broken, and people are still in pain. I know many of our parents feel the bite of the economic situation in Ghana, but out of that, you have decided, as parents through your children, to offer these items,” he noted.
Rev. Gyampoh urged the public to draw inspiration from the story and the gesture shown by the parents and the children by not allowing hardships to stop them from helping people in need.
In an interview, the headmistress of the school, Mrs Nana Ama Acheampomaa Badasu, said this year’s programme was to thank God for keeping the children, the school and the community through the Covid-19 period.
“This is a historic event for the school as it allows us to teach our children to give. We are teaching them to care for people in our society, and we are telling them that they are privileged to be whole and fit so when they have it, they should give and God will bless them,” Mrs Badasu added.
The Founder of Klicks Africa Foundation, Mary Kuffour, expressed appreciation on behalf of the beneficiary institutions and assured the learners and their parents that the items would be used for the intended purposes.
