There was a spectacle to behold at Petuduase in the Senya Circuit of the Gomoa East Zone, when four members of the Atfal on Saturday, 29th January 2022, surprised many when they resisted all attempts to stop them from donating blood. This happened at the Gomoa East Blood Donation Campaign when the train made a stop at Petuduase in the Senya Circuit of the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region for the exercise.
The four; Abdul Fareed Ghansah 10, Abdul Salaam Tetteh 10, Yakubu Esseku 11 and Abdul Rahman Appah 13, who were said to have arrived at the venue before the arrival of the team, insisted that they were prepared psychologically and physically to partake in the exercise. According to them, there was much publicity about the blood donation drive in their Jama’at (Petuduase) and they were motivated by the information given by the Circuit Qaid to the Khuddam in their locality hence their decision to take part of the exercise. They emphasized that they were ever ready to help in saving lives through the blood donation and were therefore ready to take part.
When the Zonal Qaid, Abdul Hameed Amponsah and his Aamila who were present to support the drive made efforts to convince them that an appropraite time will come for them to donate as they are not yet of age, the quartet told the Qaid and the team that, if they were not capable to donate a full pint of blood, they could donate a half pint each.
“Qaid, at least let us donate half each. All put together, it will be two full pints and we would be happy that we were part in this life saving exercise”, they said.
The Zonal Qaid, his Aamila present and the Biomedical Scientists from the Trauma and Specialist Hospital in Winneba, thanked them for their obedience and show of love and presented to them items received by eligible donors.
The Zonal Missionary, Maulvi Abu Basheer Donkoh and his Zonal Aamila who were at a meeting at Petuduase upon hearing this rare news, suspended the meeting momentarily and in the company of his Aamila, came to the venue of the exercise, the Petuduase T.I. Ahmadiyya Basic School to speak to the Atfal. The Zonal Missionary explained to the four, that, it was not a deliberate attempt to stop them from donating, but their tender ages do not qualify them to do so. He assured them, that when their time is due in the not too distant future, they would be allowed to join in the exercise.
Maulvi Abu Basheer Donkoh expressed his utmost appreciation, and indeed that of the Gomoa Zone to the Atfal for their wonderful show of concern. He personally made cash donations to them in expression of his gratitude for their well-intended sacrifices.
Story by Rafiq Ansoh, Nazim Khidmat-e Khalq - Gomoa East Zone
