tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67127595482900891502024-03-04T20:35:40.457-08:00Ghana Together News UpdatesGhana Together works with our Ghanaian friends of Western Heritage Home, a Ghanaian-registered and managed non-profit, to improve social, educational, and health conditions in Axim, Ghana. Together we accomplish projects, connect WHH to resourceful individuals and organizations, and create sustainable programs. We make a real difference to real people in a local, grassroots effort.
Our website at http://ghanatogether.org tells our story.Ghana Togetherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17602905333876830187noreply@blogger.comBlogger140125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712759548290089150.post-48520843888406098472022-10-14T12:29:00.001-07:002022-10-14T19:08:47.039-07:00What a journey it has been! Asking for help one more time...<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: center;">October 2022</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Dear friends,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Yes!
This is the time of year when we look back and share with gratitude for all
that has been accomplished, thanks to so many of you, our supporters, and our
Western Heritage Home partners. This year is no exception!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">But,
first, there’s this. The years have passed. Age has taken its toll. And Ghana
has changed a lot in the 16 years we’ve worked there, including now having
tuition-free K-12 education! We want you all to know we have decided to phase
out Ghana Together as a 501c3 non-profit as of Dec 31, 2022. But, that said, we
really need to ask for one more round of donations to fund this last 2022-2023 academic
year for our WHH Scholars.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium;">Now...good news! The new Axim Public Library is basically finished architecturally. Western Heritage Home is working with an oil company and local entities to fund the furnishings---shelving, tables, chairs, computer room setup, signage, etc. Some will be moved from the small existing library, but this new building provides so much more space for library, computing, and a fully-furnished community room for group gatherings. The “handing over” ceremony is planned for early December, when the new Axim Public Library will be officially owned and operated by the Ghana National Library Authority. How can we thank everyone?! What an achievement---with donations of some 16,000 children’s books, 60+ up-to-date computers, mobile bookmobile, existing furnishings plus the very substantial donations to fund this outstanding new building! Thank you all!!!</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">AND, on top of that, most of the students we’ve been supporting for so many years have finished with schooling and are working at various jobs and getting on with their young adult lives. We are so proud of all of them! </span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But, we do still have seven WHH Scholars still working on their education:</span></b></p><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;">--Emmanuella </span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;">will
finish her Bachelor of Special Education at Winneba University in Oct 2023. She
herself struggles with extreme vision loss, and is training to become a special
education teacher for students with vision challenges. We’re inspired by her
tenacity, savvy use of special computer technologies, and purposefulness.</span></span></div></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">--<u>Gifty</u> will finish her Bachelor of Education
in Social Studies at Winneba University Oct 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">--<u>Ernestina</u> will finish her degree in computer
science at Takoradi Technical University in Sept 2023, specializing in computer
applications in the tourism/travel business.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">--<u>Lamine </u>winds up his training in
Welding/Fabrication Engineering at Takoradi Technical University in Dec 2022.
He completed an internship at Ghana Port and Harbor Authority and is now back
in his final classes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">--<u>George </u>will finish his training in
Welding/Fabrication Engineering at Takoradi Technical U in Oct 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">--<u>Ben</u><i> i</i>s finishing up at Manye Academy JHS in
Dec 2022 and will take his qualifying exams for the Community
Development/Vocational/Technical School in Axim. Ben’s “little sister, <u>Gladys</u>, is in
JHS at Manye Academy. They are our youngest “true” orphans, as Ghanaian
government categorizes them. They were dropped off at the Western Heritage Home
by their Grandmother as very young children because she was just too elderly to
be able to feed them, get to school, etc. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">--And
we have 8 </span><u style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">primary students </u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">we are supporting until they finish 6</span><sup style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">th</sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">
grade in very rural schools. They live too far from tuition-free government
schools to walk the distance while in primary school.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Remember, we started in 2006, when Nathan Ward came
back from a business trip to Ghana and challenged us to “help James”? Barbara
Gilday (who served in the Canadian version of the Peace Corp in Ghana years
ago) and Maryanne Ward met with Susan Partnow, head of Global Citizen Journey,
to plan a trip to Ghana. We helped Western Heritage Home, a registered Ghanaian
NGO that James Kainyiah started to help children whose families had been so
ravaged by HIV-AIDs, build a children’s home (thank you Boeing & Global
Citizens folks for that first project!). We had such a good time that some of
us decided to form another non-profit called Ghana Together (thank you Celia
Chandler, for the name!), and continued to “help James”!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And in the 16 years since, thanks to all our American
financial “investors” and the incredible efforts of James Kainyiah, Evans
Arloo, Mercy Ackah, and others in Ghana, we have accomplished so much. For a
year-by-year history of our mutual efforts, click on the “Milestones” or “News”
pages at <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://ghanatogether.org/">https://ghanatogether.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We have discussed our
phase-out plans thoroughly with our Ghanaian associates. They say they have
learned immeasurably from us (and we might add, we from them!). James himself is
at the stage of life where he has the time to put even more into Western
Heritage Home. He’s definitely going to continue, and has shared with us that
he wants to incorporate some of our very American ideas about local support via
non-profit, charitable organizations. Of course, any funds we raise over what
is needed to finish the projects Ghana Together has supported we will leave
with WHH to help them make the transition as a more local, Ghanaian-supported
organization. We have such a long relationship, and have built so much trust in
our Ghanaian partners.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But yes, we ask for your financial help <u>just once more</u>---we are
determined to make sure our WHH scholars are able to finish their degrees. Luckily,
the college costs there are nothing like ours here in the US! And the exchange
rate is very much in our favor right now. <b><u>But
to wrap it up right, we estimate we need to raise around $25,000 for the
tuition, room, board, supplies, final exam fees, and some “transition support”
as they begin their post-graduate lives.<o:p></o:p></u></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We assure you that 100% of your donations go to support our projects. We
are at this time, until Jan 1, 2023, a qualified US non-profit 501c3,
registered in the State of Washington. Our Federal ID is EIN 26-2182965. Donations are tax-deductible, per IRS rules. If
you need more info or have ideas to share, please contact us! <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>You can contribute with a check payable to Ghana Together via US mail,
sent to our address at 808 Addison Place, Mount Vernon, WA 98273. Or you may be
able to use the PayPal link on our website: <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://ghanatogether.org/HTML/Donations.html">https://ghanatogether.org/HTML/Donations.html</a></span>.
