Some fresh donations made between September 12 and 24, 2025, for the Support Fund established to cater for the welfare of the children of victims of the August 6, 2025, helicopter crash has pushed the sum to GHC 7,292,135 and US$20,000.
Contributions came from individuals and institutions including Risk Management Ltd., Federated Commodities, Willbeck Consult, Sida Global Logistics & Engineering Ltd., the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and private donors such as Michael Kpakpo Allotey, Metropolitan Chief Executive of Accra, and Dr. Li & Chen Guo Wei, according to the Fund’s latest update.
Coordinator of the Fund, Dr. Valerie Sawyerr, was full of appreciation to the donors, stressing on how the Fund would support the education, healthcare, and general welfare of the affected children.
Dr. Sawyer, who is also Senior Presidential Advisor on Governmental Affairs, asked the public who want to make further donations to do so through Stanbic Bank Ghana Limited (Stanbic Heights Branch) via dedicated accounts in both Ghana cedis and US dollars, or by cheque, bank draft, and mobile money.
The August 6 tragedy, which claimed multiple lives, has prompted widespread public solidarity, with corporate bodies, state institutions, and individuals continuing to extend financial support to secure the future of the victims’ children.
Helicopter crash: Govt creates Support Fund for children of victims
