Former President Jerry John Rawlings on Friday brought joy to Emmanuel Ofoe, a physically-challenged street beggar when he donated an undisclosed amount of money to him to cater for his daughter’s graduation as a hairdresser.
Mr Ofoe, who moves about in a rickety custom-made wheelchair with a CD number plate at the Kawukudi Junction in Kanda, slipped a note detailing his predicament to the former President in traffic earlier in the week.
The note informed the former President of the challenge he had in supporting his daughter who had completed training as a hairdresser in Ada, to graduate.
After the donation was made to him at the former President’s office, an excited Mr Ofoe expressed gratitude to Mr Rawlings for his generosity and said the money was enough to pay for his daughter’s graduation fee as well as hold a decent reception for the family and some friends after the ceremony.
Mr Ofoe said he had been at Kawukudi for about ten years. He became physically-challenged at the age of six after he fell sick and later developed a neurological side effect which could not be treated.
Former President Rawlings has a warm relationship with hawkers at the Kawukudi Junction. One groundnut seller who persistently dropped a little bag of groundnuts into his car now sells minerals and chilled water from a freezer donated to her by the former President’s office.
Another young lady who was found selling to raise funds to continue her education has been sponsored to go back to school.
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