04-MAR-2021
As of Thursday 4th March 2021, more than
600 residents received COVID-19 vaccines at the George and Angelina Owusu
Medical Center (GAOMC) in Akyawkrom. This was scheduled as the first phase of a
much-anticipated vaccination drive that prioritized frontline healthcare
workers and people over the age of 60.
Ghana began
its COVID-19 vaccine campaign with 600,000 AstraZeneca doses on Monday 1st
March 2021. The vaccination drive was made possible through the global COVAX
vaccine-sharing initiative aimed at providing vaccines to developing nations
and ensuring equitable access to help compact the COVID-19 pandemic. The
initiative made Ghana the first country in the world to receive vaccines
through the COVAX facility.
The George
and Angelina Owusu Medical Center (GAOMC) in Akyawkrom, Ashanti Region, was
selected as a central vaccination center in the Ejisu Municipality as part of
the Ghana Ministry of Health’s vaccination distribution drive.
The Medical
Center has been in operation since January 2017, with the construction of the
facility and its infrastructure entirely funded by Mr. George Owusu and Mrs. Angelina
Owusu. Through a strategic partnership with the Sanford World Clinics, the medical facility has been providing quality healthcare for the residents of Akyawkrom
and its environs.
As part of a broader
medical outreach in the country, the George and Angelina Foundation, and Sanford World
Clinic will keep supporting the Ghana COVID-19 vaccination program at GAOMC for
the most vulnerable and at-risk population in Akyawkrom and the Ejisu
Municipality of the Ashanti Region.
10-FEB-2021
What I
hoped to tangibly contribute is to help bridge the gap between theory and
practice. Our universities produce graduates every day, most with limited
exposure to the actual machines and facilities in the industry. It is
impossible for them to contribute without transforming their “book knowledge”
into real-world experience.
So in many cases, we work with our joint venture
partners which have the experience and technical know-how to train our
professionals and technical personal. It takes a lot of financial sacrifices and
patience, but I strongly believe that there is no greater investment than one
that transforms a mind.
My focus is
on investment in training and developing the knowledge base here in Ghana. If
we can equip our people and give them the incentive to invest in their own
future, I believe our country will be much better for it, not only for today,
but decades to come.
23-NOV-2020
As part of its mission to contribute to the development of a healthier, more engaged, and better-informed population, the George and Angelina Owusus Foundation has agreed to work with the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (College of Health Sciences) to create opportunities in clinical services, training, and research at the Akyawkrom Medical Campus in Ejisu Municipality, Ashanti Region.
The opportunity will be to continue the training of medical professionals in a host of research and practice areas including Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Allied Health Sciences, and Collaborative Research into Tropical Medicine.
04-JAN-2020
In October, Mr. George Owusu shared his insights on leadership and international business to an Emerging Public Leaders' cohort in Accra, Ghana. The EPL is a nonprofit organization preparing the next generation of competent public-sector leaders in Africa to drive growth and ensure inclusive governance in government.
Mr. Owusu is an environmental scientist, businessman, and philanthropist who has worked in Ghana's energy industry for over 20 years. Mr. Owusu was instrumental in the discovery of oil in Ghana's Jubilee Field.
Mr. Owusu provided leadership lessons on ethics and integrity, drawing from his experience working in Ghana's oil industry. His inspirational words encouraged EPL fellows to make transformational changes in their own roles.
16-FEB-2019
George Owusu honored the invitation from Swedru Secondary School (SWESCO) in the school’s 60th Anniversary celebration. The event was organized under the theme “Ensuring Quality Secondary Education through Free SHS: Our Collective Responsibility”.
Mr. Owusu attended the event as the Chairman of the occasion, together current Minister for Tertiary Education, Professor Kwesi Yankah and Guest Speaker and fellow alumni Samuel Atta Mensah who currently serves as CEO for Accra-based Citi FM/TV media network. As part of his contribution to the institution, Mr. Owusu, through the George & Angelina Owusu Foundation pledged a 40,000 US Dollars for the construction of a new science laboratory.
In his remarks to the students and the distinguished leaders in attendance, Mr. Owusu reiterated the value of education and the lifelong opportunity it creates. However, he stressed the need for practical application to every learning opportunity rather than knowledge-in-theory, to better equip students to contribute to their community and country.
01-FEB-2019
George Owusu, together with the Executive Director of the George
& Angelina Owusu Foundation (Ms. Edna Osei) and Foundation team conducted a
facility review of the Medical Campus in Akyawkrom. This was part of a periodic
inspection and assessment protocol instituted by the Foundation in its efforts
to improve access to the most effective treatment
and to meet the basic healthcare needs of as many children and adults as
possible.
