Faith in Action: CSU Supports Kumasi Cheshire Home
The Christian Service University (CSU) has reaffirmed its commitment to social responsibility by donating food items, toiletries and medicines worth GH₵10,000 to the Kumasi Cheshire Home at Edwenase in the Kwadaso Municipality.
The donation, made on Friday, August 29, 2025, is part of the University’s annual outreach to disadvantaged groups in society.
Presenting the items, Dr. Stephen Banahene, Pro Vice-Chancellor of CSU, explained that the gesture reflects the University’s values as a faith-based institution.
“Our faith requires us to connect with society and extend help to those in need. Over the years, we have reached out to prisons and other vulnerable groups, and today we are here to begin a long-term relationship with Cheshire Home. This is not a one-off event but part of our continuous commitment to impact lives,” he said.
Dr. Banahene encouraged both individuals and corporate organisations to support such causes, noting that “nobody knows tomorrow—today you may be healthy and able, but tomorrow circumstances may be different. That is why it is important for all of us to reflect and contribute to institutions that provide these critical services.”
Adding her voice, Alice Aluwah Blay, Head of CSU Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Committee and who doubles as a lecturer at CSU’s Nursing and Midwifery Department, said the donation was also inspired by scripture and by the University’s close ties with the Home.
“We are guided by the word of God, which tells us to rejoice with those who rejoice and weep with those who weep. Many of our students also come here for their practical training, so we felt it was right to support the Home with these items,” she said.
The donation included rice, beans, maize, gari, sugar, loaves of bread, tomato paste, tin fish, biscuits, milk powder, groundnut paste, cooking oil, detergents, toothbrushes, sanitary pads, toilet rolls, soft drinks, first aid medicines, and other essentials.
Receiving the items, Ms. Harriet Osei Owusu, Public Health Officer and Nurse Manager at the Home, expressed her appreciation, describing the donation as timely.
“We are very grateful to CSU. Some of the items they brought were exactly what we needed most,” she said.
She, however, outlined challenges facing the Home, which currently houses 30 patients despite having a bed capacity of 55.
“We used to have a vocational training centre where patients engaged in bead-making, hairdressing, sandal preparation and tie-and-dye. Unfortunately, the machines have broken down, leaving patients idle, which is especially dangerous for substance users who risk relapsing,” she explained.
Ms. Osei Owusu appealed for support to revive the vocational unit, provide dryers and other equipment, renovate the facility, paint the buildings and construct a washroom for female residents.
“The government supports us with some programme drugs, but not all our needs are met. We are therefore appealing to individuals, corporate bodies and benevolent organisations to come to our aid,” she added.
The CSU delegation included management, faculty and staff who joined in presenting the items to the Home.
