Zoomlion Ghana donates to support 8-year-old leukemia patient

She needs urgent care for a bone marrow transplant and other chemotherapy treatments in India at an estimated cost of USD87,000.

Presenting the cheque to Akua’s parents on Thursday, March 28, 2024, the Communications and Corporate Affairs Director of Zoomlion Ghana Limited, Madam Emma Adwoa Appiaa Osei-Duah, explained that the donation is in line with one of the core values of the company: Godliness and Fellowship.

“We have heard that she needs to fly out by Monday so we urge other institutions to quickly come to her aid to help raise the needed amount,” she prayed.

Acute Lymphocytic Leukaemia (ALL) is a type of cancer of the blood and bone marrow — the spongy tissue inside bones where blood cells are made.

Acute lymphocytic leukaemia occurs when a bone marrow cell develops changes (mutations) in its genetic material or DNA

A cell’s DNA contains the instructions that tell a cell what to do.

In acute lymphocytic leukaemia, the mutations tell the bone marrow cell to continue growing and dividing.