Pupils from Mothercare School in Accra have responded to desperate calls from the Ghana Medical Trust Fund (GMTF) for financial support to help retool specialist hospitals across the country.
The children, led by management of their school, stormed the premises of the Ghana Medical Trust Fund on Friday, 12th December 2025, with a request to be offered the opportunity to donate towards the fund.
They had managed to save some eight thousand cedis (GH¢8,000) through their weekly Wednesday morning devotion offerings throughout the year towards helping to save someone they may never meet. And their message was simple; they are from the Mothercare School and are willing to partner with MahamaCares to show love and care to the sick in society.
The Principal of the school, Madam Peace Abasah Addo, who led them, said “what we are doing is from the little coins that learners offer during our Wednesday school worship. So, we have put all together and that is what we use to reach out to the vulnerable year. Today we are here at the Ghana Medical Trust Fund to donate our widow’s mite to the fund, and we pray that this one will give somebody life one day.”
She told the Administrator of the Ghana Medical Trust Fund, Adjoa Obuobia Darko-Opoku that giving to support the needy is a passion they have passed on their pupils.
“The school has a passion for reaching out to the vulnerable and the less privileged in the society and we do it every year, specifically in December so this December too, we looked around to get a place to reach out, and we thought of coming to the Ghana Medical Trust Fund,” she noted.
This gesture, according to Ms. Obuobia Darko-Opoku, was not just a contribution, but an act of love in action. It was compassion, hope, and kindness gathered one morning at a time by these children wanting to support a Ghanaian they may never meet in life.
She noted that “this is a gesture which builds essential character traits like empathy, responsibility and compassion which fosters self-esteem and community connection. This also clearly shows that indeed these children are being trained to shift focus from self to others and to develop lifelong habits of kindness and social responsibility which marks their journey to becoming considerate and balanced adults.”
Ms. Darko-Opoku was particularly grateful to the management of the school for leading the children to her secretariat to respond to Trust Fund’s call for support.
The GMTF Administrator noted that “I am overwhelmed and I want to reiterate that this kind of gesture is what we need as a fund because such little drops of water will one day make a mighty ocean. I will call on other schools and institutions to emulate this kind gesture and visit us and donate towards this worthy cause.”
The Ghana Medical Trust Fund, an initiative of President John Mahama, is to provide financial support for Ghanaians with serious, costly chronic illnesses, like cancer, kidney failure, and heart disease, not fully covered by the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
The Fund aims to bridge gaps in specialized care, enhance health infrastructure, and prevent families from falling into poverty due to treatment costs.
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