If you are in Ghana, you can deposit funds into the Western Heritage Home account
at Ghana Commercial Bank. </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Our Scholars have been through a lot, but they have persevered, and we
feel strongly that they deserve our support.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We are grateful! Thank you so much!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;">Ghana Together Directors: Maryanne Ward, Rich
Ward, Louise Wilkinson, Diana Franco Ward, Nathan Ward, and our Western
Heritage Home associates, especially James Kainyiah (Chair of WHH), Evans Arloo
(WHH Operations Mgr), and Mercy Ackah</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"> <i>(Ghana Library Authority Regional Director)<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">PS:And how much we miss Jerome Chandler who died just this
past July. He served on our Board since inception and did so much for science
education in the Axim District Junior Highs and Axim Girls Senior High. And we
gratefully remember our other founders who have passed away: Leif Pederson, Suz
Hirst, Tom Castor.</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left;"><i style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"> What a journey it
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Heritage Home “Scholars” in 2008. Most are now young adults and finding their
way. But many still identify as “WHH Scholars” and stay in touch with each
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Ben in 2007 and Gladys in 2010 and together in October 2022!</span></span></div></div></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; tab-stops: center 3.75in left 354.75pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_6" o:spid="_x0000_i1027" style="height: 105.75pt; mso-wrap-style: square; visibility: visible; width: 250.5pt;" type="#_x0000_t75">
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Library/Community Center. And back of building. They like
their color! Fun!</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcPucbYwjBYE2kPPTIYCrbKAcyprmLM9F1HenAzVM5tmB8RDpP4avOv0whOv_F-94BYW0YMJzTRUNsD5F2DMwEwq8_mMQO0SXswZAsV11mQDBsz_dM7Hvb4ow5KtLrCNMPcb6GjvUgep27p1eKYSPj3FscjFNH59EfHiEObxq_o-gGFJ_ouxTRiZ96LA/s960/littlegirlAximllbrary.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="954" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcPucbYwjBYE2kPPTIYCrbKAcyprmLM9F1HenAzVM5tmB8RDpP4avOv0whOv_F-94BYW0YMJzTRUNsD5F2DMwEwq8_mMQO0SXswZAsV11mQDBsz_dM7Hvb4ow5KtLrCNMPcb6GjvUgep27p1eKYSPj3FscjFNH59EfHiEObxq_o-gGFJ_ouxTRiZ96LA/w373-h375/littlegirlAximllbrary.jpg" width="373" /></span></a></div><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Ghana
Library Authority—are you ready for the handover?! She definitely is!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p>
</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Thank
you all! <b>We’re in this TOGETHER!!!</b></span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Donations can be mailed to this address: </b><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">808 Addison Place, Mount Vernon, WA 98273</b></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Or make donation via Paypal on the Donations page of website: </b></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="https://Ghanatogether.org">https://Ghanatogether.org</a></b></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center;"><br /></p>Ghana Togetherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17602905333876830187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712759548290089150.post-45549924698745728492022-05-27T10:23:00.002-07:002022-05-27T16:06:08.454-07:00Nothing is going to stop them!<p> We just wired $5000 to Western Heritage Home! For what, you may be asking? :)</p><p>Well, we happen to have a few scholars who are simply undeterred by things like pandemics, online only classes, faculty strikes, and who knows what else? BUT as of now, they are back in class!</p><p>So, <u>Emmanuella </u>is in Year 3, Semester 2 at Winneba University, majoring in Special Education for the Blind, especially. Since she has limited sight herself and uses a special computer with a very BIG screen plus Braille, she knows the territory!</p><p><u>Gifty</u> is in Year 3, Semester 2 at Winneba University, majoring in Social Studies Education, with a lot of emphasis on the VERY long and complex history and culture of Ghana and West Africa in general. She has the personality of a natural teacher!</p><p><u>Ernestina</u> is in Year 3, Semester 2 at Takoradi Technical University, majoring in Information Technology---she wants to be a computer whiz, and has tourism applications, especially, in mind. And she'll do it!</p><p><u>Lamine and George</u> are both in Year 2, Semester 2 at Takoradi Technical University majoring in all things welding, fabrication, and construction in general. They can build or fix anything!</p><p><u>Ben and Gladys </u>are in JHS at Manye Academy---thank you, Manye for all these years of supporting our WHH Scholars! These two orphaned kids are our youngest and are fortunate that a local "Auntie" has taken them into her home.</p><p>And then there are the two students in Grade 6 at the very remote <u>Apewosika Academy</u> and six more at the <u>Maako Future Leadership Primary School</u>. Both schools are in neighborhoods way beyond reasonable walking distance for primary kids to a public school, so we've helped there. But next year they'll be able to walk to a public junior high school.</p><p>Yes, this is Ghana Together's final year, but we're not done yet!! We will see that these youngest WHH students will finish their education we've been helping them with for so many years! We will leave enough to our wonderful partners of Western Heritage Home to make sure these students are able to complete their courses, as long as they themselves dedicate themselves fully to that end. (Kids, This is "Mom" speaking---don't mess up!!)</p><p>AND, the new Axim Public Library is basically finished structurally. They are working on the interior---painting, finishing the flooring, etc. and then MOVING IN! And our favorite Librarian, Mercy Ackah, will be finishing her Masters in Library Science this September, and will be certified to oversee the Ghana National Library Authority's and Axim Municipal Assembly's management of the new facility. </p><p>So, that's where we are right now! <u>And yes, we could stand some help.</u> It's interesting to us, as Americans, that one semester at University there costs about $550 US. Compare that to our own costs here! The exchange rate is very favorable to us, right now, so that makes it easier to make sure these scholars are able to continue their coursework. </p><p>Thanks for past help and thanks for reading!</p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14.24px; text-align: center; text-indent: 10px;"><i> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></i></span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.24px; text-indent: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">To help: <a href="http://ghanatogether.org/HTML/Donations.html" style="color: #800040; text-decoration-line: none;">http://ghanatogether.org/HTML/Donations.html</a></span></span></i></p><div align="center" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.24px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-indent: 7.5pt;"><div align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-indent: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Email: info@ghanatogether.org</i></span></span></div></div><div align="center" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.24px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-indent: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">808 Addison Place, Mount Vernon, WA 98273</span></i></span></div><div align="center" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.24px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-indent: 7.5pt;"><i style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 14.24px;">Website: <a href="http://ghanatogether.org/" style="color: #800040; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue;">http://ghanatogether.org</span></a></i></div><p><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: x-small; text-align: center; text-indent: 10px;"><span style="text-align: start;"></span></span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14.24px; text-indent: 10px;"></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.24px; text-indent: 10px;" /></p><div align="center" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.24px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-indent: 7.5pt;"><br /></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Ghana Togetherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17602905333876830187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712759548290089150.post-72446645159314905412022-04-06T10:17:00.002-07:002022-04-06T19:57:32.294-07:00Something to cheer us up<div class="separator"><span style="font-size: medium;">Yesterday, we had great news! <b>Frederick Johnson </b>has been a "WHH Scholar" since he was a very young boy, thanks to his classification by the Ghana government as an "ORV"---an orphaned or vulnerable child. He grew up in the Western Heritage Children's Home, thanks to an incredible effort by the Axim, Ghana leaders, especially James Kainyiah, and because of the generous support of all <b><u>you</u>, </b>our dear readers!</span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Along with all the WHH Scholars, he attended the nearby Primary/JHS Manye Academy and from a very early age, showed a fascination with electricity. And since back in the early 2000's, Ghana was just really getting into electricity, he became a sort of "assistant" to the electrician who was working at his school. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">And so, that leads us to yesterday! After a long journey, he has achieved a goal he's harbored for many years. He has arrived! Yesterday he was granted a certificate as a Licensed Electrical Wiring Professional! We are proud and we are grateful. </span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-HerIFO-u2CeVYCO_-wxpRnBstrUhAKiedXn4TNH01SpYg2vE7HIwbqPGEc7q3WiGnRD8gOaH8WWDahd3FNZaaz8DkcCz1jxAJFlr-ezNd-NtGxwQk-J5wwYKPsxyFetWQhth691D4haFdpedmwinop9-CUZ8TnlO2DUVYpywlgKQQAmyGWADBFH-1A/s1600/2008-03%20Ghana%20Maryanne%20(178).