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Ghana: LDS Charities Donates Goods to Flooded Area

Accra — Bishop Clarence Kofi, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints presented the the supplies to members of the Regional Coordinating Council who are also seen in the picture. The items will be distributed to the areas devastated by the floods.

The local humanitarian organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is LDS Charities which arranged for the supplies to be sent to the flooded Upper East Region and they arrived on Sept 13, 2007. The items sent were 50 bags of rice, 40 bags of sugar, 20 bags of beans, and 20 bags of millet, 50 cartons of cooking oil, 1,000 sleeping mats and 60 cartons of soap.

The total donation came to 15,000 U.S. dollars. The truck carrying the goods was made available by the National Disaster Management Organization.


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