COCOBOD, CPC JOIN GHANA’S GH¢10M RELIEF EFFORT FOR JAMAICA, CUBA, AND SUDAN

Date: 07th November 2025

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Cocoa Processing Company (CPC), and several corporate partners have joined President John Dramani Mahama in donating relief items worth GH¢10 million to support victims of natural disasters and conflict in Jamaica, Cuba, and Sudan.

The consignment, presented on behalf of the Government and people of Ghana, was handed over to the ambassadors of the three nations at a ceremony in Accra. It is aimed at assisting victims of Hurricane Melissa in the Caribbean and those displaced by the ongoing conflict in Sudan.

The relief package includes three 20-foot containers of assorted Ghanaian chocolate products, 2,400 bags of Ghana rice, 540 bags of sugar, 377 boxes of medication, 500 mattresses, 500 pillows, 100 cartons of gari mix, and 50,000 T-shirts. Other items comprise 20 units of 500-litre water tanks, hand-wash stations, emergency portable toilets, and assorted clothing.

President Mahama described the gesture as a symbol of Ghana’s compassion and solidarity with nations in crisis. He said Hurricane Melissa, a category-five storm, had devastated parts of Jamaica and Cuba, affecting more than 1.5 million people.

Touching on the crisis in Sudan, he lamented that global attention had shifted away from the conflict. “Sudan is actually becoming the forgotten war because of Ukraine and Gaza,” he noted. “It looks like the world’s attention has shifted from there, yet it is a tragedy that does not belong to the 21st century.”

According to the President, the items will be distributed with 50 percent allocated to Jamaica, 30 percent to Cuba, and 20 percent to humanitarian agencies working in Sudan.

The High Commissioner of Jamaica to Ghana, Lincoln George Downer, who received the donation on behalf of the three beneficiary countries, expressed deep appreciation to President Mahama, the government, and the people of Ghana for their generosity and demonstration of shared humanity.