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="441" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-HerIFO-u2CeVYCO_-wxpRnBstrUhAKiedXn4TNH01SpYg2vE7HIwbqPGEc7q3WiGnRD8gOaH8WWDahd3FNZaaz8DkcCz1jxAJFlr-ezNd-NtGxwQk-J5wwYKPsxyFetWQhth691D4haFdpedmwinop9-CUZ8TnlO2DUVYpywlgKQQAmyGWADBFH-1A/w331-h441/2008-03%20Ghana%20Maryanne%20(178).JPG" width="331" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Frederick in 2008, proudly showing he can spell his name!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt-WRM23emzGpxKQPBHohozAhOjHpvXqglCs1ao94MMC1VpnglRMI7vZTFS5c5Ay-2I6prQieLTKc4X0VPnvaPY4ehn3PZRatkz9iZ0MS1Y9lMkXVaI8K3k_S12qkFdpBMI0J72QS27t3ZsbZDxm0Kb4ROz9zmqditWIMQLO4DSdiLeKHe3TSKufvmwA/s984/IMG-20220406-WA0001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="984" data-original-width="432" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt-WRM23emzGpxKQPBHohozAhOjHpvXqglCs1ao94MMC1VpnglRMI7vZTFS5c5Ay-2I6prQieLTKc4X0VPnvaPY4ehn3PZRatkz9iZ0MS1Y9lMkXVaI8K3k_S12qkFdpBMI0J72QS27t3ZsbZDxm0Kb4ROz9zmqditWIMQLO4DSdiLeKHe3TSKufvmwA/w202-h464/IMG-20220406-WA0001.jpg" width="202" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Frederick yesterday, showing his professional certificate!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgPIr-JeAEcCh3YmdUh5zBpbXfwnNT21OmyycwhiaHWP8AnzcpWeUBFTJ_rTsowJ6v8fSG_SbbzVHKmgllDSnk6iC9jfKf9HCsvTBI4fTRnxE0QDw6gliIuYdrPZh6943obgUgWo1UchuryAfVepWYYkoCDR52EuMMSlTx9U6MkXbheQy-6S1TA9Emmw/s984/IMG-20220406-WA0004.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="984" data-original-width="432" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgPIr-JeAEcCh3YmdUh5zBpbXfwnNT21OmyycwhiaHWP8AnzcpWeUBFTJ_rTsowJ6v8fSG_SbbzVHKmgllDSnk6iC9jfKf9HCsvTBI4fTRnxE0QDw6gliIuYdrPZh6943obgUgWo1UchuryAfVepWYYkoCDR52EuMMSlTx9U6MkXbheQy-6S1TA9Emmw/w212-h484/IMG-20220406-WA0004.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana; text-align: center; text-indent: 10px;"><i><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Website: <a href="http://ghanatogether.org/" style="color: #800040; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue;">http://ghanatogether.org</span></a></i><br style="text-align: start;" /></span><div align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-indent: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black;"><i><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">To help: <a href="http://ghanatogether.org/HTML/Donations.html" style="color: #800040; text-decoration-line: none;">http://ghanatogether.org/HTML/Donations.html</a></span></span></i></span></div><div align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-indent: 7.5pt;"><div align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-indent: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Email: info@ghanatogether.org</i></span></span></div></div><div align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-indent: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">808 Addison Place, Mount Vernon, WA 98273</span></i></span></div><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: x-small; text-align: center; text-indent: 10px;"><span style="text-align: start;"></span></span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.24px; text-indent: 10px;"></span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.24px; text-indent: 10px;" /><div align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.24px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-indent: 7.5pt;"><img height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgZhP04dmAUsia2SDcoJUE69I3KhNgsr9E1rHRRdFf5qOlZvMY3XuVkfH5ZCDgZSnj-RVzx-1GLmEMJlmNyJzCMLTPXhkl9FD6CBgRakAlgQnm1NPY9AC799FNU8P6iCmIhyphenhyphenGVkoN7XrHg/s200/Ghana+Together+Logo+%2528300+dpi%252C+color%2529.gif" style="font-size: 14.24px; text-indent: 7.5pt;" width="200" /></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Ghana Togetherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17602905333876830187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712759548290089150.post-80082223474759254732021-11-14T14:35:00.000-08:002021-11-14T14:35:02.682-08:00Looking Back, Looking Forward...<p> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Dear friends of Ghana Together,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is the time of year when we look back at what we've accomplished with our Western Heritage Home partners in Ghana. What can we say, but thank you, thank you---to you, our generous friends, and to our wonderful friends in Axim who have worked so hard to keep everything going during this entire year! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">AND, it's when we look forward to goals for next year and the resources it will take to accomplish them.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">And, yes, with Covid-19, there have been challenges, but we can honestly say that 2021 has been a very good year! We have prepared our Annual Update Letter to fill you in. Please click on the link below:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://ghanatogether.org/documents/AnnualUpdateLetter.pdf" target="_blank"><b>Ghana Together Annual Update Letter</b></a></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And yes, we do ask for your support going into 2022. We have decided to make 2022 our "phase out" year, as our letter explains in detail. However, we have a number of students who still need our support. And we are going to finish the new purpose-built Axim Public Library for sure! </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.24px; margin: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 10px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Take care of yourselves and each other, all of you!</span><o:p style="font-size: 14.24px;"></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.24px; text-align: center; text-indent: 10px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center; text-indent: 10px;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Website: <a href="http://ghanatogether.org/" style="color: #800040; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue;">http://ghanatogether.org</span></a></i><br style="text-align: start;" /></span><div align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-indent: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black;"><i><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">To help: <a href="http://ghanatogether.org/HTML/Donations.html" style="color: #800040; text-decoration-line: none;">http://ghanatogether.org/HTML/Donations.html</a></span></span></i></span></div><div align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-indent: 7.5pt;"><div align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-indent: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Email: info@ghanatogether.org</i></span></span></div></div><div align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-indent: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">808 Addison Place, Mount Vernon, WA 98273</span></i></span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-align: start;"></span></span><span style="font-size: 14.24px; font-size: 14.24px; text-align: start;"></span><br style="font-size: 14.24px; text-align: start;" /><div align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 14.24px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-indent: 7.5pt;"><img height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgZhP04dmAUsia2SDcoJUE69I3KhNgsr9E1rHRRdFf5qOlZvMY3XuVkfH5ZCDgZSnj-RVzx-1GLmEMJlmNyJzCMLTPXhkl9FD6CBgRakAlgQnm1NPY9AC799FNU8P6iCmIhyphenhyphenGVkoN7XrHg/s200/Ghana+Together+Logo+%2528300+dpi%252C+color%2529.gif" style="font-size: 14.24px; text-indent: 7.5pt;" width="200" /></div></div><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p>Ghana Togetherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17602905333876830187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712759548290089150.post-20893144400461733602021-06-14T10:16:00.007-07:002021-06-16T10:28:50.084-07:00Update on Axim Public Library Project<p> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">As we reported in our March 2021 <i>News Update</i> (</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18.6667px;"><a href="http://ghanatogether.blogspot.com">http://ghanatogether.blogspot.com</a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">) , we are
supporting Axim and the Ghana National Library Authority’s efforts to at last
create a purpose-built library in Axim. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">Yes, we were a little skeptical back in
2019, when the leadership of Western Heritage Home, our partner in Ghana, made
the formal request for help. After all, our philosophy is basically to hear them out
on their ideas for potential projects, ask tons of questions, and if it seems
to make sense, either because of lack of financial resources or expertise, offer help, but plan carefully!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Well, part of that process was James Kainyiah,
Chairman of Western Heritage Home, and Ghana Together President Maryanne Ward
having a 3-hour meeting in Accra in late 2018 with Hayford Siaw, Head of the
Ghana National Library Authority (a department of their Ghana Education Service), and Mercy Ackah, Western Region Libraries Deputy
Director. We were convinced by that meeting that public libraries, along with
tuition-free public education through senior high school, were tops on Ghana’s agenda to support literacy country-wide, and that the Axim Library would get
support going forward.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Maryanne had traveled to Ghana 14 times, and had experienced
first-hand the low literacy among adult Ghanaians, especially women, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On that 2018 trip, she visited 17 schools
receiving books from the Axim Public Library’s mobile library service in lieu
of libraries in their schools---a service made possible by Ghana Together’s
many generous investors! She met with teachers, heard the children read aloud in
unison (each from their own separate book) to show off their skills (!), and
