Asamoah to the rescue

By Charles Takyi-Boadu Posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Germany-based Ghanaian footballer, Gerald Asamoah has offered to support Ghanaian children with heart diseases, whose parents cannot afford to foot their medical bills.
In the interim, he has opted to fly such patients out of the country to receive treatment in Germany, free of charge.
He has thus made a passionate appeal to members of the general public and other philanthropists who are touched by the plight of these innocent children to donate to the Gerald Asamoah Foundation.
Asamoah, who plies his trade with the German Bundesliga side, Schalke 04, made this known when he and his Financial Advisor, Stephan Muller visited the National Cardiothoracic Centre at Korle Bu, in Accra, to have a first hand information of its operations.
His decision to establish the Foundation stemmed from the fact that Asamoah’s football career was nearly jeopardised by a similar heart disease
The medium and long-term objective of the Gerald Asamoah Foundation is to establish a Heart Centre in Ghana.
The visit to the centre was to enable him access whether or not there is indeed the need to establish the Heart Centre or complement the efforts of the Cardio centre. Professor Dr. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, the Director of the centre thanked Asamoah for his thoughtful vision.
To donate to the Foundation, one needs to go to any bank in the country and pay the amount involved into the Deutsche Bank account number-696969500 under the code 50070010.