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Goldstar Air, Ghana’s award-winning and wholly-owned airline, has supported the Hearts of Triumphs Sporting Club-Academy with assorted items as part of its corporate social responsibility efforts to ensure the success of their Official Brand, Kits, and Logistics Partnership unveiling ceremony in 2022 and beyond.
Mr. John Ashong-Mettle, the airline’s cargo manager, and Mr. Edwin Lamptey, cabin crew, presented the donations on behalf of Mr. Eric Bannerman, Executive Chairman/CEO, and were received by Mr. Randy Benjamin Nii Adjei Oninku Jones, Executive Chairman & CEO Hearts of Triumphs SC- Academy, who expressed his gratitude to Goldstar Air for recognizing and supporting the Academy’s efforts
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The late Sir Richard Nii Lomo Jones, former Headmaster of Labone Secondary School, Former Chief Examiner-West Africa Examination Council (WAEC), Scientist/Mathematician in the Ghana Education Service (GES), created the Accra-based second-tier soccer academy On August 7, 1986. Sir Richard began with young local guys aged 15 to 23 who worked as auto mechanics, designers, sprayers, interior
decorators, vehicle washers, artists, and cleaners from Osu, Teshie, Labadi, and the surrounding area.
As a senior Science instructor, he uses football to get young guys to enroll in his Madina private Science school.
They came to help a great cause and were discovered to be competent and capable of pursuing a career in football. Hearts
of Triumphs Sporting Club-Academy was later founded on November 2, 1988, and is presently managed by Mr. Randy
Benjamin Nii Adjei Oninku Jones, a former Sports, Leisure, and Recreation Management graduate of Sir Norman Chester College in
the United Kingdom.[ads4]
Mr. Randy Jones recognizes that “with vision and passion, anybody can make a difference, and with the relationships we are creating with Goldstar Air, I am extremely privileged to announce that our Sports club academy will be making a difference in the lives of brilliant young Ghanaians across the country and sincerely believe that these assorted items from Goldstar Air will be an invaluable resource support the development of great Ghanaian sportsmen and changing lives.”
“As part of its corporate social responsibility and to promote sports tourism, the airline’s management chose to support this initiative.
As a business that believes in using sports through education and leadership training to inspire, mentor, and provide training,
resources, and opportunities that unearth the full potential of Ghana’s youth, the airline will be supporting deserving sportsmen
and women with free air tickets for trails outside the country, as we work with some organizations to develop a sports museum to erect statues of our past and present heroes and heroines there, as well as his “Mr. John Ashong-Mettle, cargo service manager, stated
Tourism and sports are inextricably linked and mutually beneficial. Sports, whether professional, amateur, or recreational, need a significant amount of travel to play and compete in many locations and countries. Major athletic events, such as the Olympic Games, football and rugby championships, have become great tourist attractions in their own right, contributing significantly to the host destination’s tourism image.
Sports tourism is one of the tourist industry’s fastest growing segments. Whether or not sports are the primary goal of the trip, an increasing number of visitors want to participate in sporting activities while on vacation. Sporting events of all sizes and types attract visitors as participants or spectators, and locations strive to differentiate themselves by incorporating local flavors into them in order to provide unique local experiences.
Goldstar Air, wings of Ghana, is also a pan-African airline based in Accra, Ghana working with other African airlines to improve connectivity by increasing passenger and freight traffic and also work together to promote the exchange of knowledge, expertise, innovation, digital technologies and best practices, as it is in line with the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) which Ghana is the host, goals of creating a single market for products and services, supported by the movement of people and goods, to
further the continent’s economic integration and economic growth.
The airline has honored top African dignitaries by naming each of
them after one of its aircraft in recognition of their selflessness, boldness, and exemplary leadership and management skills. A
documentary of their achievements and future projects will be shown on specific designated aircraft during take off and landing, as well as to promote their communities and countries.
His Excellency George Manneh Oppong Weah (President of Liberia), Sheikh Osmanu Nuhu Sharabutu (National Chief Imam for Ghana),
His Royal Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II (King of the Asante Kingdom), and His Royal Majesty Buipewura Abdulai Jinapor II
(Paramount Chief of Buipe Traditional Area) are among the highly regarded top dignitaries who have been honored so far as plans are
far advanced to add more names soon.
It is worth dying for a country that respects its life heroes and heroines, thus the airline feels it is acceptable to recognize notable
Ghanaians and top African dignitaries.
The airline has also sponsored a couple of sports journalists from the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation and other media organizations to cover major tournaments in and out of the country. On March 24, 2016, the airline sponsored the match between Ghana Black Stars and Mozambique at the Accra Sports Stadium.
The Ghanaian airline donated a trophy to the Assemblies of God Church in the Greater Accra Region for its annual fun games
competition, which was accepted on behalf of the church by Mr Samuel Mankrom, regional Sports Organizer of the church’s Greater
Accra Youth Ministry, who was accompanied by Mr John Tawiah and Mr Isaac Danso Otchere, both Youth Ministry representatives.
Goldstar Air presented boxing equipment and cash donations to the Willpower Boxing Gym in Accra’s James Town. The donations are intended to revitalize juvenile boxing, which has been dormant for some time, and to collaborate with the Willpower Gym to help stem the growth of young people who may have boxing talents but instead end up on the streets by taking the roaming gym national.[ads3]
The airline will initially create a minimum of 5,000 direct and indirect jobs in Ghana. Pilots, Ground Service Crew, Maintenance
Personnel, Cabin Crew, Counter Agents, Travel Agents, Tour Operators, Country Managers, Station Managers, Accountants, flight dispatch, Drivers, Marketing Personnel, Air Marshalls, Cargo Agents,
Catering Services, Hotel Accommodations, Fuel Suppliers, and others are among the jobs that will benefit the youth and the general
public at large.
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