Environmentalists to visit Ghana

Environmentalist and Chairman of the Captain Planet Foundation, Laura Turner, will pay a visit to Ghana this February.

The daughter of Ted Turner, Mrs. Turner-Seydel, is the recipient of numerous humanitarian and environmental awards.

She will be accompanied by Barbara Pyle, co-creator of the award-winning 1990s animation series, Captain Planet, founder of the Captain Planet Foundation and lately, the environmental movement The Planeteers.

They are visiting Ghana as guests of the Rotary Club of Accra Airport and Global Media Alliance.

They will participate in a series of humanitarian and environmental activities and events scheduled to take place in the country from the 1stto the 5th of February, 2012.

Mrs. Seydel will assist in the launching of the Accra Airport Rotary Club Foundation.

The foundation will serve as the action arm for Rotary Club of Accra Airport’s service to their community.

Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Rotary Club of Accra Airport Foundation, Mr. Kwesi Atuah, expressed delight at having Laura Turner-Seydel as guest speaker for the occasion and remarked that “considering her role in humanitarian efforts, it is only fit for Laura to address such a memorable occasion for the Rotary Club of Accra Airport, Ghana and International.”

He added that the launch will also witness a fund-raiser to help raise funds for the club’s on-going projects, and also to initiate and pursue other life-enhancing projects.

The Rotary Club of Accra Airport, which turned ten years last year, has embarked on several life-touching projects including eye screening tests and treatment for some 200 cataract and glaucoma patients.