Ajumako parish priest launches education fund

The fund – ‘Kojo Baiden Memorial Education Endowment Fund’ – is in memory of the priest’s father and is intended to raise GH¢500 million in the near future.

For a start, it is meant to meet the educational needs of brilliant needy children in the Ajumako Bisease and Twifo Praso parishes of the Catholic Church.

It was launched at a eucharistic thanksgiving service held at the St. John the Baptist Catholic Church at Twifo Praso recently to climax the 10th anniversary of the ordination of Rev. Father Baiden into the priesthood.

Preaching the sermon at the thanksgiving service before the launch of the fund, the Chaplain of Sekondi College, Rev. Father Ebo Sam, charged all religious adherents, particularly Christians, to use their virtues to influence the world for the betterment of society.

“And for the faithful in Ghana, use your virtues to stem the rot like greed, cheating, murder, stealing, ego-centrism and corruption and revive and preserve our country from evil,” he said.

Rev. Sam charged his colleague Rev. Father Baiden to serve his congregants and others in his parish well.

“Because that way you may be influencing others to come into the light of God and use the fear of Him to guide their deeds,” he said.

The service was attended by Catholic faithful from Twifo Praso, Ajumako Bisease, Breman Asikuma, Breman Essiam, as well as other people, including the District Chief Executive of the Twifo-Ati-Mokwa (TAM) District, Mr Osei Hyiamang Jnr.

Launching the fund, Mr Hyiamang thanked Rev. Father Baiden for setting up the fund, which would support children from his district and elsewhere to get educated and in the end enhance the development of the nation.

He appealed to all people in the district to close their rank and rally behind him to develop it.

“Don’t read politics into every issue as that undermines development,” he said.

Mr Hyiamang disclosed that the TAM District had agreed to pay GH¢2,000 into the fund’s account and appealed to citizens of the area, both home and abroad, to contribute to the fund.

Rev. Father Baiden said his siblings and even his pensioner mother, Mrs Margaret Baiden, had agreed to make monthly contributions to the fund and asked others who loved to see children lead meaningful lives to contribute to the fund.

He then thanked all those who had supported him through the first 10 years of his priesthood and, appealed for more prayers and support for the years ahead.