NMIMR nat’l service personnel donates to Nsawam Prison
The 2022/23 National Service Year Group of the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) has donated assorted items to the Nsawam Medium Security Female Prison and the Nsawam Camp Prison in the Eastern Region for the upkeep of the inmates.
The items included 60 boxes of sanitary pads, containing 1440 packs, and 11 bags of thrift clothes, shoes, shaving sticks and toiletries.
The donation forms part of the mandatory corporate social responsibility requirement the Institute expects of every service year group at the end of the one-year national service.
The initiative aimed at reducing the difficulties faced by inmates in prisons, exemplifying the group’s commitment to fostering meaningful connections and actively contributing to the welfare of prison inmates.
Mr Richard Asamoah Adjei, President of the 2022/23 NMIMR NSP Group, said that the donation was in line with the requirement by the Institute for every national service year group to undertake corporate social responsibility during their one-year stay at the Institute.
“Every national service year group that comes to Noguchi is obliged to undertake a project that will impact communities. As a group, we decided to donate boxes of sanitary pads, toiletries, shoes and thrift clothing to the inmates after an assessment carried out together with some officers in the prisons, coupled with the importance of menstrual hygiene in ensuring the improved health and well-being of women,” Mr Adjei said.
Ms Rafiatu Abdul-Mumin, Organising Secretary of the group, revealed that the charitable cause was made possible with financial support from management and members of the group.
She said, “We estimated a budget of GH¢15, 000 for the entire project. We were able to raise GH¢7,000 for both female and male inmates.”
BY TIMES REPORTER