saw how the schools valued the service. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">BUT, all this was being managed from a very confined
space on the top floor of a community building built by the Peace Corps in its
earliest years---and with a lousy staircase to boot---try carrying large boxes
of books up and down…you get the picture! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To develop true public library services, a
purpose-built facility was badly needed. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">So, Chairman James, ever-resourceful, developed an
architectural plan and started working with community leaders. The Methodist
Church---long a strong source of educational efforts in the community---donated
land right in the downtown area, within easy walking distance of five schools
and much of the residential area. The Upper Axim Chief poured a libation to
bless the project, and honor the ancestors who had used that land for
centuries. The “CodeLibrary” group of supportive elders was founded to foster
community support. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We of Ghana Together started to work on funding for
this new project (in addition to continuing the scholarships/school-cost
projects already in the works). If not for Covid, we’d have visited at least
once in late 2020 to review progress. Thanks to the internet, we communicate on
almost a daily basis with leadership in Axim on the project. And as of June
2021, we are now about two-thirds done with the project, slowed but continuing
in spite of Covid-19.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">And then, on June 3, 2021, out of the blue (!), came
the announcement that the Ghana Library Authority, the institution mandated by
law to establish, equip, maintain and manage public libraries in Ghana, has
emerged as the winner of the "International Library of the Year" by the London Book Fair (LBF)
International Excellence Awards 2021! WOW!!! This award is a big deal, and
served to verify our modest efforts to help Ghana in its drive to develop
public libraries in every part of the country.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">So, thanks for reading this far! You can see how this
is coming to fruition. The local community, thanks to the efforts of the
CodeLibrary group and local leaders, will take on the responsibility to
furnish the new library upon completion of the building. The Axim Municipal
Assembly (like our city councils), will own the building going forward, manage
it, provide electrical services, etc. The Ghana Library Authority, under the
national Department of Education, will continue to fund programs, staff, and
resources as they do in all public libraries. Local folks, led by the
CodeLibrary elders, will voluntarily move the books, shelving, etc. from the
old library to the new one, clean up the site, help to get everything in
working order, and provide a supportive community group going forward. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 316.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We of Ghana Together, for
our part, have committed to finishing the building, hopefully by the end of
2021. If you can help, we’d appreciate it a lot! Anything in excess of what is needed for the library will be put to use on scholarships or other educational efforts. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>We estimate we
need about $25,000 US to completely finish it.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;"><b>GHANA
TOGETHER<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;"><b>808
ADDISON PLACE<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"><b>MOUNT
VERNON, WA 98273</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><a href="https://ghanatogether.org/HTML/Donations.html" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">https://ghanatogether.org/HTML/Donations.html</a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1jJnEpC6T3uBGu8Lwc2YrM4cWv6jB_NdRfn3vGaYvK0NaC7S1pwFtw319OFhC7NtalkfzMA0sijfGLPnPo7pWkeszwbKvYzhmfZ0bQyZXU2xnUFWl0XcMqTrwZFR89uqwaRYblLqalpW_/s988/2021-06-07+library-anastasia-b%2526g-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="988" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1jJnEpC6T3uBGu8Lwc2YrM4cWv6jB_NdRfn3vGaYvK0NaC7S1pwFtw319OFhC7NtalkfzMA0sijfGLPnPo7pWkeszwbKvYzhmfZ0bQyZXU2xnUFWl0XcMqTrwZFR89uqwaRYblLqalpW_/w531-h251/2021-06-07+library-anastasia-b%2526g-2.jpg" width="531" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The new Library-in-progress, as of about two weeks ago, with WHH Scholars Gladys and Ben plus WHH leader Anastasia who traveled from Takoradi to inspect the new Library. The bottom floor will be a "community space", where children's programs, women's groups. local civic meeting, etc. can meet. For security they will put the library proper on the 2nd floor, including books, computers, etc. to prevent theft. On the right you can see a ramp being built to help folks who have trouble with stairs get up to the 2nd floor and to facilitate a wheeled cart to get boxes of books to and from the mobile library. The electrical hookup is complete, with fans and lights installed and working. Step-by-step! The work has continued despite Covid but with fewer workers then normal. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Ghana Together is so appreciative of the care and oversight by local leaders and citizens. We are grateful for the strong trust relationship we've built over about 15 years of working together! And we're grateful for YOU, our "investors", as we like to say---investing in literacy, education especially of girls, building community in this historical city that has endured so much over the centuries! Thank You!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0MnCdt_CMPGhky8O6aXQeEZRjUHKOMSsOp2n0zPD9uiAqAIzlTTCid2uHl17h4t8AhBDKIb8q1q0FJSfawh6_AIfkU3PeGwuVwKPaifBqaudQLayWnVpJ4aYg5RB3D_0-2g8YNV803USq/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0MnCdt_CMPGhky8O6aXQeEZRjUHKOMSsOp2n0zPD9uiAqAIzlTTCid2uHl17h4t8AhBDKIb8q1q0FJSfawh6_AIfkU3PeGwuVwKPaifBqaudQLayWnVpJ4aYg5RB3D_0-2g8YNV803USq/" width="240" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://ghanatogether.org">https://ghanatogether.org</a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 316.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 316.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 316.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p>Ghana Togetherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17602905333876830187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712759548290089150.post-38105519400222036912021-03-24T13:26:00.002-07:002021-03-24T13:37:55.249-07:00GHANA TOGETHER UPDATE<p style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: times;"> <span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">GHANA TOGETHER UPDATE</span></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">Thanks to the <u>ever-faithful </u>Evans Arloo, Western Heritage
Home’s on-the-ground guy in Axim, we have good current info on what’s happening
with our students and the library project.<span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">In general, yes, Covid-19 is affecting everything they do
although, as we reported in our <a href="https://ghanatogether.org/documents/AnnualUpdateLetter.pdf" target="">annual end-of-the-year update letter</a>, they are
coping. Some think their ongoing experience with HIV-AIDS, ebola, malaria, and
tropical diseases in general has helped them adapt preventively. There have
been reports that their experience has been less severe than northern
countries, such as Europe, Canada, US, etc., perhaps in part because their
climate allows people to spend most of their time outdoors rather than in crowded
indoor spaces. We are sure science research on the variations world-wide of the
coronavirus experience will continue for a long time!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">Ghana was the first nation to receive the World Health
Organization’s COVAX vaccines---some 600,000 doses. They are reporting more are
on the way, and their goal is to have everyone vaccinated who wants to be by
end of October, 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;"><b><u>But meanwhile, Western Heritage Home persists and we are
grateful.</u></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;"><u>As of Arloo’s report from March 9, 2021, our university-level
WHH scholars are attending classes, divided between online and in-person
sessions, thanks to Covid-19.</u> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">We were able to provide good-quality android-type
phones for each of them. Some of their work at the university can be done in
computer labs, and sometimes they have wifi access with their laptops in their
living quarters. But they don’t always have wifi access, or it’s intermittent
because of “dumsor”, as they call it---electricity going on and off pretty much
randomly which screws up the servers, etc. So, with good-quality phones, they
can do their assignments pretty much no matter what! We have to admire their
persistence!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">--<u>Emmanuella</u> is in her 2<sup>nd</sup> year in Special
Education at Winneba University. <u>Gifty</u> is in her 2<sup>nd</sup> year of her BA
in Social Studies Education, also at Winneba, preparing for a teaching career. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">--<u>Ernestina</u> and <u>Peter</u> are in their 2<sup>nd</sup> year in
Computer Technology. <u>George</u> and <u>Larmin</u> are in 2<sup>nd</sup> year of Welding
and Fabrication Engineering. All four at Takoradi University. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">--<u>Fredrick</u> has finished his electrical engineering training
at CDVTI and doing an apprenticeship at a hotel in Ankobra. He is waiting for
his exam results to actually graduate. <u>Godwin</u> is learning plumbing at
CDVTI---such a needed skill in Ghana! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">--<u>Ben</u> is in JHS 2 at Manye Academy and <u>Gladys</u> is in JHS 1. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">--Our graduate nurses---<u>Dorothy, Charlotte, and
Philomena</u>---are making the transition to self-sufficiency (we are PROUD!).
