Ghacem Ltd in 2002 set up the ‘Ghacem Cement Founda­tion’ to assist in the infrastruc­tural development of health and educational institutions in deprived communities in the country.

The Foundation annually gives cements to institutions across the country grouped into Southern (Central, West­ern, Western North, Volta, Oti, Eastern and Greater Accra Region) and Northern (North­ern, North East, Savannah, Upper East, Upper West, Bono East, Bono, Ahafo and Ashanti Region) sectors as a support package for the institutions which are currently under­taking various infrastructural projects.

Ehunabobrim Prah Agyensaim VI, Paramount Chief of Assin Kushea of the Owirenkyi Traditional area and Chairman of the founda­tion, speaking at a ceremony to present the chits for the allocations to the beneficiaries, said the Foundation was happy to witness the increasing rate of application and described the applicants as good partners supporting Ghacem to con­tribute its quota to developing Ghana.
    

He urged Ghanaians to con­tinue to patronise the Ghacem cement to enable it to grow.

“Although Ghacem as a manufacturer of cement pays its taxes and duties, it still takes delight in allocating free bags of cement to support health and education and has done so since 2002, giving over 675,000 bags valued at GH¢52 million. It is our hope to continue to do this as long as we continue to have a level playing field in the industry while producing cement,” he said.

Endorsing the Cement Foundation, Chairman for Ghacem Distributors Associa­tion, Northern Region, Alhaji Abdul Razak Yahaya, said as distributors, they were proud to be associated with activities of the Foundation, and therefore called on all patrons to remain loyal to the Ghacem brand reiterating that every Ghacem product they bought went into supporting a school or a hospital.

Mr Frank Antwi Agyapong, Head of the Ghacem Cement Foundation Secretariat who doubles as the Lead, Marketing & PR of Ghacem, in an inter­view, re-emphasised that the secretariat took the applications in high esteem and was happy with the numerous applications received for 2022/2023. “We even expect more applications going forward in all the regions to spread development in the country.”

Mr Agyapong seized the opportunity to announce the opening of the GCF 2023/2024 applications, calling on all to apply early and also become ambassadors partner­ing Ghacem to support health and educational infrastructure in the country.