The items collected by the Order of Malta Volunteers in Gozo have been distributed in different villages in Ghana.

Chev Chris Galea, officer in charge of the OMVG confirmed that this relief aid project has been taking place over the past two years and every month carloads of good quality clothes and other items are collected. Hakim Babangida, one of the main collaborators, has just returned from Ghana and was proud to present a report of the work and the photographs taken in Ghana. They all show the appreciation of the people, including children, on receiving the good quality clothing collected by the OMVG following a public request.

The auxiliary relief corps of the Order in Gozo said that it intends to keep collecting summer clothes. “The Gozitan public is happy to keep supporting these Ghanian missions. Donations to Ghana also included shoes, sandals, toys, stationary and medicines, including paracetamol, vitamins and first aid material. These medicines can be life-saving in such countries.”

The Order of Malta said that it will be soon be making another call for summer clothes and medicines. “The medicine collected should have a long shelf life as sometimes it takes over a month to get the cargo to Accra.”

In Gozo, Hakim Babangida, Richard Ekufu from the Pentacostal Church of Ghana, Idriss and Ali Altipaga, see that the packed material under the auspices of the Order of Malta, leaves for Accra and then transported to different parts of the country.

The OMVG wishes to point out that it had also helped collect similar supplies for Guatemalan and Peruvian missions and sent two truckloads of blankets and jackets to the refugees in detention and open centres in Malta.

Apart from goods stored in two different garages, a large amount of the next batch of supplies is currently being stored at the Order of Malta office in St George’s Square in Victoria.

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