MTN Foundation invests GH¢3.1m in communities after three years of existence

The MTN Foundation, the organization set by MTN Ghana, the country’s largest mobile phone company to execute its Corporate Social Responsibility has invested GH¢3.1 million in philanthropy within three years of its existence.
To celebrate these three years, the Foundation is launching eight new projects in some communities across the country.

The projects costing GH¢487,000 and are spread across the country include; 20 newly constructed boreholes in the Upper West region; Construction of a 3-unit classroom block for the Asempaneye Primary School in partnership with Rotary Club International in the  Eastern region; Commissioning of the refurbishment of Kpedze Health Centre in the Volta region, and sponsorship of an education project to increase literacy and numeracy in Primary & Senior High Schools at Nadowli Upper West Region.

The other projects are, sponsorship of the 4th Annual Disability Games in  Accra, the construction of a Library Complex for Tsito Senior High School and a 3-unit classroom block at Akatsi, all in the Volta region. The Foundation will also sponsorship 20 schools to participate in the Spelling-Bee competition.

According to a press release from MTN Ghana, the Foundation has over the past three years invested a total of GH¢3.1 million in various projects including the completion of the refurbishment of the second floor of the Korle-bu Teaching Hospital Maternity Block and the development of 10 ICT Learning Centers in 10 regions of the country currently ongoing. The CSR Projects also include the construction of an Intensive Care Unit at the Princess Marie Louise Children’s hospital and the Academy for Educational Development Basic schools project in the Northern region of Ghana that will impact the lives of over 10,000 children in the region, it said.

By Emmanuel K. Dogbevi