[ 2011-04-20 ]

Mampong District Hospital receives medical equipment
The Asante Mampong Kontonkyi Association of New
York, New Jersey, Connecticut, has facilitated the
shipment of medical items, mostly hardware, to the
Mampong District Hospital in Mampong Ashanti.

The items were donated to the Association by Dr.
Kwame Afrah-Adusei, a medical practitioner at the
St Joseph’s Hospital in Syracuse, NY.

Mr. Alex Agyeman, owner of Pan Afrikan Express
Shipping Services, LLC, and a native of Mampong,
based in Meriden, Connecticut, processed the
shipment of the 40-foot, high-cube container which
included inflatable beds, incubators, surgical
beds, clutches, mattresses, walkers, sterilizers,
examination lamps, infant beds, examination
tables, disposable containers, cytology scrapers,
wheel chairs, among many others.

The items arrived in February and were officially
presented on Friday, April 2011 to the Hospital
staff at a star-studded occasion presided by
Mamponghene “Daasebre” Nana Osei-Bonsu II.

The shipment was consigned to “Daasebre” Nana
Osei-Bonsu, Mamponghene, Dr. Ahiable, Medical
Superintendent of the Mampong District Hospital,
Mr. Bofa Abeberese, Mr Francis Addai-Nimoh,
(NPP-Mampong) and Mr. Daniel Apau-Ohyiaman,
Municipal Chief Executive of Mampong, Ashanti.

The associations that supported the shipment
included Mampong associations in London, Chicago,
Toronto and New Jersey.

The Asante Mampong Kontonkyi Association of
NY/NJ/CT is well-known for its generosity and
support for community back home. In 2007, it
donated $7,000 toward the construction of a
children’s ward at the Mampong District
Hospital.

Also, in 2006, the Association donated over $3,000
worth of variety of food and related items to the
Mampong Babies’ Home, an orphanage under the
auspices of the Anglican Diocese in Ashanti
Mampong.

Mr. Kofi Adu, Chairman of the Association, says
that “even though we’re far away from home,
we’ll not let distance be a barrier in
supporting our families back home. We’ll
continue to help to the best of our abilities.
“We’re not being complacent or minding our own
business but are actively engaged in the welfare
of those left behind.”

This is a classic example of collective action in
the age of globalization and transnationalism,
where distance and physical borders are less
significant and networks are becoming as important
as tools for community economic development.

The Association believes that the search for ways
to act collectively in the Mampong context should
start from the search for common ground - a set of
principles and objectives that most, if not all,
institutional bodies of the Mampong residents
worldwide agree on.

Mr. Kofi Adu, Chairman of the Association,
expressed hope that the items will help improve
the service delivery at the Hospital for the
benefit of all.

Source - Prince O. Bonsu,Bronx New York

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