The Adwoa Safo Foundation, a philanthropic non-governmental organization known for supporting the needy and disadvantaged, has donated assorted relief items to the Osu Children’s Home in Accra.
The items donated included 20 packs of bottled water, five packs each of canned Coca-Cola, Malt and Fanta, two jumbo bunches of plantain chips, eight tubers of yam, five gallons of oil, five boxes of baby wipes, two boxes of sardines, a pack of kitchen tissue paper, five boxes of Dettol, four cartons of Milo, five boxes of Indomie noodles, 10 gallons of detergent and three packs of toilet rolls.
Speaking during the presentation, the Founder of the Foundation, Hon. Adwoa Safo, said the gesture formed part of efforts to continue the humanitarian legacy of her late father, Emeritus Professor Kwadwo Safo.
According to the former three-term Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya and former Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, giving to vulnerable children and the less privileged was one of the cherished values her father upheld throughout his lifetime.
“The last time we were here was in 2022, but this has always been one of the cherished acts of benevolence by my father.
I remember during our childhood days, I used to accompany him to this home where he donated food items and cash support to the children,” she stated.
Hon. Adwoa Safo disclosed that the Foundation embarked on a sponsorship drive to raise funds for the donation exercise, adding that several companies and individuals readily supported the initiative because of its humanitarian purpose.
She expressed appreciation to the sponsors and institutions that contributed towards the success of the donation exercise, including Special Ice Company, Keldan Estates, KS Group, Kantanka Automobile Company Ltd, and the Wofa Seko Group from the Accra Newtown branch of Kristo Asafo Mission.
Receiving the items on behalf of the Home, the Acting Assistant Manageress, Priscila Asare, expressed gratitude to the Foundation for the kind gesture and appealed to corporate organizations and benevolent individuals to continue supporting the facility.
She noted that the Home was currently undertaking several projects that required urgent assistance from public-spirited individuals and organizations.
According to her, the projects include completing a store building, renovating the dressmaking unit, providing independent living support for older children, and repainting the entire facility.
Sarah Adwoa Safo, founder of A.S. Foundation, was born on December 28, 1981. She is a Ghanaian lawyer and politician. She is also a former member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and a former Member of Parliament for the Dome Kwabenya Constituency in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. She was the Minister for Gender, Children, and Social Protection until 28 July 2022.
Adwoa Safo was born to a Ghanaian industrialist and pastor, the late Apostle Kwadwo Safo. She was home-tutored and wrote and passed her GCE A-Level in 1998.
At age 17, she entered the University of Ghana Faculty of Law, where she obtained a Bachelor of Laws (L.L.B.) degree in 2002. Safo was the vice-president of the Law Students Union (LSU) in her final year.
She then continued to the Ghana School of Law and was called to the Bar in October 2004 at the age of 22. She holds a Master of Laws (LLM) from George Washington University. In September 2022, she graduated from the University of Nottingham with a Postgraduate Diploma in Public Procurement Law and Policy.
Awards
Sarah Adwoa Safo was a nominee for the Nobles Forum Award in 2012. She was honored by Glitz Africa as one of the Top 100 Women of the Year.
Career
Safo worked briefly with the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C., in the United States, and thereafter returned to Ghana to serve her nation. On her return home in late 2005, she joined the law firm Kulendi @ law, then Zoe, Akyea & Co, as a private legal practitioner.
She worked as the first legal officer of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) for two (2) years and was very instrumental in the formulation of the proposals that formed the basis for the creation of the Appeals and Complaint Panel of PPA and the change of the name from Public Procurement Board to Public Procurement Authority.
She was first elected as a member of parliament for Dome Kwabenya in 2012. And she has been re-elected in 2016 and 2020. She was the deputy majority leader of the 7th Parliament of the Republic of Ghana and is the only female MP in Ghana to hold the number 2 position in the Majority front.
Adwoa Safo was appointed Minister of State in charge of Government Procurement in 2017, serving until 2021 under Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the 5th president of the 4th Republic of Ghana.
In the eighth parliament under the fourth Republic of Ghana, President Akufo-Addo appointed her as the Minister for Gender, Children, and Social Protection. She served in this capacity until 28 July 2022, when she was relieved of her duties.
Adwoa was a nominee for the Nobles Forum Award in 2012. She was honored by Glitz Africa as one of the Top 100 Women of the Year.
