Our school projects
Sanitary facilities for three schools in Benim.
After the successful construction of the IT center for the schools in Benim, we want to implement another project directly in Benim. The three schools in Benim, with a total of almost 1,000 students aged three to 15, do not have sanitary facilities. We want to change that! To provide more hygienic conditions at the schools in Benim, we need €5,000. Two of the schools are located next to each other, where a shared facility for 636 students will be built in a first construction phase. Subsequently, a building with toilet cubicles and outdoor sinks, including a rainwater tank, will also be constructed for the third school with 318 students. During our visit to Benim in October 2023, we already inspected the schools, held discussions with the school administrations, and identified possible construction sites. As always, our project partners in Ghana will implement the project and serve as our local contacts. We hope to start construction soon - all that's missing is your donation.
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After three school projects in Nyanyano, we wanted to focus on a new village: Benim, the hometown of our project partner Pastor Oduro. IT classes are part of the curriculum in the local schools. However, these classes were conducted theoretically using chalkboards due to lack of necessary equipment. Thanks to generous donations in 2022, we were able to renovate a vacant room into a computer room in one of the schools (i.e., new roof, dust-free floor, lockable windows, and a secure door). In the next step, some villagers painted the walls and built wooden tables. During our visit to Benim in October 2023, we were able to purchase chairs and 32 computers, which were set up by a friend of our project partner. A ceremonial opening took place in October 2023, attended by all involved parties and members of the village.
Sanitary facilities at the Happy Home International School / today Young Elite School
At the end of 2020, we were looking for a new challenge and launched a fundraising campaign for our first school project. After interviewing several schools, we chose the Happy Home International School in Nyanyano. Here, the 200 students had only two wooden huts without any connection to the sewage system – clearly an unsustainable situation. Thanks to numerous donations, we reached our donation goal of 1,500€ within only one month. At the beginning of 2021, three toilet huts with running water were built and thus the hygienic conditions at the Happy Home International School improved significantly.
School desks and blackboards for Franklyn Memorial School
During our first fundraising campaign for the Happy Home International School, we received so many donations that we were able to implement a second school project without another campaign and thus could also support the Franklyn Memorial. There, children, and teenagers sometimes had to sit with four people together on a single bench and notes were written on the wall in a way that was difficult to read. In April 2021, we were able to sponsor three blackboards and 50 school desks to the school in Nyanyano and thus improve the quality of teaching.
New classrooms for the Sea Breeze School
After the successful construction of the sanitary facilities for the Happy Home International School, we started another project in the same year with a donation target of 3000€. This time we wanted to support the Sea Breeze School in Nyanyano. With the help of the donations, the roofs of three very small and dark classrooms were raised so that more light could enter the rooms and the air could circulate better. In addition, the walls were plastered, everything was painted in friendlier colours and the classrooms were equipped with new blackboards and ceiling fans. After reaching the donation goal, we travelled to Ghana in fall 2021 and personally accompanied the implementation of the project.
Our sponsorship project
In January 2020, we launched our sponsorship project to be able to provide children and teenagers with targeted and reliable support. In addition to the school fees, we finance all other costs related to the school, such as school materials, food, and medical care. Also, the students receive a small amount of pocket money at the beginning of each school term, so that they can look after themselves and learn how to handle money. We put emphasis on receiving every single child in our project with their own wishes, fears, and thoughts to offer them individual support. Additionally, to the financial support, we accompany them personally on their way to adulthood and stand by them as a reliable constant. To meet this demand, we have limited the sponsorship project to 25 children/teenagers. The sponsorship by our association ends with the achievement of an educational or professional degree. The young adults have the opportunity to become our project partners themselves. It is our wish that one day a big “circle” will be created and former sponsored children will support us in the work of our association.