Ghanaian actress Yvonne Nelson has lambasted Ghanaian businesses, branding them as stingy having failed to support her Glaucoma Foundation after making promises.
The Yvonne Nelson Glaucoma Foundation (YNGF) was launched in 2010 in association with the Glaucoma Association of Ghana to educate the public on the causes, treatment and prevention of the disease, among other objectives. Yvonne used her celebrity status to sensitize the public on dangers of glaucoma and to let people know that the disease is treatable. The Foundation was designed to also create an effective monitoring system to help control existing cases and record new cases.
Speaking to 3news.com, the celebrated actress revealed that she had received numerous promises from Ghanaian businesses but hasn’t heard anything till date. “I remember when I launched it, a lot of companies came out and said we are going to support you, this and that but till date nobody has. “Ghanaian companies are stingy; they will promise you and fail and make you talk, talk, talk sit down with the best proposal in the world but will just not take you seriously.
“The challenges we are having with the Glaucoma Foundation is money because we don’t have money to do anything. “I have patients I buy medicines for but I won’t put it on social media and let the world see that I am buying xalatan or cusimolol or whatever for this person. “I believe God sees everything; I don’t have to put it on social media and have the entire media crew post it up. “Randomly people will call me and say we have problems, we have this and that. I do it in the low because I believe God sees everything and I don’t have to put it on social media”.
She also appealed to government to subsidise glaucoma medications because they are too expensive “Eye drops like xalatan cost over GH¢170 and it will last you less than a month. So, if you are a woman somewhere in the village around the Volta Region, where are you going to get money to get the xalatan?” she asked. “It’s a serious disease and not something that we have to play with at all and we need government and the Ministry of Health to throw more light on it. They need to get on the ground and do something about glaucoma because the cases in Ghana are very alarming.”
Source: 3news.com
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dont be an iddiooot. she is already doing that. read stories before commenting so you dont show your stupppidddity and ignorance
She should use her NPP ***barred word*** to get the money to buy the medicine for those who can't afford to purchase one.
What's all this noise about celebrity. Who is a celebrity? What are we as a country celebrating about this girl. Does it mean that anyone who appears on TV is celebrity. Once you act a movie you're called celebrity. I can't think far , I can't think ***barred word***. Let people do things that is worth celebrating by humanity, . Let's stop calling all this people we see on TV celebrity.
Thank you dear for your foundation. I will urge you to follow up with those companies. KEEP pushing and am sure they will come to your aid. God bless you.
so do people read? people should learn to read. there is nothing wrong with the headline or what she said. unless of course you dont have normal brains in your head to think. aaaah ghana what a shame. read and understand. even my 3 year old son will read and understand this perfectly. illiterates walking about
I'm very impressed. Ghanaians are very discerning. Tribalism will soon be a backward attitude and all those that ride at its back will become uncivilized
why would you want to creat problem between tribes by giving this headline to a very good work this lady is doing...whoever did this, i think you should be ashamed of your self.Go back to school.
Ghanafoe kasa, I think she mentioned a village in the volta region probably the person she buys medicine for comes from a village there. Please we need not to make noise about this koraaaaa
Look at how FO0OLISHLY some empty headed so called journalist wants to ruin the good work this lady is doing by putting such headline there! I don't blame them, most of these guys in the so called Blogging & Journalism business are all SS drop outs so no wisdom or civilised brains. They just write for the sake of it.
She should leave out Volta Region and mention whose region?? ... stûpîd blacks!