The Heart for Children Foundation is expanding its impact in the Sunyani West Municipality through major investments in clean water, healthcare, education and youth employment initiatives.
Founder and Director Solomon Boateng disclosed that the charity has so far drilled 130 mechanised boreholes across communities in the municipality, significantly improving access to clean drinking water.
“We have integrated water into health,” he said, explaining that access to clean water remains central to the foundation’s broader community development efforts.
Beyond water provision, the organisation distributes 300 sanitary pads every month to girls in deprived communities to promote menstrual hygiene and help keep them in school.
Mr. Boateng said the foundation’s health interventions include the construction of an intensive care unit and a modern pharmacy laboratory at Nsoatre Hospital, as well as several Community-based Health Planning Services compounds in underserved communities.
In education, the foundation is currently building separate dormitories for boys and girls at Nsoatre Technical and Vocational Institute and has also constructed classroom blocks to improve learning conditions.
To tackle youth unemployment, the organisation has established a wood processing factory where young people receive free vocational training.
Currently, 35 trainees are enrolled in the programme at no cost and are also provided with free meals and bicycles to support their training.
Mr. Boateng said the foundation, together with its international partners, is prepared to train more unemployed youth and urged young people to take advantage of the opportunity to gain employable skills.
He reaffirmed the foundation’s commitment to improving lives across the municipality through sustainable interventions in health, education, social welfare and job creation.
