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[Pictures + video ]: Volta Home Orphanage gets  brand new bath towels and bed nets 

Each child at the Volta Home Orphanage at Vedeme in the Volta Region of Ghana has received a set of brand-new bath towels and insecticide-treated nets. The gesture is by Exclusive Towel Boutique and the  National Malaria Control Program of the Ghana Health Service.

The owner of Exclusive Towel Boutique, Miss Harriet Ashong, donated fifty assorted bath towels to help promote hygiene at the orphanage.

Towels absorb a lot of water and remain damp for hours, making them perfect breeding grounds for germs. This is why towels, especially those children use, must be washed and changed often.

The presentation of 100 insecticide-treated bed nets to Volta Home is part of a nationwide campaign to reach a zero-malaria target in Ghana and achieve the global target of SDG#3, which aims to promote healthy living and well-being for all people.

According to the WHO, malaria remains a major cause of illness and death in Ghana, particularly among children and pregnant women. The disease remains the highest expenditure in the National Health Insurance scheme.

Joy in Giving Charity Ambassador,  Miss Tina Muulikaa, presented the bath towels and bed nets to Volta Home Orphanage coordinator, Mr. Charles Annabi. Click to watch the video version.

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[VIDEO] Why we are blessed to receive

Do you know that the one who gives and the one who receives are all blessed?

Yes!  There’s a blessing in both giving and receiving.

The Bible has many verses about being blessed when you give, or, better yet, verses that promise a reward for the act of giving.

But let’s look at this one verse in Acts 20:35: “In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work, we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’  This verse not only encourages us to help the weak but also reminds us of the exact words of Jesus: “It is more blessed to give than to receive.”

It’s obvious that two acts are being compared here: giving and receiving, using the comparative adjective “more blessed than.” This means there is a blessing in giving and receiving, but comparatively, the giver is more blessed than the receiver. 

I am therefore excited to know that the orphans and needy children in Ghana who benefit from our foundation are as blessed as any other receiver.

Courtesy of three of our donors, who would like to remain anonymous, the children at the Volta Home Orphanage have been treated to two different birthday parties back to back this year alone.  The first party was in June, and the second one followed in July, where the children enjoyed drinks and sumptuous meals.

That is how God can bless anyone with “double” at any given time. It’s a blessing to receive!

The truth is, these parties were never on our calendar of events, but once our sponsors requested them, we organized them, and the children had so much fun.

Today, these children are blessed to be at the receiving end, but I know they will also be able to give one day.

After all, in this dispensation, we are blessed to give, and we do it with joy straight from our hearts.

Click to watch the video.

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