The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana@50 Secretariat, Dr. Charles Wereko-Brobby is urging public spirited individuals and organisations to help institutionalise Joy FM’s ‘Easter Soup Kitchen’ as a national charity event.

Speaking at the 10th edition of the Easter Soup Kitchen, currently underway at the Efua Sutherland Park, commonly called the Children’s Park, Dr. Wereko-Brobby said charity was indeed a worthy cause worth pursuing for national cohesion.

“Charity is a very important part of the growth and development of every nation and it is important that those who have, make it possible for those that are less off to feel that they are part of the society.”

The Joy Fm Easter Soup Kitchen is part of the station’s corporate social responsibility where thousands of society’s needy and homeless from all walks of life are fed and clothed yearly.

They are also given medical attention, offered counselling on various issues and voluntarily screened for AIDS, where they are again counselled by experts.

They are also treated to music from Joy FM’s DJ’s at the grounds.

Easter Soup Kitchen must live on

	Volunteers to the cause of the needy help get food packs ready.

For 10 years management and staff of Joy FM supported by other institutions and individuals have been volunteering to bring smiles on the faces of the less privileged in society.

The event this year received a ¢500 million boost from the Ghana@50 Secretariat to ensure it is replicated nationwide in all the 10 regional capitals.

But Dr. Wereko-Brobby said it should not be a one-off national event.
Expressing gratitude to the station for a “wonderful demonstration of
public commitment” to a worthy cause and the joy of the Ghana@50 Secretariat’s association with the event, he said the spirit of the Joy Soup Kitchen must live on after Ghana@100.

He said it is “Important that we do not just talk about compassion for the poor but contribute to easing the suffering of the poor.”

He therefore urged individuals and the corporate community to support the programme so the less privileged can look up to succeeding years with renewed faith in themselves and in the country.

Currently thousands of the needy and homeless are being entertained.