Veterans Administration of Ghana launches Poppy Appeal to mark Remembrance Day
Accra, Oct. 19, GNA – The Veterans Administration of Ghana would, on October 23, launch the Poppy Appeal to help raise funds in support of Ghanaian veterans of the world wars and international peacekeeping operations.
This was contained in a statement issued by the Public Relations Directorate of the Ghana Armed Forces copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra on Friday.
The appeal is to support the commemoration of the Remembrance Day which falls on Sunday, November 11.
Remembrance Day, November 11 each year, is observed throughout the world to remember members of the Armed Forces who lost their lives in the course of duty since the end of the First World War.
The statement said on that day some 67 years ago, World War I formally ended with the signing of the armistice.
“During the period preceding Remembrance Day, artificial red poppies were sold to the general public in honour of the dead and fallen ex-service personnel”, it said.
It added that the symbolic significance of selling poppies is a way of mobilizing funds to support the welfare of veterans, especially the disabled and the hospitalized.
The statement said in addition to remembering heroes who died during the two world wars, Remembrance Day was used to remember gallant soldiers who lost their lives in the fight for independence and in the peacekeeping operations which began in Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo) in 1960 but is still ongoing with Ghana among the top ten troop contributing nations to United Nations peace operations.
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