Dorothy is working for the Ghana Health Service as a “permanent nurse.” Charlotte
and Philo are working for an American “NGO” (non-profit), together with the
Ghana Health Service, on a program to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">--And, finally (!), our twenty-two scholarship students at
<u>Apewosika Village School</u> and eight at rural <u>Maako Future Leaders Primary</u> are
all attending in-person. Whew!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;"><u>And, we are so happy to report that work on the <b>NEW
LIBRARY</b> is going well!</u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times; line-height: 107%;"><u> Talk about persistence!!! </u></span><span style="font-family: times;">Arloo reports that so far so good. The work in progress
at the library project is ongoing. The
project has reached a stage for which the following has been done after the
roofing was completed:</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">--Electrical and Internet networking conduit PVC wall
pipes laying complete. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">--Inside and outside plastering completed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><u><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="line-height: 107%;">The remaining work includes</span></u><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="line-height: 107%;">: <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">--New water service to be constructed by the Ghana Water
Company Limited which has been paid for and for the completion by the company; <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">--Electrical cable laying and ECG power;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">--Internet Data cable laying for internet access and E
library;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">--Ceiling work;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">--Floor and Washrooms Tiling;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">--Basement block, staircase for disabled persons, wall
block work and plastering;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">--Library compound work;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="line-height: 107%;">--Finally painting and stuffing of furniture, computers
and books (I think his use of the word “stuffing” is a little different from
ours---probably means “setting up” or something similar! </span><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Verdana; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Verdana; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> )</span><o:p style="font-size: 12pt;"></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8edfN_XXE_7hE15EwUClscP0QsYmjbkfcIOHXhqwP4qBXiX36bpWZQjlRMs84QmP5sPHumWnPL5Nb9R5DH6rOaKupH7neVeKQxxPqSMi3-R6HPztBw4U2A7NQ75ulAr3BbtgXHqmkO-re/s988/IMG-20210227-WA0002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="988" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8edfN_XXE_7hE15EwUClscP0QsYmjbkfcIOHXhqwP4qBXiX36bpWZQjlRMs84QmP5sPHumWnPL5Nb9R5DH6rOaKupH7neVeKQxxPqSMi3-R6HPztBw4U2A7NQ75ulAr3BbtgXHqmkO-re/w640-h304/IMG-20210227-WA0002.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2THrCoRdPoLGO1JQN5mY8OOrrkcI7E4vlsW8FkNUXG1dZehWJuGTMYSQF3ozx8haapWcWcbDEwcT1mQrhiNL460M9yVbkRBtt_r_XAAgWtSnO5bExNKjrjH7Blgu19k79oMV6TowKEslH/s988/IMG-20210227-WA0003.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="988" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2THrCoRdPoLGO1JQN5mY8OOrrkcI7E4vlsW8FkNUXG1dZehWJuGTMYSQF3ozx8haapWcWcbDEwcT1mQrhiNL460M9yVbkRBtt_r_XAAgWtSnO5bExNKjrjH7Blgu19k79oMV6TowKEslH/w640-h304/IMG-20210227-WA0003.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Photos of new Axim Public Library building, as of March 9, 2021</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Oh, we give so much thanks to so
many, starting with our Ghanaian associates who never seem to lose heart no
matter what! And the hearts of our American friends are in the right place, too. Thank you to all who have been supportive in one way or another---from the energy of the WHH Scholars to persist in their studies, the dedication of James Kainyiah and Evans Arloo in their leadership/management roles, the support of the 40 or so "elders" in Axim who belong to the informal "CodeLibrary" whatsapp group and do their best to support efforts, to the Methodist Church which donated land and continues to be supportive, and to so many American friends who have stayed faithful, and to the Ghana Cedi/US dollar exchange rate which has been in our favor! Thank you for large and small things!</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.24px; margin: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 10px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 10px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Take care of yourselves and each other, all of you!</span><o:p style="font-size: 14.24px;"></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.24px; text-align: center; text-indent: 10px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.24px; text-align: center; text-indent: 10px;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Website: <a href="http://ghanatogether.org/" style="color: #800040; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue;">http://ghanatogether.org</span></a></i><br style="text-align: start;" /></span><div align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-indent: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black;"><i><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">To help: <a href="http://ghanatogether.org/HTML/Donations.html" style="color: #800040; text-decoration-line: none;">http://ghanatogether.org/HTML/Donations.html</a></span></span></i></span></div><div align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-indent: 7.5pt;"><div align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-indent: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Email: info@ghanatogether.org</i></span></span></div></div><div align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-indent: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">808 Addison Place, Mount Vernon, WA 98273</span></i></span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-align: start;"></span></span><span style="font-size: 14.24px; text-align: start;"></span><br style="font-size: 14.24px; text-align: start;" /><div align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 14.24px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-indent: 7.5pt;"><img height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgZhP04dmAUsia2SDcoJUE69I3KhNgsr9E1rHRRdFf5qOlZvMY3XuVkfH5ZCDgZSnj-RVzx-1GLmEMJlmNyJzCMLTPXhkl9FD6CBgRakAlgQnm1NPY9AC799FNU8P6iCmIhyphenhyphenGVkoN7XrHg/s200/Ghana+Together+Logo+%2528300+dpi%252C+color%2529.gif" style="font-size: 14.24px; text-indent: 7.5pt;" width="200" /></div></div>Ghana Togetherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17602905333876830187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712759548290089150.post-29204163074237261272020-12-21T20:01:00.000-08:002020-12-21T20:01:02.723-08:00Determination wins out and a new roof is in place!<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Yes, the
work goes on, in spite of COVID-19!</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span>As of
today, Dec 21, 2020, the <b><u>roof</u></b> on the new purpose-built Axim Public Library is
FINISHED!! Wow!! Just in time for the “rainy season”, which in this tropical
place, just 4 degrees from the equator, is no small thing! First, in January or
so, comes “harmattan”---the sandy dust blowing from the East, over the Sahara
Desert and over West Africa. Hot and dry and dusty from until late Nov to
mid-March or so in Ghana. Then the wind does a “180”, and in comes the rain
from West from the Atlantic Ocean! Yes, it clears the dust, and cools the
temperature, but it pretty much soaks everything, too. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So…good to have the new
roof in place so work on the side walls and the interior of the building can commence in the New
Year.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;">We
documented the start of the project back on Jan. 17 with this News Update: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://ghanatogether.blogspot.com/2020/01/libation-is-poured-new-library-is.html">Ghana
Together News Updates: Libation Is Poured! New Library Is Launched!</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;">Hopes
were high! The "elders" formed a group to show their support. The Ghana Library Authority's Regional Director gave the OK to the project. The Methodist Church donated the land. Western Heritage Home was elated to start their number one project for 2020. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And then…yes we all know what 2020 has been, for us in the United
States, for Ghanaians, and for the world! But work had commenced and as the pandemic reached Ghana, they kept going. Work slowed but
didn’t stop. They had to use fewer workers who had to distance, and take extra care, but they kept going.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;">They were
determined to get at least the roofing complete before the rain comes, if not
the walls. Not finishing would have delayed the project by some months! And
they did it!!! Time to take a bit of Christmas/New Year break and they’ll be at
it and finish the project---maybe in time for Kundum Festival in September 2021!
