AMERICAN STUDENT SUPPORTS AGED AT ASAAMAN (GRAPHIC NSEMPA, PAGE 10)

By George Ernest Asare, Asaaman-Kokofu

A 21-year-old American Medical Student from the University of Minnesota displayed a real humanitarian gesture, when she distributed quantities of food items to selected needy people at Asaaman near Kokofu, in the Ashanti Region recently.
The student, Erin Nicole Ostrowski, who is offering Physical Therapy in the university, is in Ghana as part of her internship programme and decided to link up with her church and family to support the needy in the community.
On sighting the vehicle transporting the food items, the entire community rushed to the Asaaman palace where they converged in appreciation of the kind gesture of Nicole.
The food items distributed, were estimated at GH¢1,200 and included 12 bags of rice, 12 gallons of cooking oil, four cartons of Milo, a bag of sugar, boxes of tomato paste as well as biscuits and toffees.
In all, 10 selected families whose ages were above 80 benefited from the gesture. Each of them received a bag of rice, a gallon of cooking oil, quantities of milk and tomato pastes as well as two tins of Milo and two boxes of sugar.
The sub chiefs in the community were not left out as they received two bags of rice, together with some food items.
Almost all the children who thronged the Asaaman palace to witness the kind gesture of Nicole Ostrowski, also went home smiling as each of them received toffees and biscuits.
According to the philanthropist, two Parishes– St Mary and St James Churches in Amherst Wisconsin in the United States of America, as well as her family came together with the money that made it possible for her to buy the food items to support the livelihood of the beneficiaries.
Beaming with smiles, Nicole Ostrowski took pictures with each of the beneficiaries, many of them blind, as they received their gift.
She assured all of her determination to source for more financial assistance when she returns home, to support them.
On behalf of the beneficiaries, the Twafohene of Asaaman, Nana Kwabena Oppong II, expressed his gratitude to Nicole Ostrowski for selecting Asaaman as the recipient of the food items.
He also commended both St Mary and St James Churches as well and the Ostrowski family for displaying such kindness, saying it was the first of its kind in the community and would go a long way to energise the beneficiaries.