GHANA Rubber Estates Limited (GREL) has presented a 29-inch colour television, a video deck and stabiliser worth GH¢ 800 to the Sekondi Central Prison for the education of the inmates on the HIVAIDS disease, as well as their general entertainment.
The presentation formed part of the company’s sustainable development programmes for communities and other organisations
Last year, the company also set up an HIV AIDS Solidarity Fund with contributions from all employees of the company,realising an amount of GH¢ 6,828 to assist HIVAIDS-positive patients to access medical care.
Speaking at a short ceremony to present the items to the prisons authority in Sekondi, the Human Resource and Administrative Manager of GREL, Mr J.C Garbrah, said the company had trained 24 peer counsellors who were currently working in the communities in the company’s catchment areas.
He said HIV AIDS outreach programmes were organised at the company’s HIVAIDS centre at its clinic at Abura, in the Ahanta West District of the Western Region for workers and members of the communities to test their HIVAIDS status.
Mr Garbrah said the company would co-operate with the Ghana Prisons Service to intensify HIV/AIDS education in the prisons.
The Western Regional Commander of the Prisons Service, Deputy Director of Prisons Patrick Darko Missah, expressed his appreciation to GREL for the assistance, adding that the items would be used for their intended purpose.
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