Students and Projects:
Supporting Queen Esther School
$550 of $550 donated
Akuapem, Ghana
Parents in Manpong, Ghana are currently pulling their children out of school due to insufficient supplies, teachers and space. They do not feel that their children are learning in the unfavorable environment. The children are attending school in rented buildings that are unsafe. They are unable to keep teachers due to lack of supplies and space. Most rooms do not have desks or seats for the students that do attend. Volunteers for International Development and Aid (VIDA) has partnered with this community to change the conditions and attract students back to class. Three classrooms were started in May 2010 and will be completed in the next month. Once the building is complete the community will need assistance with books, pencils, paper and learning tools. Volunteers will be traveling to the community this summer to build desks for the students.
Duhadzi Amoren
$70 of $70 donated
Volta Region, Ghana
My name is Duhadzi Amorin. I come from Mafi Aborkope in the Volta Region of Ghana. I am eight years of age and dark complexion. I am two and a half feet tall. I am attending Mafi Aborkope D.A. Primary One and have good academic performance. Mafi Aborkope Basic School is located in between Mafi Aborkope and Mafi Isati. Though the school building is uncompleted the compound look nice. I like the school so much because there is a proverb that says that, not where you are, but who you are. Through this it is my determination and zeal that I will be able to achieve my goal with the sense that, I can do something better for my home town and the whole nation in future. In fact, my basic desire is to be a teacher, because of my own teacher. I like the way he teach to help me understand. I selected English, Mathematics, and General Science as my best subjects. Even the teacher always compliment me, furthermore, through education you can be successful person. I love my family because they are...
Azetsi Frank
$70 of $70 donated
Volta Region, Ghana
My name is Azietso Frank. I am a 14 year old boy. I am the third boy of my parents and I help my mother on the farm all the time. It is the income of all of us that support the entire family. I want to be in class all the time, but my mother cannot afford to pay the needed fees. I respect the work my parents do. They work very hard everyday, but I want to do something different. I want to help the community. Education is very important to me. I must learn to read and write better, and I must learn how to communicate with people better. I want to be a man that my family and my community respects and a man that takes care of his people.
Celestin Sekle
$70 of $70 donated
Volta Region, Ghana
My name is Christy Sekle and I am four feet four inches tall. I love school and I am in good academic standing. My future dream is to become a nurse because I want to educate many people in the future to know how to take care of themselves because as of now, people do not understand good health. A big problem we have in Ghana is malaria. Our government is working hard to fight it, but more needs to be done. I want to help people to be better and to change their ways so they can live happier and healthier.
Dodzi Demasiwo
$70 of $70 donated
Volta Region, Ghana
My name is Dodzi Demasiwo and I am five years old. I am three feet tall. My father’s name is Victor and he is a carpenter, and my mother’s name is Akose and she is a trader. The subject I like best in my school is Mathematics. I like it because in my future I want to be someone who works in a bank. I have only one brother for the moment and he is two years old. I like my family because they take care of me, and they always let me to sit beside the table learning. At school, we always learn under shade though. We have teacher, but we don’t have classroom blocks and office. The game I like best is drumming. I like it because anytime we are in any drumming group and dancing, everyone comes to watch. Heaven is happiness and music. If I want to be an animal I will like to be a cat because it is trickish and also likes playing with kids.
Dovloe Hope
$70 of $70 donated
Volta Region, Ghana
Dovole Hope is my name. I am nineteen years old. My best game is table tennis, and my favorite foods are Alcple and palmnut soup. I am a pupil at Mafi Aborkofe School, and I am in class six. The subjects I like best are English, Mathematics, and Integrated Science because I want to become a medical doctor in the future. I get good grades because I study hard, do my homework every night, and I like going to school. I prefer Aborkofe Basic School to all other schools in the area because the teachers are committed to their duty and in terms of academic performance, Aborkofe primary is the best. Education is important for me because education helps us to identify our potential or know what we might be good at later in life. It can also make us develop a positive attitude to work. Mr. Icoti Abeku and Atsufe Aflamewu are my parents. They are small scale farmers who grow cassava, maize, and groundnut in order to provide for the family. I have only one brother and he is eleven years old and...
Dziwornu Doeste
$70 of $70 donated
Volta Region, Ghana
My name is Dziwornu Doeste. I come from Mafi-Gborkorfe in the Volta Region. I am sixteen years old and I am in class five. The reason for my schooling is to be a teacher. The subject I like best is Mathematics because that is what helps us to count money and to do primary calculations. My teacher is very good because when I do not understand something, my teacher explains it to me so that I do understand it. That is why I want to become a teacher. My favorite food is banku and groundnut soup. What makes me happy is when I am playing soccer with my friends. The names of my brother and sister are Dotse Francise and my sister is Dotse Mattilda. The age of my brother is 25 years old and my sister is 22 years old. My brother is a farmer and my sister is a hairdresser. They both live in the same village. I work on the farm with my parents and my brother .
