EuroStar fetes Inmates of Teshie Orphanage

By Edmund Mingle

 Inmates of the Teshie Orphanage in Accra had a memorable experience of their lives at the weekend when they were feted like royals by Eurostar Global Limousine Limited, a leading luxury car rental services provider.

In an elaborate programme, to demonstrate the company’s social responsibility, the children were given a royal treat by  the company including lunch at the Golden Tulip Hotel in Accra.

As part of the event, the children were chauffeured in the company’s fleet of luxury limousines, including Rolls Royce, Bentley, Maybach and X-class, cars from the orphanage premises, through some principal streets of the capital to the Golden Tulip hotel, amidst excitement among the kids.

Apart from the treat, the company offered to sponsor three of the inmates through university, and donated a mini-bus to the orphanage, as well as books and educational materials to the inmates.

Eurostar Group Chairman, Oscar Yao Doe, during his speech at the lunch said the company decided to treat them as royals because” we want to motivate them to see themselves as royals and not  mere orphans as society want them to believe.

Sharing his life experience which challenged him to rise above difficulties to be a successful business person, Mr. Doe noted that there was a need for underprivileged people to be inspired and supported to overcome their limitations.

“At Eurostar, we believe that the success of society is judged not by how it treats its privileged members, but how it responds to the needs of the underprivileged,” he said.

He encouraged the children to shed the mentality of being orphans, and urged them excel in education and explore their God-given talents, saying “do not underestimate yourselves.”

Madam Janet Parker, Founder of the Orphanage, who shed tears of joy at the special treatment of the kids, thanked God for his benevolence for the children, and expressed appreciation to the company for the support.

Describing the gesture as “very inspiring,” she said the children have never had such an experience, and believed that it would inspire them to greater achievements.

Currently, she said, the home has 25 inmates with 17 in primary, Junior and Senior High Schools, while four are in the vocational institutions and the other four waiting to enter the university.

Funding for taking care of the inmates, she explained, continue to be a challenge for the management, and hoped that the involvement of the company and other donors would help to alleviate the plight of the orphanage.