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During the heat of the Covid-19 pandemic in Ghana, Abeiku Aggrey Santana and his partners Derrick Cobbinah, Africa Project Officer for the Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League and CEO of Forces Help Africa and the GUBA Foundation supported and brought out the light the activities of World War II. veteran Joseph Hammond who logged a 14-mile hike in a week as part of a fundraiser to support frontline African workers.
Photo Source: Instagram / Sweet Maame Adwoa
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The 95-year-old Ghanaian WWII veteran walked two miles (3.2 kilometers) each day to reach his goal on Africa Day in Accra and raised nearly £ 43,000.
This gesture of this nobleman went viral in international media such as Al Jazeera, BBC, CNN, DW, France 24 and Washington Post. He also attracted a number of corporations and individuals to reciprocate the goodwill and extend his arm of support to the veteran.
Today, the First National Bank that launched ASPIRE (Accelerated Support for Intervention and Pandemic Relief Effort) a few months ago to help the government and its stakeholders mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has donated an amount of 12,000 Ghc (Twelve Thousand Ghana Cedis) to Mr. Hammond. In a media session Dominic Adu, the bank’s first chief executive officer in Ghana, said that they were proud to be a part of their latest walk and to share their story, it is their fervent hope and prayer that First National Bank looks to back into the future and also tells its story as the best bank to ever exist in Ghana.
Consequently, Ghana’s billionaire, philanthropist, and African prince Nana Kwame Bediako, popularly known as Freedom Jacob Caesar and his New Africa Foundation, which has shown a higher level of generosity amid the covid19 pandemic, also donated a house. fully furnished to veteran Joseph Hammond, who lived 75 years of his life at his family’s home in Accra to support him.
WO1, Joseph Hammond, who was inspired by the story of Captain Tom Moore who became a national hero in the UK for raising 33 million pounds ($ 40 million) to help the NHS before his 100th birthday, was packed Praising the philanthropist and the First National Bank and thanking them for leading the way, he admonished the selfishness in the people of Ghana and urged us to continue to support the underprivileged in whatever way we can.
Other veterans, such as Russia’s Zinaida Korneva (97) and Britain’s Dabirul Choudhury (100), have also accumulated similar success stories from their farmer’s work.
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