John Mensah supports deprived children

16/07/10

Story: Stephen Bonsu

THE deputy skipper of Black Stars, John Mensah, has donated GH¢4,000 and assorted drinks to two schools and an orphanage in Accra.

The beneficiary schools are Alpha and Omega Academy at Chorkor, and Christ the King of Kings Academy at Jamestown.

Mr Mensah, who made the donation in collaboration with Kid's Kingdom, a non-governmental organisation, said the gifts were his widow's mite offertory for God's protection and life granted to him, adding that he wished to reach out to the young but needy children in communities in education.

He recalled his childhood days of difficulties, and thus deemed it fit to help the youth to attain a good future.

Mensah added that children are great assets for development in every nation, for which reason much needed to be put into children's education for a better future.

The Proprietress of Alpha and Omega Academy, Madam Gertrude Quartey, greatly appreciated the kind gesture and appealed to the public to follow the footsteps of Mensah and Kid's Kingdom's initiative.

Emmanuel Ashie, a physically challenged Principal of Christ the King of Kings Academy also expressed gratitude to the donors and called on other philanthropists to come to their aid as they lived on stony edges.

The Director of Kid's Kingdom, however, expressed continuous support for the schools.

He stated that their vision was to assist and encourage deprived children in Ghana to lead a healthy and reproductive life through good health care and quality education.

He called on all abled bodies to join in these initiatives to help children at beaches to gain quality education like any other Ghanaian child.

EXTRAORDINAIRE RUNWAY DE LINKS REVIVES GHANA FASHION MODELING

As a rise to fashion modeling in Africa, the ‘Exraordinaire Runway de Links’ Fashion show has spark modernity and re-generated interest among Africans through a thrilling and fashionable show in Ghana.

Though it bares much on fashion and clothing lines, the runway fashion show pulled a face for celebrating fashion uniquely for models and stakeholders’ of the fashion modeling industries. Thus themed ‘Fashion Glamour: Celebrating Fashion models in Africa.’

The much anticipated fashion show brought eight (8) African designers from Ghana, Ivory Coast, and Togo which saw them showcasing different shades of trendy clothes for both males and females.

Ranging from casual wear, official, funky, shoes, hats, classy, couture,fancy, finery, evening wear in African fabrics, the clothes were modeled to the awaiting fashion fanatics who trooped to the venue to catch a glimpse of the latest and trendy.

Extraordinaire Runway de Links brought alive the big whips in Africa fashion designing including Henoc LePrince from Lome, Boete C. Creation from Abidjan, Alan David Collections, Rowena, Pharez Shadow, Zinzi’s by Zinzi collection and the ever trendy House of Eccentric Clothing, all from Ghana.

A night of pure fashion epics also saw the models exhibit accessories from Wendy L’artisan to match the clothing lines of the various designers. Creativity in style by designers and models personality development in make-up by FC Beauty Clinic made the models blossom to communicate to the audience the works of the exhibitors.

To the models and originators, Links Models Agency, it’s all about giving a face and direction to the falling standard in fashion modeling.

It is all about creativity in generation and getting the fashion audience informed as the models steps unto the runways.

The models walked a journey of hope and belief in African fashion and modernity in Ghana Fashion modeling. The evening was climaxed with a strong performance by the ever vibrant Ghanaian vocalist Nino (English Adams), leading to a complete evening of a Ghana holiday.