The Home and Urban Missions of The Church of Pentecost on Monday, March 24, 2025, brought joy to the management, staff and patients of the Chest Clinic at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, by providing them with a variety of medical supplies valued at more than GHS 42,000.00, in commemoration of the World TB Day.
Additionally, HUM mobilised assorted items worth more than GHS 80,000.00 for various health facilities across Ghana.
The team, led by Apostle Emmanuel Agyei Kwafo (National HUM Coordinator), included Pastor Philip Kojo Tamakloe (Chaplain at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital), Pastor Solomon Anderson (HUM Pastor for the Ashaiman Sector), and Overseer James Amoah-Mensah (HUM Pastor for the Achimota Sector).
Among the items donated were several pack of water, two wheelchairs, Seca scale, 200kg digital body scale, two pieces of 3-folds screen, 10 pieces of cotton wool, 10 rolls of adhesive plaster 6”, Vital signs monitor plus stand, 10 pieces of bedsheets with pillow cases, two pieces of drip stand, two pieces of gun thermometers and 10 hospital bed mattresses.
HUM also donated beverages and loaves of bread to refresh the patients and the staff.
Presenting the items on behalf of the Chairman of the Church, Apostle Eric Nyamekye, the National HUM Coordinator indicated that the church, through HUM, has agreed to support the Chest Unit in a long-term agreement.
‘This partnership is going to continue. We are interested in influencing every institution with the principles and values of the Kingdom of God,’ he said.
According to Apostle Kwafo, one of the target groups of HUM is persons with substance use disorders, most of whom are highly subceptible to TB. He disclosed that last year alone, the ministry was able to reach out to about 42,000 persons with substance use disorders nationwide.
He further said that through the collaboration of other partners like the Schools Outreach Ministry and the church’s Health Workers Guild, massive public sensitisation campaign was launched last week ahead of the TB Day where thousands of students were reach out to and others screened for TB and related ailments.
Apostle Kwafo entreated them to use the items for the intended purposes.
He encouraged them to continue to work hard in the face of many challenges, saying, ‘Sometimes it seems you are alone when you are working among the marginalised. People treat you as one of them. Jesus was considered as poor though rich. So I want to encourage you that when all men look down on you, there is someone better than all men, and He looks at you with great respect. Let that one be your motivation and work hard and your blessing here on earth and the world to come will not be denied you.
Receiving the items on behalf of the management of the hospital, the Acting Head of the Unit, Dr Akosua Baddoo, expressed their hearthfelt gratitude and appreciation to The Church of Pentecost for the gesture. She prayed that God will reward the church and multiply the gesture in many ways money cannot buy.
Among the top officials from the Unit present were Madam Nelly Owusua Arthur (Deputy Chief Nursing Officer at the Chest Clinic) and Dr Yayra.
Background of World TB Day
World Tuberculosis Day, observed on 24 March each year, is designed to build public awareness about the global epidemic of tuberculosis and efforts to eliminate the disease.
The theme for World TB Day 2025 is ‘Yes! We Can End TB: Commit, Invest, Deliver.’
The theme emphasises the critical need to eradicate tuberculosis, highlighting the global commitment to ending TB by 2030, aligned with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. It underscores the need for stronger commitment, investment, and delivery of TB services to achieve the global targets.
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