Grant us tax amnesty-Project Nyame Nsa Orphanage calls on gov't

The Administrator for Project Nyame Nsa Foster Home, Anthony Dontoh, has appealed to government to grant the Home tax amnesty or give them a tax waiver over their GHS84, 000 withholding Taxes.
According to him, the Home has not been able to pay its tax because it does not have stable financial sources and thus depends on the benevolence of the public to support the children.
He also appealed to government to subsidize their electricity bills since they struggle to  pay about GHS3,000 per month.
Anthony Dontoh, made the appeal when the Atinka News Team visited the facility at Teacher Mante, in the Eastern Region.
Project Nyame Nsa Foster home is an orphanage built by an American Lady, Devon Leondis to support street children or the less privileged when she was 16 on 14th July 2016.
The home, which has 43 children, ranging from eight months old to 18 year-olds has six mothers and three assistant mothers.
Most of the children were sent to the Home by Social Welfare. While some of them have single parents, and some are complete orphans and others are children who were rescued from child trafficking.
For the children in pre-school, the home has a Montessori for their education, while those in primary schools have been enrolled in boarding schools, at the Perseverance International School,  and Rev John Teye Memorial Institute.
Others are also in primary schools around the home and are conveyed to school daily by a school bus owned by the Orphanage.
The News team also observed that the orphanage had taken very good care of the children as most of them looked very healthy and happier as though they were with their own parents.
The Board Member of Project Nyame Nsa Foster Home, John Okai-Nartey who walked the Atinka News Team through the facility stated it had a dormitory where all the children are assigned to mothers, a church which is opened to the public, a Montessori which is also opened to the public, a playground, library, a fish pond which was intended to help the school in raising funds but could not fetch them enough and an ICT centre which is yet to open.
However, he pointed although the Home has a health worker who attends to children when they need medical attention, there is no hospital in the community and therefore they have to resort to that of either Suhum or Nsawam when the children need critical medical attention.
John Okai-Nartey therefore called on government to build a hospital on their facility to serve both the Home and the community, adding that the Home is willing to offer its land for such a developmental project.
He also stated that although most of the children have foster parents outside the country who support the children, due to COVID-19, the funds are not flowing, adding therefore that the Home is currently financially challenged.
He then called on organizations, individuals, and the general public to support the Home with funds in order to raise the children in a more comfortable manner.
“We would need teachers, support from individuals who can help to teach and also we will need more machines. We need your help, although we get support, we are appealing to Ghanaians to also support the home. Come and partner with us so that every month you can support us with at least 50 or more,” he said.
Hilda Essor, a Teacher and Mother at the Home sharing her experience with taking care of the children noted that it takes love to be able to cater for all the children especially when some of them are coming from abusive backgrounds.
She expressed hope that government will develop a health facility at the Home for the community.
Florence Aishetu Gyimah, a Mother at the home, who has taken care of one child who was pre-matured and abondoned by her mother in a bush, also called on the public to support them with funds to be able to continue taking good care of the children.
Ghana| Atinkaonline.com| Porcia Oforiwaa Ofori
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