The facility is managed and operated by Sanford Health, a Sioux Falls, South
Dakota organization whose global network of care includes 44 hospitals, 1,400
physicians and more than 200 Good Samaritan Society senior care locations in 26
states and nine countries.
As part of the George
& Angelina Owusu Foundation’s core vision, the
partnership with Sanford seeks to bring quality care to the region with a goal
of expanding the healthcare footprint to other parts of the country.
16-APR-2018
Mr.
George Owusu spoke to students and staff at the universitys Norton Motulsky Hall. It was an opportunity
to share some of the lessons learned in business,
pulling from his own professional experiences
and his story in Ghanas oil discovery.
He
added:- I left my family and a pretty comfortable life in the United States to
chase a dream in Ghana, a dream that had eluded many companies, shared Mr.
Owusu, who in the 1970s, had relocated from Ghana to the United States. Essentially
I had a 0% chance at success, but it was a risk someone had to take.
One of the things you need to learn early on in your lives is the need to take
calculated risks. You will fail multiple times, but you should still persist. In
seeking the right company to work with, I could have given up after numerous
companies refused to explore Ghana. But through persisting, working out of my
car and internet cafes, Ghana has oil today.
George
has been honored to participate in similar
sessions
with students at
the University of Ghana and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science &
Technology, in Kumasi.
Source: Ashesi University
29-APR-2017
The Owusu Foundation team is continuing its work in healthcare in one of the leading health care facilities in Ghana, the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.
The effort is focused on understanding the immediate needs where any individual or organization can provide some support to augment the work of the government and the hospital leadership. While the hospital seeks to make significant improvements and upgrades to its facilities, there still remains a huge room for improvement.
As part of its work in healthcare, George & Angelina Owusu Foundation will use the findings to help communicate the need to other organizations and partners, as it works to support multiple medical facilities sin the country.
09-DEC-2016
On December 9, 2016, the George & Angelina Owusu Foundation held its inaugural event. We brought together 40 the sharpest minds in Houstons medical, philanthropic and energy communities to share our vision for the Foundations future.
We had a robust discussion about the healthcare challenges currently facing Ghana in the areas of healthcare and development. And esteemed panel of physicians shared some of their own experiences working in the country and their hopes for collaborations that the foundation can spearhead. We announced our plans for a Gala in the summer of 2017 and have enthusiastic support as we work to plan and shape that event.
We announced the addition of Dr. Kenneth Barning, of Baylor College of Medicine, to our Board of Directors. Dr. Barning is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and board-certified by the American Board of Family Medicine. He also serves as the lead professor for medical student education at his clinical practice site within the Harris Health system.
We are very excited for the future of healthcare development in Ghana and we look forward to expanding the new relationships we formed that evening.
10-MAR-2015
The Ghanaian community in Houston, Texas marked their native countrys 58th independence anniversary with a grand banquet and celebrated the achievements of George Yaw Owusu, an international businessman and community leader. The president of the Ghanaian Association of Houston, Mrs. Christiana Asiamah, described Mr. Owusu as a generous and unpretentious visionary who is instrumental in various community initiatives and improving the lives of Ghanaians back home.
08-NOV-2014
The George and Angelina Owusu Foundation donated $5,000 to the Progress in Education (PIE), a non-profit organization based in Charlotte, North Carolina and Houston, Texas.
As it had done in previous years, this is an effort from their commitment to helping activities that benefit Ghana students, providing computers and other educational resources.
About Progress in Education:
PIE was established to bring much needed financial and educational resources to beleaguered high schools in Ghana. Over the past fifteen-plus years, our mission has expanded to include the provision of scholarship grants to deserving high school students in the cities we operate and raise funds, as well as the promotion of cross-cultural understanding between high school students in the USA and Ghana.
22-AUG-2014
The George and Angelina Owusu Foundation has contributed 2 million dollars towards the construction of a $10 million state of the art medical facility at Akyawkrom in the Ejisu Juabeng Municipality of the Ashanti Region.
The ultra-modern health facility is a collaboration between the George and Angelina Owusu Foundation and Sanford World Clinics.
17-NOV-2014
Earlier this year [2014], a documentary film called "Big Men" came out and told the inside story of a small Texas oil company, backed by New York investment banks, looking for oil in a deepwater zone off the coast of Ghana. The success of the project transformed that small nations energy industry.