“But there is little the church can do considering the growing number of their membership,” he noted.
He said it is also very difficult for these individuals to save enough for their retirement.
Most Rev. Aboagye Mensah indicated that this put a lot of stress on the church to have a guaranteed source of livelihood and even those who can save are not able to live on their savings for long.
The situation he suggested calls for the state to be interested in the welfare of the aged.
He said the national pension scheme was introduced to address some of these challenges but several individuals believe that the pension exists only for those in the formal sector.
“This is so particularly because of the posturing of SSNIT”, but quickly added that he was happy SSNIT was organizing the engagement to sensitize the churches and their leadership to understand the need for their members to see the importance of the pension scheme.
He was optimistic that the engagement will give them memorable lessons for their members to secure their future.
He commended SSNIT for organizing the engagement for the first time in the history of SSNIT and the church.
The stakeholder engagement is being organized by SSNIT at the Labadi Beach Hotel.
The meeting was to among other things educate the informal sector workers otherwise known as self-employed to know and appreciate the value the scheme has to offer and what they stand to gain should they joined the scheme which can help change the perception some public workers hold about SSNIT.Grab and go breakfast options have become increasingly popular in recent years but are these quick fixes providing us with the right nutrition we need to start the day?
What does a healthy balanced breakfast look like? It ideally should contain carbohydrate such as wholegrain toast or cereal, protein such as eggs or milk/yogurt and a portion of fruit/vegetables. Sit-down breakfasts can seem a little time consuming, therefore breakfast biscuits and more recently breakfast drinks, have become increasingly popular. Are these convenient options good for us?
Breakfast is considered the most important meal of the day providing the body with much needed energy to kick start the metabolism.
Breakfast biscuits: These types of products can apparently release energy slowly over several hours and as part of a balanced diet provide the body with the essential energy required to start the day. For a complete breakfast you’re advised to eat them with a yogurt for protein, a piece of fruit and a cup of tea for hydration to create a balanced breakfast. This sounds okay in theory but how easy it is to just pick up the biscuits and munch on them like a snack forgetting the yogurt and fruit! Sugar content is also quite high so consider as an occasional breakfast.
Cereal bars: There are a huge amount of cereal bars on the market – some are ‘healthy’ some are not. The best ones to look out for are those made from dried fruit, nuts and seeds only – avoiding any added free sugars. These are usually small in size so will most likely not be the most filling breakfast on their own.
Breakfast drinks: Another on-the-go alternative with many brands now serving up breakfast in a bottle, claiming to offer an all-in-one solution by delivering protein, energy and fibre. You should check the sugar content of these products before consuming and if high consume only occasionally. It’s easy to drink a lot more calories than eat in one go – for example in a smoothie it may contain several portions of fruit (and vegetables) and some added fruit juice, you can easily drink this quickly but you probably wouldn’t sit down and eat an apple, banana, and handful of strawberries in one go. So think before you drink!
So in order to make your breakfast the best it can be we recommended always choosing wholegrain bread, natural yogurt, poaching or boiling eggs, grilling rather than frying for your cooked breakfast and when having fruit juice or a smoothie making it 150ml - it counts as one of your 5 a day. And add fruit in where you can, you can get 2 of your 5 a day just from breakfast!
Concert raises 4K for children in India
Josh Dye
Public relations intern
Avondale College of Higher Education
Cooranbong, New South Wales, Australia
The Contemporary Choir closed the Change Is Coming concert, which COSMOS dedicated to longtime supporter Charles Pointon. Credit: Kimberley Hodgkin.
Student mission club COSMOS called its fundraising concert Change Is Coming. The generous response means change is a little bit closer for the girls boarding at Tonea School in India.
The concert, held in Avondale College Seventh-day Adventist Church on Saturday (May 12), raised almost $4000. The money will help build a new girls’ dormitory. International poverty and development studies major Karli Borresen knows the difference it will make. “I visited Tonea last year and saw girls sleeping on the floor or sharing a bed with three others.”
Fourteen artists, including Francine Bell, Contemporary Choir, Melissa Otto, The Promise and Victory Street Gospel Choir, performed. The bill made it one of the biggest events COSMOS has organised, reports leader Krissie Hopkins.
COSMOS dedicated the concert to its longtime supporter, the late Charles Pointon. A newly framed painting of Charles will be displayed at Avondale in memory of his service to the college and the community.
Asian Aid Australia, which partners with Tonea, thanks COSMOS for giving hope to the children at Tonea. “Charles would have been proud of not only the money raised but also of the dedication and passion of young adults with a heart for mission and service,” says chief executive officer Richard Greenwell. “It’s good to see Charles’ legacy—of being a friend of children—lives on.”
Tags: Asian Aid, Campus, COSMOS
Thank you, Isel, for attending the concert with your girls and for your kind words. I brought my children and they struggled to stay awake, too. The organisers discussed the starting time of the concert at length, but because tickets were available for sale at the door, they wanted to wait until the end of Sabbath. The other issue: students and their dinner arrangements. The cafeteria opens only for a short time in the evenings on weekends. If the concert becomes a regular COSMOS event, the starting time will be discussed again, and the organisers will take your comments into consideration.
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