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New Life District SDA donates to Koforidua Local Prisons
DSP Ballans (left) receiving the items from Ms Kwadade
The Young Ladies Ministries Department in the New Life District of the Seventh Day Adventist (S.D.A) Church has donated items worth GH¢18,000 to the Koforidua Local Prisons last weekend.
The items included 40 bags of sachet water, religious and evangelistic books, assorted nonalcoholic beverages and drugs, kenkey, bottles of shito, fried fish among other undisclosed items.
Presenting the items, the District Young Ladies Ministries Coordinator, Ms. Stella Afriyie Kwadade encouraged the inmates to put their trust in God.
She said in their last visit to the prison, the inmates requested for cooked food and some drugs to sustain them so the Young Ladies in the district thought of it and honoured their request.
The Pastor in charge of the Church, Ps. Osei Bonsu Sarpong advised the public to embrace ex-convicts with love to help them reform totally.
He noted that many incarcerated people worry about living situations beyond jail and added that anyone who is in jail or out of jail needs love and encouragement because they may look at the future based on their current circumstances.
He said most of the inmates found themselves behind bars through
No fault of theirs but they could not get helpers to speak for them.
Pastor Sarpong, who is also the District Pastor indicated that there were characters in the Bible who were sent to prison but were able to endure and became victorious.
“Where you find yourself today is a correction centre to reform you; have this mindset and you will shine like a star when you come out”, he said.
The Staff and Duty Officer of the Koforidua Local Prison, Deputy Superintendent of Prisons (DSP) Joshua Ballans received the items and expressed gratitude to the women for their generosity.
He noted that the visit would bring happiness to the inmates and help their reformation process speedily.
He urged other churches, groups and organisations to assist the inmates