Residents of Konongo, in the Asante Akyem area, have benefited from a free health screening exercise organised by the Aggrey and Associates Foundation, an initiative aimed at improving access to basic healthcare within mining communities.
The outreach forms part of the Foundation’s community support programme since its establishment in April 2025 as the social impact arm of Aggrey and Associates Ltd.
The Foundation focuses on responsible mining, environmental protection, and community wellbeing, committing to invest at least one percent of the company’s annual profits into social and environmental interventions.
Earlier in the year, the Foundation carried out a tree-planting exercise, followed by the Konongo health screening as a year-end activity.
Konongo is among Ghana’s historic gold mining towns, where constant mining activity exposes workers and nearby residents to a range of health risks. Common conditions in the area include dust-related illnesses, body pains, hearing challenges, malaria, diabetes, and high blood pressure. Limited access to routine medical care often results in late diagnosis of otherwise manageable health conditions.
To address this gap, the Aggrey and Associates Foundation partnered with M. Enterprise Ltd, RAMSKF Asante Akyem, Quantum Dynamics Ltd, and the Association of Small-Scale Miners to deliver medical services directly to the community. M. Enterprise Ltd’s Managing Director, Imam Suleiman Muhammed, also serves on the Foundation’s board.
Speaking to Adom News, lead clinician Dr Prince Amoabeng Aggrey expressed satisfaction with the turnout and the number of cases identified, particularly diabetes and hypertension, which he noted were widespread in the community.
A Director of the Foundation, Albert Tetteh, highlighted that despite the mining sector’s contribution to Ghana’s economy, many workers operate informally and struggle to access healthcare, making interventions like this essential.
Representatives of partner organisations, including M. Enterprise Ltd, RAMSKF Asante Akyem, and Quantum Dynamics Ltd, urged mining companies to take corporate social responsibility seriously and to collaborate with the Foundation to extend similar health programmes to other mining communities.
The Aggrey and Associates Foundation reaffirmed its commitment to supporting mining communities, stressing that sustainable development must prioritise the health and wellbeing of people.
Services offered during the exercise included blood pressure and blood sugar testing, malaria screening, eye and hearing examinations, respiratory and physiotherapy assessments, women’s health services, dental care, general medical consultations, the distribution of basic medicines, and health education.
Many beneficiaries described the initiative as timely and impactful, noting that it provided medical care they would otherwise have postponed due to cost or distance. Some miners said the screening helped uncover long-standing health issues they had previously ignored.
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