Accra, Nov 3, GNA-The La Palm Royal Beach Hotel on Saturday hosted 50 orphans from the Gomoa Fetteh Village of Hope Orphanage in the Central region to the hotel’s newly established “Children’s theme Park” for a pre-Christmas party to official open the facility.
Mrs Juliet Grace Quainoo, General Manager in-charge of procurement told newsmen at the event in Accra that the gesture formed part of the hotel’s policy to assist the needy.
She said management decided to host the children for the event to give them the opportunity to enjoy a world class teen park with the Disney style. According to her, the park, which was now open to the general public was introduced by the hotel to enhance its service delivery for clients and give their children an avenue to also play. Mrs. Quainoo said La Palm had adapted the Orphanage to support it and pledged its commitment to continue to assist such vulnerable children. Mrs. Matilda Adu Poku, House Parent for the Orphanage expressed her appreciation to the hotel for the support in recent years. She therefore, called on other corporate bodies to emulate it and support the orphanage with funding to cater for the education of 18 of the orphans in tertiary schools. ” We also have 22 of them in senior high schools and 135 in the basic level, we urgently need financial support to enable us to provide these precious children with education”. 03 Nov. 07
Source: GhanaWeb