Just in time for Chief Awulae himself to pour his blessing!!</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdtV7Cm9WairnMjkkEzOyEcAzvmrGw3aWSU7ccjptN2F-6RMNG9AUVEaM4qSdxFPI7rR9gLievgsZW0MWjP5lD8attnHoFrljsxzFqTTnf8q2-IoWcxmDy2bfvSyTe61ysLx8RUPqhZ5Yv/s1000/IMG-20201218-WA0004.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="1000" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdtV7Cm9WairnMjkkEzOyEcAzvmrGw3aWSU7ccjptN2F-6RMNG9AUVEaM4qSdxFPI7rR9gLievgsZW0MWjP5lD8attnHoFrljsxzFqTTnf8q2-IoWcxmDy2bfvSyTe61ysLx8RUPqhZ5Yv/w493-h237/IMG-20201218-WA0004.jpg" width="493" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEQs_p6E6pNffsAUhLaK9m1Zf0-DAlevFUZa00fMen1ZEM9Jq1peRG1ni1gKElFkylqUdmnqrQmdhmRlCtj9wEG-VZLdvgjxQTQFnI3mDBFVGnH5v6n_dLDSKwZmw8pU2T6MtSxERMp1HI/s1000/IMG-20201218-WA0005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="1000" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEQs_p6E6pNffsAUhLaK9m1Zf0-DAlevFUZa00fMen1ZEM9Jq1peRG1ni1gKElFkylqUdmnqrQmdhmRlCtj9wEG-VZLdvgjxQTQFnI3mDBFVGnH5v6n_dLDSKwZmw8pU2T6MtSxERMp1HI/w512-h247/IMG-20201218-WA0005.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbenDNhW1MrtQUO7_mgW0pGEeJtMRJed72szwR6zoj6ZYxqUJzbQ6CXyULn934T3Foh_1L8hn1DvqCju3uUUGGAFo6_EPUPMhrqePLJ3FzIJCwjzN3fmSTY6Tsul8VRDLBH_yHjJ316eaV/s860/IMG-20201218-WA0001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="385" data-original-width="860" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbenDNhW1MrtQUO7_mgW0pGEeJtMRJed72szwR6zoj6ZYxqUJzbQ6CXyULn934T3Foh_1L8hn1DvqCju3uUUGGAFo6_EPUPMhrqePLJ3FzIJCwjzN3fmSTY6Tsul8VRDLBH_yHjJ316eaV/w517-h230/IMG-20201218-WA0001.jpg" width="517" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><img border="0" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="655" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG-ooEO2F4Tp5Skhyphenhyphen_SVh_5Z26CzJAypVEXmpVWQGLTqFI0F-d0flCs5_jAPKk69YL3KxFuzx57CoC1kof176tdcDqlR7nqNVSAyUU2WdM28Dj5DDLhl-uER-7pMYZRQm46EvrmeZ6x0Do/w515-h331/IMG-20201218-WA0003.jpg" style="color: #0000ee;" width="515" /></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br /></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="text-align: left;">And, in other news, we are so happy to report that our <u>three nursing graduates</u>---Philo, Charlotte, and Dorothy---all now have jobs as nursing assistants, as of this November. Not an easy time to start their careers, but they are very happy to be employed and are well-trained. We are so proud of these three young women who became Western Heritage Scholars because they were designated by Ghana’s government as OVC’s---orphaned or vulnerable children---14 years ago and now are adults starting their careers!</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Not much
news on our Western Heritage Home students. Most are not in class, and most
schools are closed. Our university level students did do online classes first
term---not sure what the plans are going to be for 2021---they typically take a
break this time of year. We will continue our support as needed going forward.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And how
can we thank all our “investors”---especially Americans who have donated funds
for so many projects and now for this new library? It will finally be a home
for the almost 16,000 books you gave us, computers, a hub for the mobile
tricycle to get those books to those kids in schools all over Nzema, a meeting
space for all those Axim folks who support their community as best they can…and
a place to hang the beautiful artistic West African quilts made by our own
absolutely amazing Jerome Chandler to honor their rich tradition of beautiful
textiles!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Not an
easy Holiday Season, here or there. But our hearts are thankful and the work
goes on. We are together in this work and also reminded how this is one world
and we’re all here together. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Take care of yourselves and each other, all of
you!</span><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-indent: 10px;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i style="background-color: white; text-indent: 10px;">Website: <a href="http://ghanatogether.org/" style="color: #800040; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue;">http://ghanatogether.org</span></a></i><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: start; text-indent: 10px;" /></span><div align="center" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #333333; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-indent: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black;"><i><span style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">To help: <a href="http://ghanatogether.org/HTML/Donations.html" style="color: #800040; text-decoration-line: none;">http://ghanatogether.org/HTML/Donations.html</a></span></span></i></span></div><div align="center" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #333333; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-indent: 7.5pt;"><div align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-indent: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Email: info@ghanatogether.org</i></span></span></div></div><div align="center" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #333333; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-indent: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">808 Addison Place, Mount Vernon, WA 98273</span></i></span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: start; text-indent: 10px;"></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.24px; text-align: start; text-indent: 10px;"></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.24px; text-align: start; text-indent: 10px;" /><div align="center" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.24px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-indent: 7.5pt;"><img height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgZhP04dmAUsia2SDcoJUE69I3KhNgsr9E1rHRRdFf5qOlZvMY3XuVkfH5ZCDgZSnj-RVzx-1GLmEMJlmNyJzCMLTPXhkl9FD6CBgRakAlgQnm1NPY9AC799FNU8P6iCmIhyphenhyphenGVkoN7XrHg/s200/Ghana+Together+Logo+%2528300+dpi%252C+color%2529.gif" style="font-size: 14.24px; text-indent: 7.5pt;" width="200" /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div align="center" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.24px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-indent: 7.5pt;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: black;"><br /></span><p></p>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Yes, Ghana is struggling with Covid-19. They experienced
it somewhat later than we did here in the US, and closed down schools, group
gatherings, etc. very quickly, which has helped to contain the spread. They
have instituted social/physical distancing, masks, hand-washing, cleaning in the markets, and general precautions against crowds, etc. Folks there have had experience
with pandemics, due to HIV-AIDS and Ebola. But it’s very
difficult in their environment with open markets, close living quarters, inadequate sanitation, etc.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In Axim they have in the past few weeks installed many
“Veronica buckets” (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica_Bucket">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica_Bucket</a>).
