European Union donates equipments to Civil service organisations(3/02/09)

EIGHT civil society organisations in the country have benefited from information technology equipment, office furniture and medical supplies worth GH¢11,487 donated by the European Commission delegation to Ghana.
The equipment were used by the European Union Election Observation Mission to Ghana (EU EOM) during their observation of the December 2008 presidential and parliamentary elections.
The beneficiary organisations were the Cardinal Foundation for Distance Learning (CADFIL), Ripples Health Care Partners in Community Development Programme (PACODEP), Women’s Wing, PAFA Foundation, Research and Counselling Foundation for African Migrants (RECFAM), Friends for Human Development and Health and Wellness Foundation.
The Head of the European Commission Delegation to Ghana, Mr Filiberto Ceriani Sebregondi, said the equipment were donated to the organisations because of the crucial role they played in monitoring the elections, promoting health education, rights of women, the underprivileged and people living with HIV/AIDS.
He said the organisations represented different aspects of the Ghanaian civil society such as human rights, democracy, working for health and HIV/AIDS awareness and child care in the country.
Mr Sebregondi said that was also part of a capacity-building action for civil society organisations by the European Union delegation to help them work effectively in important events organised in the country.
He hoped the equipment would be of great use to the organisations.
Professor Alex Asiedu of the Department of Geography and Resource Development, University of Ghana who spoke on behalf of the beneficiaries expressed his deepest appreciation to the European Commission delegation to Ghana..
He was optimistic that the equipment was going to facilitate the work of the civil society organisations in the country.