Hon Ford Kamel’s Daughter Xandy Kamel Launches Foundation

The Late Henry Ford Kofi Kamel

Kamel For Hope Foundation, is a non-profit making organization formed to honour the late Regional Minister and MP for Buem Constituency, Hon Henry Ford Kofi Kamel, and also to reach to the deprived ones in the Ghanaian society.

It was founded on the 1st of May 2013 and its first donation and visit was at the Ho Leprosarium. The late minister (Hero) stood as a voice of the voiceless and also started by helping some intelligent but less privileged ones, school dropouts, patients with hyena, goiter and fibroid respectively.

As the first daughter (Xandy Kamel), of the late Minister , she revealed to the media that she could not sit down to see her father's love for the less privileged, people in the deprived areas and hopeless ones dwindle out; so she has decided to continue with what her father started by enduring to propagate the agenda.

To her, she's planning her second project on 20th December , which is supposed to be the official press launch of the foundation at Remar Christian Rehabilitation Center, at Dansoman, together with some donations to the home.

With the greatest pleasure, the daughter of Hon Henry Kofi Ford Kamel (Late), former Volta Regional Minister and MP for Buem Constituency, humbly invite the general public to join hands with them to outdoor Kamel For Hope Foundation and to also welcome any form of support from the general public

The list of dignities who shall be attending the press launch, revealed by Xandy Kamel, include: Hon Daniel Ashiaman (MP) For Buem, Dr Kwabena Adjei (National Chairman of NDC), Killian, DCE Jasikan District, Hon Emmanuel Bedzrah, MP Hon and others will be gracing the occasion.

(About Hon Henry Ford Kofi Kamel)Hon Henry Ford Kofi Kamel, born on 21st December, 1961 and died on 25th December, 2012, was a Ghanaian Banker and Politician. He was the Member of Parliament for the Buem Constituency from January 2005 and also the Volta Region Minister from March 2012 until his death on 25 December 2012.

Kamel trained as a Banker and worked as the Managing Director of the North Volta Rural Bank Limited. Kamel was a member of the National Democratic Congress. He won his last election on 7th December, 2012 by a majority of 13,627 votes.

He first won the seat in the 2004 election, replacing Emil Kwadzo Brantuo as the MP in the 4th Parliament of the 4th Republic with a majority of 10,488 votes. He successfully defended his seat in the 2008 general polls. He won 65.8% out of the total vote count.

In March 2012, President John Atta Mills appointed Henry Kamel as the new Volta Regional Minister, replacing Joseph Amenowode. He held that post until his death on Christmas Day in 2012. Prior to his appointment, he was the Deputy Minister for Lands and Forestry.

One of his notable achievements was bringing peace to the Gbi Traditional Area, between the indigenes of Hohoe and the Zongo Community. The Paramount Chief of the Gbi Traditional Area, Togbega Gabusu VI, paid tribute to those peace efforts

Kamel was reported to have returned to his home town, Guaman in the Jasikan District of the Volta Region on 24th December, 2012. While chatting with some family and friends the next day, he suddenly collapsed. He died before arrival at the Jasikan Government Hospital. He was 51.