These hand-washing stations were invented some years ago by Ghanaian biological
scientist <u>Veronica Bekoe </u>during the HIV-AIDs epidemic. She spent her career working
for the Ghana Health Service and has been honored for this contribution to
public health. Veronica buckets are widely used worldwide where “running water”
is not readily available. About ten years ago, <span style="background: white; color: black;">Jeanie Birchall, a nurse from Bellingham, WA, facilitated a
connection with generous employees from the Whatcom County Health Department in
Bellingham, WA. They enabled </span>Ghana Together to help Axim leaders install 64 of these hand-washing stations in Axim schools. So, in this pandemic, Axim folks are familiar with this resource.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">An Veronica bucket in use---photo taken in 2010</span></i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Meanwhile, schools are closed. Our university scholars
are trying to study online, but it’s tough with not very good internet and with
neither faculty nor students having had prior experience at this. The other scholars we support are not in school. In a country that has so recently made such outstanding progress in providing tuition-free education to every child, even through senior high school, this is very tough.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>MEANWHILE, in the midst of all this, work on the new Axim
Library building, which was launched in January 2020, continues</b>! Construction work is allowed with certain
precautions. They sent a few wonderful new pictures
late this week. They are making good progress, understandably slowed by the virus, with fewer working simultaneously, etc.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The "uprights" are installed and they've been working on the upper level.</span></i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>Work commences on the top of the future building. It's good also to keep these workers on the job!</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">We are really proud of Frederick J, in blue shirt.. He's one of our WHH Scholars who is getting his technical education in electrical work. And he's contributing his knowledge to the new library project!</span></i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">nd this is the "dream" we and our Ghanaian Western Home and Ghana Library Authority colleagues keep in our minds and hearts! One day...before too long...</span></i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The project is managed by the Axim "team"---James Kainyiah, Overall Manager; Evans Arloo, Site Manager; Mr. Cobbinah, Community Leader; Madame Mercy Ackah, Regional Librarian; and the community support of the “CodeLibrary” group. They are a group
of “elders” who have supported and encouraged this project from the start and made their enthusiasm well-known! We
love this! In Ghana, “elders” have a certain authority and respect in the
community! If you have elders on your side, your chances of success are very
high. Thank you!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We are so grateful and inspired by these local Ghanaian leaders. And by <u>YOU</u>, our
faithful “investors”, who we thank from the bottom of our hearts! With your help, we will see this project to fruition. You do so much good! And yes, we could use a bit more help…We're starting to look at the interior furnishings, including shelving, staff workspaces, community room seating, mosquito screening, internet access, etc.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Here we see
Madame Mercy Ackah, former Librarian in Axim and now Regional Library Director,
along with Mr. Isaac Bentil, an official Axim "elder" and church leader. Between them, they
represented the Ghana Library Authority, the land owner, the Methodist Church,
and the Axim community. They are officially signing the paperwork, transferring the land title and the old Methodist Church building to the Ghana National Library
Authority. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>Mercy Ackah and Isaac Bentil sign land and building transfer</i></span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">But, although official
signatures are required for land, that's not quite the final act! We are
grateful to the Chief of Upper Axim. This land is traditionally his
"tribal" land. And so, he came to pour a libation on the land, honoring
the centuries of ancestors who had used that very land for so many purposes.</span></span></span><br />
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he also signified to the whole community of Axim that, in his official role as traditional leader of his people, he has declared the land is now dedicated to a new
purpose-built library for the whole community. Wow!</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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poured, we know FOR SURE that the new Axim Library building project is
officially launched!</span></span></span><br />
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very old, unused, and, given the earthquake potential in this area, unsafe
building owned by the Methodist Church on the land. So, thank you (!) Methodist
Church for generously handing over the old building to the Ghana Library
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supporting the project in spite of the disruptions caused by the noise, dust,
machinery, etc. We especially thank the woman in this picture (center background), whose
highly-decorated "cooking station" will have to be removed in order to
make way for the machinery. It will be replaced. She supports the library
because she herself has young children and she wants them to have this resource.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt;">As our readers are well aware, we of Ghana Together have been
working with Western Heritage Home on public library projects for about ten
years now. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt;"> ---helped WHH procure a large "tricycle" to serve
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about 30-40 </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt;"><a href="https://ghanatogether.blogspot.com/2019/11/sometimes-it-takes-team.html" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #0066cc;">newly refurbished computers </span></a><span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; orphans: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">waiting to outfit a
new computer lab in the new library when it opens, thanks to Legacy SHS in
Marysville, Washington</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: black;"><b><u>SO...this
project to build a new library is a continuation of many years of effort. </u></b></span></span></div>
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are inspired by the Ghana National Library Authority, a national level
governmental department that owns, staffs, and supervises public libraries in
Ghana, with support from locally-elected District Assemblies. </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: black;">Leaders like
Madame Ackah, her superior the GHLA Director Hayford Siaw, and the local leaders
pictured here are mounting an all-out campaign to put Ghana's public libraries
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: black;">Ghana now has tuition-free education, K-12---quite a miracle in itself, which we have personally experienced on our visits, culminating in senior high about 3-4 years ago. They see public libraries
as undergirding that effort, providing early learning for pre-school level, continuing education and educational resources for all students, and finally offering lifelong learning for everyone including grandmas and grandpas reading for themselves and their families.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt;"><b>And yes, we know the traditional "giving" season is over, and we are <u>totally grateful </u>to our "investors" but...yes! we could use some extra help to put this v<u>ery special, one-time "legacy project</u>" over the top!</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt;">Two amazing young women! Do you two hear a weird sound there, in good old Axim Town,
coming from the Atlantic Ocean, just feet away from where you right now? Believe it or not, that is clapping and cheering from your longtime American
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt;">Yes, Charlotte and Philomena, YOU HAVE DONE IT! You have graduated
from Asanta Nursing School, and we are proud of you! We were delighted to forward to each of you the $300 Graduation Award, set up by our Board Member Leif Pederson before his passing. He intended this gift to be used by graduates to open a bank account, learn to manage money, and pay for transition costs after graduation. How proud he would be of both of you! </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt;">W</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt;">hat an accomplishment for two young women who, at age ten---in
early 2007--- were both taken into the Western Heritage Children's Home as
residents. You are somewhere in this first photo, part of a group of children
who, for various reasons, had been identified by local leaders as OVCs---orphaned
or vulnerable children. You became Western Heritage Home Scholars.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><b>WHH’s motto is “Making Leaders of the Least”...</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: white;">...and with a lot of help from us, they are doing just that! On their behalf, and especially on Philomena and Charlotte's behalf, we of Ghana Together <u>thank so much all </u>who helped make this possible!!</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: white;">And yes, we have more students currently enrolled in various levels, including <u>eight</u> in college, <u>nine</u> in vocational school, and <u>forty-seven</u> in primary school. So, yes, we appreciate help!</span></span></b><br />
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<i><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"> To help: <a href="http://ghanatogether.org/HTML/Donations.html" style="color: #800040; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;">http://ghanatogether.org/HTML/Donations.html</span></a></span></span></i></div>
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<a href="https://ghanatogether.org/documents/AnnualUpdateLetter.pdf">2019 Annual Report/2020 Future Plans Letter</a> </div>
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<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br />Ghana Togetherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17602905333876830187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712759548290089150.post-79446604057517340102019-11-26T16:42:00.002-08:002019-11-26T17:32:50.156-08:00SOMETIMES IT TAKES A TEAM! <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Just TODAY we got the greatest news!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">A
few months ago we got a call from Paul LaGrange, a computer teacher at the
Marysville, WA Mountain View Arts and Technology High School. He had a
“gift”---more than 100 refurbished computer towers that had been donated by a
local hospital!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Frankly,
we were kind of skeptical! A “gift”?? Really? Should we even consider sending
“junk computers” to AFRICA?? But we knew Paul! After all, he and his students
had refurbished children’s computers for us in the past, and they are still
working in what passes for the Axim, Ghana Children’s Library.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">So…SURE,
we’d take 110 refurbished computer towers with updated Microsoft Windows,
newest open source office-type software, 220 volt electrical power capacity,
and more. And since Paul is a genius teacher, he and his wonderful students got
110 of the towers to work perfectly. </span><br />
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how to get them to Ghana? It was amazing! Wonderful Marysville FedEx folks
taught us how to pack them in boxes properly. The School District had shipping pallets.
