MARSHALLAN MEDICAL FUND

P. O. Box CT4612, Cantonments, Accra. Tel: 0242004400; 0244655211

The Marshallan Medical Fund (MMF) was launched on February 22, 2014 by the then Supreme Knight, Sir Knight Brother Ekow Painstil and Grand Lady, Most Respected Lady Sister Margaret Yirenkyi (Grand Lady) to establish a formal means by which the Noble Order supported very ill brothers and sisters. The MMF, is truly, a marshallan charity at work because the annual levy each member pays is used to support a needed brother or sister.

OBJECTIVES OF MMF

The Objective of the Marshallan Medical Fund (MMF) is to support critically ill members of the Noble Order who require emergency surgery or other medical interventions, which are outside the scope of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).

LIST OF MEDICAL CONDITIONS COVERED UNDER MMF

The MMF supports two (2) categories of conditions – Regular and Exceptional categories. The following medical conditions are currently covered under the MMF under the regular category.

LIST OF MEDICAL CONDITIONS
1. Stroke	7. Kidney Failure
2. Heart Attack	8. Major Organ Transplant
3. Vascular Surgeries	9. Major Burns
4. Heart Valve Replacement	10. Joint Replacement Surgeries
5. Paralysis of Limb(s) resulting in permanent loss of use of limb(s)	11. Conditions threatening loss of eye sight
6. Solid and Blood Cancers

The MMF Board reviews and approves on case-by-case basis support for the Exceptional Cases Category.

3. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

The MMF is open to all members of the Noble Order in Ghana. The MMF does not extend to brothers and sisters outside Ghana. A member should have paid in full their MMF levy of GHS20.00 per annum for the current year and the previous two years and must satisfy the 2 requirements of critical illness (11 conditions listed above) which is not covered under the NHIS.

MMF BENEFIT

The maximum MMF benefit paid to a member who satisfy all the conditions in section 3 above is currently pegged at GHS4,000.00 effective since January 2023. These are usually cases under the regular category. For the exceptional category, a maximum benefit of GHS2,000.00 is paid to the member applicant.

PAYMENT BY COUNCILS AND COURTS TO MMF

All Councils and Courts are required to make full payment of MMF levy of GHS20.00/member in the first quarter of the year into the MMF Bank Account provided below:

Account Name: Marshallan Medical Fund

Account Number: 10111 3003 9518

Bank/Branch: GCB/High Street, Accra

Councils and Courts are required to submit (i) cover letter, (ii) scanned copy of bank pay-in slip and (iii) list of paid up members by email to mmf@marshallan.org or by post to P. O. Box CT4612, Cantonments, Accra.

HISTORY OF BENEFIT PAYMENTS MADE BY MMF

The annual MMF benefit payment from inception in 2015 has seen an exponential growth as shown in table below.

Note: 2023 up to September 20, 2023 only.

ALL ENQUIRIES ON MMF!!

Direct all your enquiries on payments and operations modalities to email address: mmf@marshallan.org or contact any of the following members of the Board of Trustees:

Nr	Name	Remarks
1	Sir Knight Brother Robert E. Austin	Chairman
2	Most Respected Lady Sister Dame Dr. Agatha Akua Bonney	Co-Chairperson
3	Sir Knight Brother Paul Kwaw Ntodi	Member
4	Sir Knight Brother Gordon Atsunyo	Member
5	Worthy Brother Dr. Henry Awuviri	Member
6	Worthy Brother John K. M. Zigah	Member
7	Respected Lady Sister Cynthia Ibrahim-Lassey	Member
8	Respected Lady Sister Beatrice Kunfa	Member
9	Respected Lady Sister Vivian Ofori Dankwah	Member
10	Respected Lady Sister Dr. Susan Adu Amankwah	Member/Secretary
11	Respected Lady Sister Perpetual Xatse	Member
12	Respected Lady Sister Paula Asiedu Frimpong	Member

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

The MMF is managed through a TRUST DEED.

A brother or sister who desires to apply for MMF assistance would have to submit a completed application form, endorsed by the Advisory Board of Council or Court. The application form is available in downloadable form from the Marshallan website, www.marshallan.org. The completed form should be emailed to mmf@marshallan.org for processing.

Upon receipt of the completed application form, the MMF secretariat reviews to ensure completeness of application. The application is then forwarded to the ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE (AC) for a recommendation. The AC comprise 3 representatives of the Supreme Council and 2 representatives of the Grand Court with some of the membership of the AC experts in the medical field. The AC output comes in the form of a recommendation for (i) full or part payment of maximum benefit or (ii) rejection of application.

The MMF approves/amends recommendation of the AC and the secretariat executes the recommendations.

MMF FUNDING

The MMF has been funded from three (3) sources from inception. These include donations, contributions from members and interest income from investments. Some details are provided below:

Donations;
- Supreme Council (received 2014) – GHS5,000.00
- Marshallan Welfare Fund (received 2015) – GHS5,000.00
- Grand Court (received 2015) – GHS5,000.00
- MRL Sister Anderson Yeboah (received 2016) – GHS1,500.00
  - TOTAL – GHS16,500.00

Contributions from members at
- 00 per member per year from 2014-2017
- 00 per member per year from 2018 to 2022 and
- 00 per member per year since January 2023, and