The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is the largest Latter Day Saint denomination, tracing its roots to its founding by Joseph Smith during the Second Great Awakening. The church is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, and has established congregations and built temples worldwide. According to the church, as of 2023, it has over 17.2 million members of which over 6.8 million live in the U.S.The church also reports over 99,000 volunteer missionaries and 350 temples.
The LDS Church is widely known for providing worldwide humanitarian service.The church's welfare and humanitarian efforts are coordinated by Philanthropies, a church department under the direction of the Presiding Bishopric. Welfare efforts, originally initiated during the Great Depression, provide aid for the poor, financed by donations from church members. Donations are also used to operate bishop's storehouses, which package and store food for lower-income people at low cost. In 2016, the church reported that it had spent a total of $1.2 billion on humanitarian aid over the previous 30 years.
Church humanitarian aid includes organizing food security, clean water, mobility, and healthcare initiatives, operating thrift stores, maintaining a service project website, and directly funding or partnering with other organizations. The church reports that the value of all charitable donations in 2021 was $906 million. Independent reporting has found that the Church's charity organization, LDS Charities, gave a total of $177 million from 2008 to 2020.
Spread the love about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints which with some volunteer members devoted themselves and undertook a clean up exercise.
Nkoranza, Bono East Region - Volunteers from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Techiman Ghana District, conducted a clean-up service at the Peace of Christ Community (PCC - Hand in Hand Community) in Nkoranza on August 17, 2024.
The event was part of the All-Africa Service Project, an annual initiative that promotes community service and kindness towards neighbors and fellow humans.
The volunteers chose to clean the Hand in Hand community, a facility for people with intellectual disabilities, to show their love and support.
President Adu-Sarfo Tony, Techiman Ghana District, emphasized the importance of service, saying, "Service brings great blessings during difficult times. We consider others as ourselves".
He encouraged stakeholders to assist people in need and make a positive impact in their communities.
Dasebre Emmanuel, Care Director for Peace of Christ Community, expressed gratitude for the clean-up service, highlighting the challenges faced by individuals with disabilities in the community.
"Unfortunately, individuals with disabilities in communities often faces stigma with their conditions, mistakenly attributes them to "evil spirits", Dasebre cried out.
He urged communities to avoid neglecting people with mental and physical disabilities, emphasizing that they are not inherently evil.
The All-Africa Service Project includes various initiatives, such as blood donation campaigns, painting activities, tree planting, pothole filling, cleaning gutters, weeding, and maintaining community buildings and roadsides, as well as food and clothing donations.
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