By Morkporkpor Anku, GNA
Nsawam (E/R), Aug. 21, GNA – Mr Ibrahim Oppong Kwarteng, the Executive Director of Crime Check Foundation (CCF), a Prison NGO, has called on celebrities to support the country’s prisons, especially inmates.
“They have influence so we at CCF thought it wise to seek their support for the voiceless in prison,” he added.
Mr Kwarteng said this when management of the Foundation facilitated the donation of various items to the Nsawam Female Prison by Nana Ama Mcbrown, as part of her 41st Birthday celebration.
The items include two boxes of Tasty Tom tomato paste, Hisense TVs, Soft Care Sanitary Pad, Mosquito Coils, toiletries, packaged food, soft drinks, rice, and sugar, bags of sachet water, and powdered soap, among others.
“We hope other celebrities will come on board to make our prisons purely correctional centres,” he said.
Nana Ama Mcbrown said birthdays are very special occasions and that she mostly spends it at orphanages but decided to do something different this year.
“This year, I decided to do something I have not done before, I wanted to go to the prisons to make them happy,” she said.
The Actress said, “I was impressed with the set-up, obviously nobody is happy to be in prison, nobody is happy to be taken away from their family but the environment is so neat and that, for me was good.”
She said she felt so sad when she saw a pregnant woman and an old woman, no matter what might have sent them there, it was sad to see such people in prison.
“That notwithstanding, I am glad I came to celebrate my special day with them and I thank my sponsors for making it all possible,” she said.
“I am grateful to the Lord for today. I decided not to celebrate my birthday, but to spend the day with the female inmates at Nsawam prison. Throughout the year the Lord has given me many endorsement deals, given me blessings, and helped me in so many ways,” she added.
GNA