Mountain Research Institute (MRI), a research and consultancy organization as part of its corporate social responsibility registered over a hundred (100) people under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
The majority of beneficiaries of this initiative are residents of Obosomase and Ahwerase in the Akuapim North and South Municipalities in the Eastern Region.
This is an annual event that MRI carries to give back to the community where the office is located.
Sampson Atiemo (PHD), the Executive Chairman of MRI in an interview with Afeema fm’s Igwe Gyan explained what necessitated this initiative.
According to him, they have lived in harmony with the people in the past years and it is best they continue this relationship by supporting them through health.
‘If you give these people money to go the hospital when they sick, it will just be a onetime activity, but if they are insured under the scheme, they will be covered for a year. Obosomase and Ahwerase are our immediate communities and we want to do something that will be very beneficial and impactful to the community. This is part of our corporate social responsibility to the two communities.”
He added that if anything happens to the office building in the absence of the staff, or if the organization finds itself in any situation, it is more likely that people from these communities will be the first to render any form of assistance to them.
In 2022, the MRI established a modern a Science and Maths Quiz Center for the Presbyterian Senior High School in Mampong Akuapem. A center that seeks to sharpen the scientific and mathematical intelligence of the student.
On his part, the Public Relations Officer for the National Health Insurance Scheme in Akuapem North Municipality, Mr. Frederick Okai Jnr was happy that the Institute chose this initiative as there are other options the organization could have chosen from.
He disclosed that a lot of people around the two communities have to either travel to Nsawam or Akropong to do their registration or renewal of NHIS cards, which is discouraging a lot of people from getting insured.
This initiative he said was a good one and came at the right time and right time.
Assembly members of the two communities, Hon. Seth Ebenezer Beko of Obosomase and Hon. Owusu of Ahwerase mobilized the less privileged and assisted the staff of MRI and NHIS to do the registration. The entire process was financed through internal generated funds from the organization.
Residents of the two communities who benefited from this initiative expressed their profound gratitude to the Mountain Research Institute.
