Vice Presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor Jane Naana Opoku- Agyemang, has donated GHC50,000 to the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) Cancer Foundation in Accra on Wednesday September 11, 2024.
The donation forms part of the foundation’s ongoing campaign to raise funds to support teachers or spouses or children of teachers who are cancer patients. Presenting a banker’s draft to the board of the Foundation at its offices in Accra, Prof. Jane Opoku- Agyemang commended GNAT for setting up the cancer foundation to help the treatment of its members.
According to her, the treatment of cancer cases is very expensive and she is presenting her token as an educationist, who values the contribution of teachers to raise awareness about the Foundation and its appeal for funds to help the treatment of teachers.
“I want to appeal to the public that a fund like this has been set up. It doesn’t matter how big or small it is, and I am also appealing to all the unions to come on board. Regardless of how you grow, regardless of the profession you follow, you would have gone through school, and I will urge all to show empathy to support this initiative.”
Receiving the bankers draft, the fundraising committee chairman of GNAT Cancer Foundation, Christian Yaw Adinkra commended Prof. Opoku-Agyemang for the donation and urged others to emulate her kind gesture.
Member of Parliament for the Adentan Constituency Mohammed Adamu Ramadan, also made a personal donation at the same meeting. The GNAT Cancer Foundation says cancer among teachers and members of their families is not only on the increase, but the cost of treatment is also beyond the reach of many of its members, hence the need to raise funds to support their treatment.