Yendi, 11 June, 2022 / 7:00 pm (ACI Africa).
Catholic Relief Services (CRS), the international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the U.S., has reached out to families and victims of the Zakoli attack that reportedly left at least eight people dead and several others injured in Ghana’s Catholic Diocese of Yendi.
On April 13, some unknown persons besieged Zakoli, a nomadic settler community in the Yendi Municipality of the Northern Region of Ghana and killed eight members of the community, News Watch Ghana reported. Four other members of the community also sustained gunshot injuries following the attack, and thatch-roofed houses, food crops and motorbikes were also destroyed during the attack.
In a Wednesday, June 8 report, CRS officials say they reached out to those affected by the attack with food and assorted items to support their upkeep.
“A total of 20 widows and 33 children including twins from seven households in the area received the items, which included 10 gallons of cooking oil, 10 bags of rice, 20 bags of maize and bales of clothing valued at GH₵50,000 (US$6,300.00),” the report indicates.
“The gesture was CRS’ way of showing love and support to the victims following the incident,” the Country representative of the Catholic charity, Daniel Mumuni, has been quoted as saying in the June 8 report.
