Point Hope Ghana, a benevolent non-governmental organisation founded in the US, has presented medical equipment worth about 500,000 dollars to two health facilities in the Central Region.
St Gregory Catholic Clinic at Buduburam and Catholic Hospital at Apam are the beneficiaries of the equipment which included baby wormer machines, X�Ray viewers, theatre lamps, medical cabinets, autoclaves, scales and examination tables.
Mr Gavivina Tamakloe, Buduburam Liberian Refugees Camp Director, commended Ms Delilah Rene, an American, for establishing the NGO and also for improving conditions at the camp.
He said Point Hope Ghana had been the only organisation which had been working in the settlement since 2004 when it adopted the camp and improved the water supply system, paying fees for over 200 students and providing sewing school for girls.
He said the NGO also trained the youth in farming and poultry rearing, paid GH�240 a month to a nutrition centre for the welfare of malnourished children.
It assisted the neighbourhood committee to provide security at the camp and provided regular food.
Mr Wilberforce Adade, Gomoa East Director of Health, commended Ms Rene for improving the health of the people of the community.
Ms Rene said she got into contact with the refugees in May 2004 and had been assisting the camp since then.
She expressed her gratitude to the World Vision Ghana for making it possible for her to come to Ghana, and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), the Ghana Refugee Board, National Catholic Secretariat
and the Liberian Refugee Welfare Council for their support and cooperation.
Ms Rene said when she set foot at the camp she saw that things were bad but due to the cooperation with the people and the relevant agencies conditions had improved considerably.
She commended Mr Chris Amuzu Addo, Country Director of the NGO, for his dedication and commitment to duty.
She said four containers of medical suppliers and food items were expected in the country very soon for supply to health institutions, refugee camps and to the needy.
Ms Rene appealed to the agencies to facilitate early clearance of the goods when they arrived at the ports.
Nana Abor Yamoah II, the Chief of Gomoa Fetteh, expressed satisfaction with how the Liberian refugees had lived peacefully with Ghanaians at Buduburam.
He advised them to take good care of the environment.