Yesterday at the forecourt of the SOS Children’s Village in Tema, host of the most-listened to drive on radio in Ghana; Drive Talk on Joy FM, Bola Ray, real name Nathaniel Kwabena Anokye Adisi with family [made up of his beautiful wife and two sons] and friends donated varied items to the home.
The donation was part of Bola Ray’s contribution to the home after being made an ambassador last year in addition with TV3 News Anchor Nana Aba Anamoah and boxer Joshua Clottey.
The three were made ambassadors of the home and expected to be committed in solving the problems that has bedevilled the village, notably child abandonment, destitution and the orphaned in collaboration with SOS Children’s Villages Ghana.
He made the donation with support from his Empire Entertainment team, his wife Dorcas and two sons. Also present and helped with some items included the Bannerman-Quist family, Auntie Laing, Loretta Ayettey as well as comedian Funny Face.
Aside the donated items, Bola Ray presented a cash amount of Thousand Five Hundred Ghana Cedis [GHC1.500] to the home. Part of the money he said came from the event he organised late last year budded the ‘Celebrity Charity Bazaar’ at the Silver Bird Cinemas.
Accounting for the money, he told GhanaCelebrities.Com that, he raised GHC 420.00 as a result of selling Christmas Cards he bought from the home. According to him, the cards were designed by the children in the home.
Out of the GHC420.00, he said GHC200.00 went to the New Horizon School in Accra. “And the GHC220.000 that was left, I topped it up and we had GHC1.500” he continued.
The Anokye-Adisi family are looking at chalking another first as they plan on deducting Hundred Ghana Cedis [GHC100.00] each from their monthly salaries to be given to the SOS Village.
“I think we have to give back to the community, it helps all of us. We live in a large society; I believe it’s not all about us – our immediate family. I believe we have to go out there and reach out to the community that we live in hence this gesture”.
Narrating how the plan came into fruition, he said, “We had a discussion two nights ago that, why don’t we have something instituted that every month from source it would be deducted and given to SOS Village and she [his wife] bought the idea and embraced it” he told GhanaCelebrities.Com.
Depending on how it goes, they hope to increase the amount next year. On his expectation for 2012 he said, “I’m looking forward in God doing great stuff in our lives. Clearly, it has event started, businesswise it’s good, radio programming wise, new concepts are coming up, events wise with Empire [Entertainment], a whole lot we want to do because we have pencilled seven majors programs that we want to do”.
“Ghana meets Naija; they should watch out for this year, it’s going to be one big show. I think for 2011, it’s been rated as the biggest the best and well attended program per a research that was done. I just spoke to Basil of Ticketghana and say in terms of sales as well as attendance … we give God the glory. We believe in 2012, it’s going to be a big year. Unfortunately we were supposed to be in London, around that time that was when the riots happened. But this year we want to make it a reality, we will be in Nigeria as well”.
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