Buipe (N/R), Feb. 15, GNA - The Savannah Diamond Cement Company Limite= d has donated 800 bags of cement to some victims of last year's floods in t= he Central Gonja District.

Mr. Kishore Babu, Project Manager of the Savannah Diamond Cement in Buipe who presented the cement to the Central Gonja District Assembly on Monday in Buipe for distribution to the people, said the package was part o= f the company's corporate social responsibility to the people.

Mr. Salifu Be-Awuriebe, District Chief Executive of the Central Gonja who received the package, commended the company for it sustained contributionsto the socio-economic development of the people of the area. He said the Savannah Cement Company had always responded positively to the needs of the people adding that they were good partners in development and expressed the hope that the Assembly would strengthen its relationship with the company. Mr. Be-Awuriebe who readily did a straight forward presentation to som= e of the communities noted that 20 communities would benefit from the donatio= n to enable them re-build their structures including schools. He stated that some of the communities had already started putting up their schools by their own efforts and said the donation would enhance thei= r self-help initiative. Mr. Be-Awuriebe said roofing sheets would also be given alongside the cement to the beneficiary communities.