Actor Fiifi Coleman has opened the lid on how tough things are out there for older actors in the Ghana market and pointed out that what the elderly actors go through is a territory that is yet to be mapped, which is worse than a crisis.
An interview with Tony Coleman held at the Marriott Hotel in Accra during the launch of the Private Actors Welfare Scheme (PAWS) made the industry’s systemic flaw in catering for its heroes, for example, pioneers pop up.
We watch our colleagues fall ill and fall ill repeatedly and all we do is watch tax payer’s money being used to treat them. Coleman questioned. We have been to many funerals asking what became of those who entertained billions, and the answer might well be that they died broke, sent to a pauper’s funeral.
“This isn’t just a crisis but a failed work. As a result, a failure of an industry to safeguard its own. It means that only when two hands are created – hands that can sustain a community to survive death and deliver hope and the desires out of hopelessness; only then will a community be created.
Discussing the potential impact of modern media on past actors’ careers, Coleman noted, “I’ve always said that back in the day, if social media were in existence, some of us might be driving the biggest Benz cars and that is the same with some aged actors who set the pace but couldn’t enjoy the fruits of their labour. “.
Therefore, with support from Hollard Insurance, private welfare Scheme (PWS) aims at providing actors in later life with reliable sustainable support.
Then Coleman went to other actors to help the veteran with the insurance program and said goodbye to those who had left (like SK). Ampofo and George Williams; they never conversed; yes, with regard to the current generation of veterans, let us take for instance, Fred Amugi, Ben Abdallah and what have you.
The goal of the project is to achieve the objective of the design of a system ensuring that a permanent availability of nursing and care for geriatric actors is provided, after the appeal for help during emergencies of a crisis, as part of a continuous level of care.
