Ghana Health Clinic Receives Medical Equipment from The Church

Pregnant women in Kpong, Ghana no longer need to travel an hour to receive quality maternity care.  Thanks to a generous donation by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in partnership with Ensign Global College, residents of the small community now have access to critical healthcare services, especially maternity and neonatal care. Desperately needed equipment and supplies were handed over to a grateful and energized health staff on 12 November, 2025.

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The approximately 5000 residents of Kpong had been struggling to get healthcare locally.  The Kpong Health Center, which was housed in a 100+ year old building, was small, dilapidated, and under equipped. In an effort to accommodate patients with privacy, five beds had been set up in a small room with blankets hung up between them.  Because there was no lab, patients had to travel an hour to the nearest lab, but because of the challenge in making the trip, many avoided getting lab work done. Desperate to find help for her people, the local Queen Mother, along with the head physician, pled with government and private donors to get help addressing their needs. Ensign Global College and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints heeded the call.

Ensign Global College funded the construction of a maternity building and an additional medical building, but the essential equipment needed to operate the facility was still missing.  The Church’s donation filled those buildings with state-of-the-art equipment and supplies. 

The donation included a range of essential medical and support items, including a gynaecological examination bed, two delivery beds, various hospital and medical examination beds, and key diagnostic tools like an ultrasound scanner, glucometer digital BP machines, a foetal doppler, and a haematology analyser. Also donated were an autoclave, incubator, centrifuge, bedpans, wheelchairs, hospital privacy screens, various scales, examination lights, infrared thermometers, and other needed tools and equipment. Office equipment donated included chairs, tables, staff/office lockers, and more.

The handover ceremony brought together representatives from Ghana’s parliament, the Municipal Director of Health and other government officials along with representatives from Ensign Global College, Health Center staff, and Priesthood leaders from the Church.  President Stephen Manortey, President of the Kpong Ghana District of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who is also the Head of Academic Programs at Ensign Global University, presided at the event.

During the handover ceremony, healthcare and government speakers, as well as the Queen Mother of the Kpong traditional area, recounted the challenges that patients and healthcare providers had faced for so long and then expressed profound gratitude for the generous donations. For their part, priesthood leaders who spoke explained the Church’s commitment to follow the Savior’s example in caring for those in need.

President Manortey explained that the Church’s mission is “to draw people to Christ and, this is one of the ways to serve the community in achieving that aim.’’ He also expressed gratitude to the healthcare workers who struggled with so little in their efforts to help those in need and told them that “we pray the items would serve the purpose they were meant for in order to offer good and quality health care to the people of Kpong and its environs.”

As recorded in The Book of Mormon, in Mosiah 4: 16, those who choose to follow Christ are to “succor those that stand in need of your succor; ye will administer of your substance unto him that standeth in need.” Thus, faithful members of The Church contribute of their resources so that humanitarian projects such as this can be offered to those in need.

At the conclusion of the speeches, and after a closing prayer, dignitaries and guests were treated to a tour of the facilities by Mr. Alexander Hagen, head clinician who was thrilled to show what he would now be able to offer his patients.