By: Benjamin Nii Nai Anyetei
The Streams of Living Waters Foundation has concluded its month-long “4 Saturdays of Impact” campaign, a nationwide faith-driven outreach that touched hospitals, orphanages, streets, and correctional facilities, while drawing attention to pressing social and healthcare challenges in Ghana.
The initiative began at the Madina Polyclinic Kekele, where members of the Abundance and Kharis Senior Chapters offered prayer, supplies, and companionship to patients.
Led by Michael Amon Kotei and Sandra Akuffo, the team donated toiletries, hepatitis B test kits, a pulse oximeter, food, and snacks. The visit revealed deep resource shortages, with Principal Nursing Officer Madam Phyllis Mensah expressing gratitude for the timely support.
The experience underscored broader national healthcare concerns. According to the 2024 Ghana Health Service Annual Report, 57% of public health facilities lack functioning emergency response equipment. Ghana currently operates with just 0.93 hospital beds per 1,000 people—far below the global average of 2.9—and maintains a nurse-to-patient ratio of 1 to 1,345. Founder and President of the Foundation, Nana Serwah Amoako, urged renewed national focus on basic healthcare delivery, noting that “real wealth lies not in riches but in health.” Kotei added that future visits would aim to settle medical bills and provide more medical equipment.
The campaign’s second week took the Foundation to the streets of Accra, where the Faithful Senior Chapter, led by Eric Eshun, reached out to people experiencing homelessness in Shiashie, Okponglo, and Spanner.
Volunteers distributed warm meals, toiletries, and clothing, while sharing prayers and words of encouragement.
Ghana faces a housing deficit of over 1.8 million units and lacks a formal homelessness policy, leaving grassroots groups like Streams of Living Waters to fill the gap. Amoako stressed that street dwellers did not choose their plight and called for larger-scale interventions, including housing and rehabilitation programs.
In its third outreach, the Foundation’s Fruitful Senior Chapter, headed by Bernard Addae, visited the New Life Orphanage Home in Nungua.
The team donated bags of rice, eggs, cooking oil, toiletries, and water. Nii Afotey Botwe II, Nungua Otinor Mantse and founder of the orphanage, praised the support but emphasized the importance of consistency. Amoako used the occasion to advocate for responsible parenting and greater government assistance for orphanage homes, while Addae called on Christians to demonstrate their faith through acts of love.
The fourth and final outreach was held at the Senior Correctional Centre in Roman Ridge, where the Excellence Senior Chapter, led by Dorcas Ayew, delivered care packages, prayers, and encouragement to inmates. The visit also carried a strong message on rehabilitation and reintegration. ASP Samuel Owusu Banahene, the officer on duty, and another officer identified as Mr. Julius both expressed gratitude for the visit. Amoako stressed that inmates deserve a second chance at life, while Ayew reminded parents to prevent youth crime by instilling strong values at home.
Across all four weekends, the “4 Saturdays of Impact” blended physical support with spiritual encouragement, tackling issues from healthcare gaps and child welfare to homelessness and prison reform. For the Streams of Living Waters Foundation, this was more than a charitable campaign—it was a faith-led movement to ensure that Ghana’s most vulnerable are neither forgotten nor left behind.
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