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Member of Parliament for Kwesimintsim, Dr. Prince H. Armah, has officially launched his foundation, Dr. Prince H. Armah (DPHA) Foundation to serve the constituency.
The Foundation is expected to contribute to a better life for people of Kwesimintsim particularly and potentially across the Western Region.
Since its inception a few years ago, the DPHA Foundation has gone the extra mile to provide various services including health screening and vocational training for the people.
Addressing the launch on Wednesday 21st April 2021, Dr Prince Armah indicated that the Foundation will serve as one leg of the development tripod he dreams of while the other two will constitute the Office of the Member of Parliament and Effia-Kwesimintsim Municipal Assembly.
He expressed hope that these three legs will work in close coordination for the ultimate good of the people of the constituency.
The official launch of the Foundation also coincided with the inauguration of its first-ever governing board, which he stressed brings together an array of talents and diverse competencies in service to Kwesimintsim.
“Under the guidance of the new governing board, I expect the Foundation to turbo-charge its efforts to improve quality of life in Kwesimintsim.”
“I hope that they will bring new ideas and new energy to provide direction and service to our efforts. Under this board, we must see the DPHA Foundation become a standard for achievement and delivery.”
“This Foundation must become one of the preeminent charitable organizations in the Western Region and indeed, in the country. This is our mission and I know with God on our side, with dedication and hard work, we will achieve it,” he stated.
According to Dr. Armah, no national government throughout history has been able to do it all without the contribution of the private sector.
Some of the greatest expansions in health and education, he said, have been the result of private-sector efforts led by people who decided to plough back some of what they have been given to help others.
“Those benefits have not been felt only in the west. In Ghana and Africa, our efforts to eradicate disease and expand access to education, for example, have been boosted by some of the larger international non-governmental organisations.”
He disclosed that the Foundation has, among other things, donated maths sets, books as well as laptop computers to students at various levels of the educational ladder.
“We supported communities in Kwesimintsim during their annual festivals. We have helped equip the Kwesimintsim police to enable them to fight crime and protect the peace,” he added.
He averred that the roles of organisations such as the DPHA must serve as a challenge to the country to bring a better life to more people than the government is able to within the context of its overstretched fiscal resources.
Government, he said, does not really have the capacity to solve all the problems, which means that more individuals must take up the challenge of helping build a better, greater country in which more and more people have the opportunity to pursue their dreams to become makers and to lift even more people up.
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