Dr. Ahnal Purohit, Chairman of AWASH, a Freetown-based non-profit organization and a Philanthropist from USA has, during the Christmas season, presented the sum of Le15 million as seed money to form a sustainable business for a group of disabled persons - 15 in number - located at Wilberforce Street in the centre business district of Freetown.
Talking to Concord Times in an exclusive interview, the Philanthropist disclosed that they have been in the country over the years and have seen a lot of young people begging on the streets of Freetown for their living, which he described as pathetic.
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