Covid-19 Response – Move Africa

As Covid-19 spread around the world, we heard from Senyo about the need:

“Top Calvary greetings to you all my beloved brothers and sisters in Christ.
I come to you again in all humility of heart to passionately appeal to your conscience and faith the as a matter of urgency to stand in the gap at this difficult time of Covid-19 global pandemic. To kindly raise funds for the purchase of face masks for the very souls we all have been making frantic effort sharing the Word God in order to lead as many as we can to Christ for them to have relationship with the Lord as fulfilment of the Great Commission.

A law has been passed making wearing of face mandatory of which failure is a crime and attract sentencing to fine or jail term. This has become necessary because of the daily escalation of virus contraction.

To help the rural villages amongst whom we have be doing ministry all this years because poverty intensity hence my humble and passionate appeal for your intervention as fellow Christians. We need a total of approximately 4000 locally produced face masks that can be reused after washing to distribute in the area especially among the people that is the villages we have been doing outreach with the word of God as follows:

1. Mafi Kusrum = 200

2. Kpordiwlor = 400

3. Sasekpe = 400

4. Srekpe =200

5. Kpevenu Tsati = 200

6. Kpevenu Duga = 240

7. Deveme =300

8. Aformanorkope = 120

9. Kopodeke = 120

10. Hayiborkope = 140

11. Avikope =140

12. Adaklu Waya = 300

13. Gidikpoe = 240

14. Kpoviadzi = 300

15. Mafi Kpewu = 120

16. Adaklu Hasu = 300

17. FLCI, Ho = 200

Total face masks = 3880

One locally produced face mask that can be washed and reused is equivalent $1 USD.
Each individual person shall be given 2 face masks. Please save a life today by helping to stop the spread. It is also demonstrating our as followers of Christ so as to lead as many to the Lord.
Praying you can take up the challenge to raise the needed fund for us to do the needful at time as a way of laying down your lives and comfort in fulfilment of His higher calling the Great Commission.

Serving Him together.” – Senyo M. Cudjoe

We quickly put together a fundraiser and asked you to step up to help our family in Ghana with the safety measures needed. God provided through you – who all showed amazing generosity and kindness.

“We are so very grateful for all you are doing in support for our outreach efforts this difficult time.
Christian ministries are doing a lot amongst the people where they have outreach programs. But unfortunately BDGM is the only ministry working amongst the rural communities in Mafi-Kumase Zone covering from Mafi-Kusrum to Klokope and the several villages in that area.
Please pray lifting Avedo to Adidome to Mafi-Wute to Adaklu areas that is 33 miles square with over 60 villages. The closest to Ho is Adaklu-Hasu which 30 minutes drive and the furtherance is Klokope which is 1hr 30 minutes drive.
The Lord bless you for all you continue to do for us in Jesus glorious name.
Serving Him together” – Senyo

When Covid-19 began to become a global pandemic, there was a huge need to help our friends and family in Ghana by seeing how God would provide local resources to help in the areas of sanitation and prevention.

Ghana news began reporting increasing rates of infection:

https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Coronavirus-Ghana-records-first-3-local-cases-899674

https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Coronavirus-Ghana-records-16-cases-in-9-days-899626

https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Coronavirus-cases-in-Ghana-rise-to-27-two-deaths-902248

But also reported on a local invention that became an effective tool in providing rural villages with a simple handwashing station:

https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Veronica-Bucket-The-Ghanaian-invention-helping-in-coronavirus-fight-895813

We received news from Senyo that they had been able to purchase the Veronica Buckets and deliver them to the rural towns around southern Ghana.

“Beloved co-laborers in Christ,
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God” 2 Corinthians 1:2 – 3
On behalf of our target communities, thus Kpevenu-Tsati, Klokope and Mafi-Kusrum and the behalf of BDGM and my team, l wish to express my heartfelt gratitude to you all especially The leadership of Move City Church, the Elder board, members and other church partners for all that you kept doing for the betterment, well-being and the salvation of our targeted communities.

The wire arrived Saturday and because of the Shutdown of our national capital which was to happen the following days, the Banks opened for work and we were able to cash the money for purchase of the Veronica Buckets,Tables, Taps and Carbolic soaps for the households we proposed.We also bought the food that is rice, oil, tomatoes paste for all the sponsored children. But was a very tedious task because l had to drive quickly to Accra to buy all the things. The items were scares we move from one location to another and finaly arrived back home in Ho at midnight.
Unfortunately prices of all goods including foodstuff and the Veronica buckets, Taps went up astronomically with some more than double so the following is what we bought for each of the three (3) communities:

1. Kpevenu-Tsati 35 buckets, 20 Tables, 35 taps and 3 cartons of carbolic soaps.

2. Klokope got 20 buckets, 20 Tables, 20 taps and 2 cartons of carbolic soaps.

3. Mafi-Kusrum got 20 buckets, 20 Tables, 20 taps and 2 cartons of carbolic soaps.

4. We bought foodstuff for all the 38 sponsored children with each child receiving of two 5 kgs rice, 5 tomatoes mix, 1 lit cooking oil, 4 canned fish, 4 tablets toilet soaps for bathing GHC20.

All these were distributed yesterday Sunday to all the 3 villages by our team 7 including Aaron and our cameraman. As soon as we arrive in one village 4 tea members fix taps on the Veronica buckets and two of us distribute the food and funds to the children and their caregivers.
Because we could not get enough money to buy the buckets for all the 198 households, we grouped the households and help them agreed to set up the bucket for hand washing at the central house of the group. We use the opportunity educate them on the virus and how to wash their hands. We also urge and encourage them to live in peace and harmony.
Early this morning we got a call that the neighboring village of Kevenu-Tsati their land owners at Kpevenu main town came up again like they did in 2018 concerning the borehole. So, l mobilize the team we went round Ho township to buy 16 Veronica buckets which are already fitted with taps and 16 tables from my ministry support and drove to that village to prevent quarrel
Beloved, life in third world villages is something else especially when is about survival of the fittest. There is misunderstanding which breeds envy and jealousy,leading to hatred,anger quarrel etc. There is an adage in my language which says “A hungry man is an angry man”
Though our culture is community based, in challenging times as this things become everyone for himself. While we know the world at large is going through difficult times we continue to pray very fervently the Lord hides us all here, your nation USA and the world at large under the protective shadow of His wings until the destruction is over.
It is our very fervent prayer also the Lord touch the hearts of more benevolent and philanthropic people to hear our cry for help so that we can at the end of it all lead more and more souls to the Lord.
We pray the Lord’s richest blessings upon you all for answering to our unexpected urgent appeal for help.
“The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace” May He open the floodgates of heaven by bring calmness and abundant blessing upon you all for living 2 Corinthians 1:2-3 in our lives. Because He cares”

-Senyo