Mawutor Zutunu
$70 of $70 donated
Volta Region, Ghana
My name is Zutunu Mawutor. I am eleven year old. I am dark in complexion, and three feet tall. I have a broad face and a pointed nose. The game I like the best is soccer and my best food is rice and stew. I am a pupil at Mafi Aborkofe School and I am in class two. My best subjects are Social Studies and Citizenship Education because I want to become a lawyer in the future. I like my school because teachers teach well and there is a lot of discipline. Education is one of the most important things in the world because it helps us identify the things we are best at and capable of doing. My father is Mr. Atisco Zutunu. He is a mason and my mother is Victoria Hodey and she is a kenkey seller. I have two sisters and three brothers. I love my family because every one of them takes good care of me.
Michael Agorme
$70 of $70 donated
Volta Region, Ghana
Michael is living with his grandmother and helps her on the farm even during school hours since the parents cannot afford to take care of him. He would like to go to school, but there is not enough money to send him. For nine years old, Michael is a very smart boy. Though he sees the reasons why he must help on the farm, he still says he wants to go to school and learn so one day, he can become a teacher. Michael is happy when he is at church with his friends. After church, they usually play soccer. Michael describes himself as a good player but says he needs to learn how to hit the ball off of his head better. He says he is a good runner, though. If Michael could be any animal, he said he would be a lion because they’re the strongest and no one tries to fight a lion.
Simon Doe
$70 of $70 donated
Volta Region, Ghana
My name is Simon Doe. I come from Mafi Tsati in the Volta Region. I am 13 years old. The game I like best is football and my best food is kokonte kple` and groundnut soup. The subjects I like best are social studies, citizenship education, and reading of story books because I want to become a journalist in the future. My school has four main departments. These are nursery, kindergarten, primary and Junior High School. I like the school because teachers teach well and there is also discipline in the school. My school is one of the leading schools in the country in terms of academic performance. Education is very important for me because if you are well educated, you can create wealth for your nation and without such wealth the nation cannot develop. The name of my father is Mr. Icwadzo Agbanu and he is a palm wine tapper. My mother is Gladys Abeku, and she is a farmer. She grows tomatoes, peppers, cassava, and maize. I have four siblings. Victoria is twenty eight, Comfort is twenty o...
Wisdom Akpalu
$70 of $70 donated
Volta Region, Ghana
My name is Wisdom Akpalu. I come from Maki-Gborkofe in the Volta Region. I have a round face, pointed nose, and normal eyes. I am fair in complexion. I am nine years old boy. I am in class two. The reason of my schooling in life is to be a teacher. And the game I like best is football. And the subject I like best is English. My reason for liking English is that it helps us to speak and read. Education is important because without education we cannot write and read. So this is the reason education is important to human kind. What make me happy is if I am playing football because it is my best game. What make me happy, happy is when my parent bought me a new books and pencils and the sadness of my life is if get in trouble bad by my parent. My father is a mason and my mother is a framer and my mother does mixed farming which is maize crop and animals especially sheep. I like my family because we are all moral and they believe in education. I help my parent by weeding in the farm and d...
Zutunu Raphael
$70 of $70 donated
Volta Region, Ghana
Rafael Kwable Fafaoi Zutunu is my name. I am eight years old. I hail from Mafi Tsati, a suburb of Mafi Kumase in the Volta Region of Ghana. The game I like best is football and the best food is banku and okro soup. I want to become a medical doctor in the future. In school, the subjects I like best are English, Mathematics, and Natural Science. Even though I am a little boy, I study hard. I like going to school and I really like reading poems. Even though my school is not complete, the teachers teach well and there is also a lot of discipline in the school. Education is very important to me because education is giving people the knowledge and skills in order to live meaningfully in society and many jobs need qualifications in order to do them. I belong to the Zutunu family. My father is Mr. Zutunu B.K. Maxwell and Mrs. Mawunye Zutunu is my mother. Both of them are peasant farmers who grow crops such as cassava, maize, groundnut, and vegetables. I have one older sister and two younge...
Amway Academy and Orphanage Solar Project
$10 of $475 donated
Volta, Ghana
We will install solar panels on the Amway School. This school educated 150 students from the Agotime Kpetoe community. By adding solar power, we can increase capacity and improve the educational facilities.
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