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The wife of the Vice President, Hajia Ms. Samira Bawumia, through her nonprofit organization, Samira Empowerment and Humanitarian Projects (SEHP), has obtained twelve (12) scholarships and free services for children in need of care pediatric specialties abroad.
A number of qualified Ghanaian students will benefit from partial and comprehensive scholarships in two Indian universities.
Health professionals should also receive training to improve their skills, while pediatric patients recommended for treatment abroad will receive free health care at a major Indian university hospital.
Ghana's High Commissioner for India, Michael Aaron NN Oquaye (Jnr), made the announcement in New Delhi, India, on Monday, March 18, 2019, at an event organized by the Delhi Branch of the United Nations. World Organization of People of Indian Origin (GIPIO) in collaboration with Samira Empowerment & Humanitarian Projects (SEHP).
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At a brief ceremony before the program; Mahamudu Bawumia, Vice President of the Republic, and Mrs. Samira Bawumia, Second Lady, HE Oquaye revealed that the University of Parul offers two (2) full scholarships, covering tuition fees and internship, to qualified Ghanaian candidates, while Crescent University offers 10 partial PhD scholarships to deserving students.
In addition, the Ghana Health Service has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Yenupoya University Hospital for the training of Ghanaian health personnel and the provision of free health care to pediatric patients requiring special care abroad. The training is intended for the training of fellows in the subspecialties in medicine and in the fields of health, nursing and nursing, up to BSc, MSc and PhD level.
HE. Mr. Oquaye thanked the Ghanaian government for the opportunity to perfect the training of qualified Ghanaians, stressing that this reflected the deep ties of friendship that unite India and Ghana.
For her part, Second Lady expressed her gratitude to the universities and health facilities that offered free health care and scholarships. She added that people in privilege should be guided by the quote from Martin Luther Kings Junior: "The most urgent question of life is: what are you doing for others?"
Ms. Bawumia is in India with Dr. H.E Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia for the 14th ICN Exim Bank Conference on the India-Africa Partnership Project.
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