The Founder and Leader of the Kristo Asafo Mission of Ghana, Apostle Dr Ing.Kwadwo Safo, has donated GH 500,000 cash to the First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Naa Okaikor Akuffo-Addo, to support her initiative to build a new mother and child care unit for the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi. 

Making the donation to the First ​Lady in Accra last Friday, Apostle Safo said the donation was the contribution of the church towards the project intended to save mothers and babies at the hospital from needless deaths.

The new mother and child care project is to vert the numerous deaths recorded over the years due to lack of space, facilities and other equipment at KATH.​

In May 2017, the First Lady cut the sod for work to begin on the project which is expected to be completed in four months.​

Campaign​

A campaign by the First Lady to raise funds towards the project yielded GH 6,170,686.23 in cash and GH 1,489,500 in pledges in pledges in both Accra and Kumasi.​

The campaign, dubbed "Save a child, save a mother", is hoping to an initial GH 10 million​. Work on the project is currently at the lintel level.

The congestion at the Mother and Child Care Unit at KATH in Kumasi reached an alarming stage, leading to the deaths of several pregnant women and their babies.​

Before the campaign, the labour ward had eight beds and two delivery beds, while the maternity block had two theatres, of which one was only functional.​

The nursery had only 24 cots, although the hospital delivers about 15 babies on an average daily, in addition to many baby referral cases, a situation that caused congestion at the nursery.​

Due to the limited number of cots, four or five babies had to share a cot, situation which caused infection and reinfections among babies.​

Apostle Dr Ing. Safo praised the First Lady for initiating the project.​

He recounted how he had on behalf of Kristo Asafo supported children's ​homes, rehabilitation centres, orphanages, prisons, hospitals, schools for the blind, deaf and physically challenged with food items, clothing, sewing machines, wax prints and cash for over decades.

Commendation​

Receiving the donation, Mrs Akuffo-Addo commended Apostle Kwadwo Safo for the wonderful and kind gesture which would help in the completion of the first block, which was nearing completion, and called for more support and collaboration.

Source: www.graphiconline.com​

Apostle and Founder of Ghana's first car manufacturing company- Dr Kwadwo Safo Kantanka , will be honoured with the Innovative Pioneer Award on Saturday 3rd of June, 2017 at the Intercontinental Hotel, 02, London.

The Innovative Pioneer award recognises those who have made significant contributions to Africa society through inventions, manufacturing and production, to the benefit of Africa's society, economic and international standing​.

Dr Kantanka's revolutionary invention and its bid to develop Ghana's business industries places him next to thirteen other innovators who are recipients of the coveted GUBA Black Star Awards.​

Apostle Dr Kwadwo Safo Kantanka founded Kantanka Automobile Limited, following the manufacture of his first car, Kantanka Saloon in 1998. Realising the potential and gap in the Ghanaian automobile industry, he expanded and released the Kantanka Onantefo l and Onantefo ll​ in 2007. Today, he has built a semi-automated vehicle assembly facility with a monthly capacity of 120 cars.

A successful engineer and inventor, Apostle Dr Kwadwo Safo Kantanka is also the founder of Kristo Asafo Church in Ghana. The church opened its doors in 1971 after starting out as a prayer group in 1969.​ it now has over 140 branches across Ghana with its core fundamentals - to care for the needy.Kristo Asafo Church also encourages members to volunteer within agriculture and to regularly visit those in hospitals, prisons and orphanages.

The GUBA Innovative Pioneer Award will be presented to Dr Safo Kantanka for successfully designing and creating the first vehicle manufactured in Ghana, at a standard that rivals competition within the automobile industry. ​

The prestigious GUBA awards ceremony celebrates the achievements of influential and inspirational members of the Ghanaian community.​ The star-studded event will be full of glamour, entertainment and motivation.

Source: www.gubaawards.co.uk​

Kwasi Boadu 17, from Dunkwa in the Ashanti Region is one of the brilliant young boys in the Kristo Asafo Church, made a little helicopter.

A boy in an interview with Kofi Countryman explained that, he takes his inspiration from the country's finest engineer Apostle Dr Kwadwo Safo the Founder of the Kristo Asafo Church and the first automobile assembling plant in Ghana.​

In the church's annual children's week celebration, Kwasi Boadu placed third with his little helicopter and a table fan.

According to him, he used an iron sheet, electrical wire, motors and bulbs in making of his helicopter, and further revealed that he has been able to manufacture a lot which he will make it know in the appropriate time.

This boy comes from a poor home at Dunkwa in the Ashanti Region and dream of becoming a renowned scientist in Ghana.​

I urge the government​ and the people of Ghana to patronize products of my Grandfather (Apostle Kwadwo Safo) so that one day my products will also be in the market, says the young scientist.

Source: Koficountryman.com​

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