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IBSYC raises funds to construct CHPS facility for Assin Aseretoase
A Non-Governmental Organisation, NGO, I Smile Because You Care (ISBYC) has raised funds to construct a Community Health-based Planning Services (CHPS) facility for the people of Assin Aseretoase in the Assin South District of the Central Region.
A full documentary of the project was premiered at the launch and fundraising which took place on Saturday July 23, 2022, at the Ebenezer Methodist Church, Lashibi-Community 20, in Accra.
Speaking at the ceremony, President of ISBYC, Erasmus Aidoo said, the project when completed would help in the provision of quality healthcare to the people.
He added that it would mitigate deaths due to delay in accessing primary healthcare as the nearest CHPS facility from the community was miles away.
Mr.Aidoo further said that it would also end the practice of transporting patients in health crises and pregnant women in labour on tricycles as well as provide primary healthcare to neighbouring communities like Assin Kansere, Assin Betwease, Assin Kotobabi and Assin Dosii.
He expressed appreciation to all who turned up at the fundraising to contribute their quota to the project.
The facility will have an Out-Patient Department, Dispensary, Staff quarters, Wards, Kitchen, Delivery and Consulting rooms among others, will cost GH¢340,000.
ISBYC was able to raise some funds from guests and executives who attended the fundraising ceremony.
The NGO has impacted lives of millions with the Love of Jesus Christ through evangelical outreaches, educational scholarships and other humanitarian support.
By Edem Mensah-Tsortorme
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113 Cardinals hold 3rd General Congregation in Rome
The 113 Cardinals present in Rome held the third General Congregation on Thursday morning, and announced who will deliver the two pre-conclave meditations.
The Cardinals decided that Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández will celebrate the Mass on the sixth day of the Novemdiales, instead of Cardinal Kevin Farrell.
They agreed that Fr. Donato Ogliari, O.S.B., Abbot of St. Paul Outside the Walls, will deliver the first meditation on Monday, and that Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, Preacher Emeritus of the Papal Household, will deliver the second meditation at the beginning of the conclave, whose starting date has not yet been decided.
The Cardinals began a conversation about the Church and the world, deciding to hold the next General Congregation on Friday morning at 9:00 AM.
The Director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni, told journalists that 61,000 people have paid their respects to the late Pope Francis as of 1:00 PM on Thursday, adding that St. Peter’s Basilica should close at midnight on Thursday, unless large crowds are still queuing to enter.
Following the Pope’s funeral on Saturday, April 26, a Rosary will be held in front of the Basilica of St. Mary Major on Saturday at 9:00 PM.
Mr. Bruni said the burial service for Pope Francis will take place in private.
Starting the morning of Sunday, April 27, the faithful may begin to visit the tomb of Pope Francis at the Marian Basilica.
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GEXIM deepens relations with US EXIM Bank
A management team of the Ghana Export – Import Bank (GEXIM) led by the Acting Chief Executive, Sylvester Mensah met with the leadership of the Export–Import Bank of the United States (US EXIM) on Wednesday April 23, 2025 in Washington DC, United States of America.
The Acting President and Chairman of US EXIM, Mr. James C. Cruse and Vice President, International Relations, Ms. Isabel Galdiz received the GEXIM delegation, which included Deputy CEO for Banking, Mr. Moses Klu Mensah and Head of International Cooperation, Mr. Jonathan Christopher Koney at the headquarters of US EXIM.
The meeting offered the GEXIM team the opportunity to share the strategic direction of the Bank in line with the resetting agenda of the President of the Republic, His Excellency John Dramani Mahama for the repositioning of the Ghanaian economy into an export-led one by providing the requisite investment to Ghanaian businesses.
Mr. James C. Cruse expressed US EXIM’s eagerness to deepen its existing relations with GEXIM and proposed the signing of a new Cooperative Framework Agreement following the expiration of a Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2019 to utilize US EXIM’s medium term loan guarantees to procure machinery by GEXIM for qualified Ghanaian Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs).
Mr.Sylvester Mensah thanked the Acting President and Chairman of US EXIM for hosting the GEXIM delegation and reaffirmed the Ghanaian government’s commitment to strengthening trade and investment between Ghana and its global partners for economic transformation of Ghana with GEXIM playing a pivotal role.
The two teams will be meeting on the sidelines of the 2025 US EXIM Annual Conference on 29th and April 30, 2025 to explore possible areas of collaboration and matching Ghanaian businesses to American companies. The meeting ended with an exchange of gifts.
