Akwasidae: Kwadaso Onion Mongers Donate ¢50k to Support Otumfuo Foundation and Heal KATH
Onion mongers at Kwadaso have presented their widows’ mite in support of two essential projects of the occupant of the Golden Stool, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.
They offered GH₵20,000 to the Otumfuo Foundation and GH₵30,000 towards the Heal Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH).
The group, while handing over the amount, recalled how Otumfuo ceded to them a piece of land to ply their business for their daily bread.
“Otumfuo gave us the land to sell onions at Kwadaso. We are here to thank him. May God bless him.”
Receiving the amount, Nana Prof. Oheneba Boachie-Adjei Woahene II, Otumfuo Hiahene, who is the Board Chairman of the Otumfuo Foundation as well as in charge of the HEAL KATH project, expressed appreciation.
“On behalf of Otumfuo, we thank you for incorporating education and health-related matters, which are being championed by Manhyia, in your activities,” the King was told by the group at the Manhyia Palace on May 25, 2025, during the fourth Akwasidae festival celebration.
Also donating towards the two projects was Nana Akwasi Awobaah II, Anyinasuhene.
The traditional authority gave GH₵10,000 each for Heal KATH and the Otumfuo Foundation.
About Heal KATH
The Heal KATH project is a US$10 million revenue mobilization drive being championed by the occupant of the Golden Stool in the quest to renovate the dilapidated structure of the second-largest hospital and the only tertiary health institution in the Ashanti Region.
At the launch of the Heal KATH project in November 2023, the former Chief Executive Officer of the hospital, Prof. Otchere Addai-Mensah, disclosed that the agenda to renovate the hospital had been on its radar for a long time but had to be shelved due to lack of funds.
About Otumfuo Foundation
The foundation operates in five thematic areas of national development, namely: Education, Health, Culture and Heritage, Water and Sanitation, as well as special projects.
Its headline projects and programmes include a dental outreach that provides free dental services to students and residents of rural areas; a mobile learning programme that seeks to bridge the gap in rural and urban education; and a Twi and English reading challenge run in the Ashanti Region.
It has granted scholarships to needy but brilliant students across the country pursuing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) as well as other courses.
Since its existence of 22 years, the foundation has benefitted over one million students and 780 schools.
Source: opemsuo.com/Hajara Fuseini