Thanks to Dave A., <u>FedEx’s social responsibility program</u> kicked in to have
them picked up at the high school and shipped to Maryland at no charge to us!</span><br />
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there, Ebby Mienza., our Ghanaian ex-pat friend, worked with Prince & Sons Shipping
who squished them into their container going across the Atlantic to Ghana at a
very reasonable charge. And Prince managed to convince the good folks at the
Port in Tema that computers for schools should be customs-free…</span><br />
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from there James Kainyiah, our Western Heritage Home partner in Ghana, got them
all the way to Axim. He sold some of them to buy screens and worked with Director
Madame Safiatu Seidu and staff at the Community Development Vocational
Technical School (CDVTI) in Axim to set up a newly-equipped computer lab, and…well, it's taken a long time to get all of this accomplished, but AS OF TODAY...</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><br />
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now has a beautiful new computer technology lab with updated computers! </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">We've been proud to help Western Heritage Home support CDVTI for
many years. We fund tuition for about ten students a year. We've renovated both girls and boys dorms. We worked with local carpenters to
provide beds, for the boys dorm.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">We funded a urine diversification/dehydration toilet for the
guys. We’ve hosted two workshops---one by Days for Girls and the other on
leadership. We provided a set of about a hundred books on construction,
electrical work, etc.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">It’s been a good partnership and we see this computer lab as vital
to preparing these students for their vocational training. Ghana is rapidly modernizing, and computer tech training is essential! </span></span></div>
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<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Ghana Togetherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17602905333876830187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712759548290089150.post-14167631827681507132019-10-14T15:08:00.002-07:002019-10-15T20:36:48.819-07:00YOU GUYS ARE FANTASTIC! <span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Back in June we sent out a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">News Update</i> asking<b> </b>you, our WHH Scholars,
to do your level best in school and wow!…you have really come through! Year after year, you original WHH Scholars have amazed us!</span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><u>Wonderful
students you surely are! </u></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">On behalf of so many who have helped you
students over the years in your schooling, especially to James Kainyiah and the
Western Heritage Home NGO, the Axim headmistresses/masters/teachers, and so
many American friends, we say we are proud of you Western Heritage Home students. </span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><u>YOU INSPIRE US! </u></b></span></span></div>
<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><u></u><u></u><b></b><u></u><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><br /></span>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">And we know if you were able to meet
up face-to-face with this wonderful group of folks who have been supporting you,
your shouts of thanks would be deafening (and maybe a little Ghanaian drumming
and dancing, too)!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Congratulations
to these Western Heritage Home Scholars on their graduations and more!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="line-height: 107%;">Gifty</span></u></b><span style="line-height: 107%;">
graduated from Axim Girls Senior High School in 2017. She worked until this
month in the market, selling various goods, such as scarves, shoes, jewelry,
etc., earning her way and helping her Mom with her younger siblings. But James
Kainyiah and other leaders in Axim saw her abilities and encouraged her to go
further. She applied and as of this month was matriculated into the University
of Education, Winneba, to study for her Bachelor of Arts in Social Studies
Education. Wow!</span></span></span><br />
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academic senior high school with a special program for students with vision
disabilities. She has been accepted into
University of Education, Winneba, to a 4-year program in Special Education. This
is especially wonderful, given that she has a vision disability herself. Winneba is
known for its program for students with special challenges.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="line-height: 107%;">Ernestina</span></u></b><span style="line-height: 107%;"> graduated from Axim Girls Senior High School.
She supported herself by working at the Lou Moon Resort, near Axim, for one
year. She liked the work and saw an opportunity! She has been accepted into
Takoradi Technical University to study for a Diploma of Technology in Tourism.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="line-height: 107%;">George</span></u></b><span style="line-height: 107%;">
graduated from the Community Development Vocational/Technical Institute,
specializing in Welding and fabrication. He was accepted into the Engineering
Department to study for a Higher National Diploma in Welding and Fabrication. </span></span><br />
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continues in his TTU program in Medical Technology. Earlier this year he
completed an internship at a hospital in Takoradi.</span></span></div>
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continues his study for a Higher National Diploma in Welding and Fabrication. </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>TTU Scholars George (far left), Ernestina, Larmin, and Peter</i></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><u>Charlotte and </u></b><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 107%; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Philomena</span> are beginning their final year at SDA Nursing and Midwifery Training College. </span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="line-height: 107%;">Ben</span></u></b><span style="line-height: 107%;"> starts
his first year of Junior High at Manye Academy, and his sister <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Gladys</u></b> begins P6, her last year of Primary School.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">ALL of the above students have been getting support from us, via WHH, since their early primary years. They started out as "orphaned or vulnerable" children in the WHH Children's Home.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">At
the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Community Development/Vocational
Technical Institute,</u></b> Western Heritage Home has selected nine students
who need assistance---5 electrical, 1 plumbing, 2 fashion/sewing, 1 catering. Two
original Western Home Scholars ---Frederick (4<sup>th</sup> from left, back
row) and Godwin 2nd from left)--- are learning electrical skills (much-needed in Ghana). </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">And
we still support students in two privately-run schools in isolated fishing
communities. Ghana has done a terrific job in making school K-12 tuition-free,
but some children whose parents are involved in fishing and live right on the
coast are not within reasonable walking distance from government schools. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>34 Students, Grades 4-6, Apewosika Village School (Christ the King Academy)</i></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">M<span style="font-size: x-small;">aako Village School - students most in need</span></span></i></td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Parents
have to make hard choices if they have multiple children in these isolated private
schools. Often, when a child finishes 3</span></span><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><sup>rd</sup> or 4<sup>th</sup> grade,
they drop out so parents can support younger siblings. So the older boys go to
sea to help Dads with fishing and girls help Mom in the market, or with fish processing, or helping care for younger
siblings. </span></span><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">So,
while at end of 4<sup>th</sup> grade they have basic skills, we have given
support to kids in grades 4-6 so they finish primary school. At end of grade 6,
they are usually capable of walking the distance to a government junior high. They
can read, do quite a bit of math, and other learning, which helps them to be
capable of understanding what it means to be a citizen in a democracy,
understand basic skills such as how to use a bank, read instructions, measure,
etc.. And they are then eligible to attend Junior High and eventually Senior High.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">And we
are grateful that we are helping both girls and boys. Our favorite Ghanaian
chief, Awulae Attibrukusu III, Lower Axim Traditional Council, inspires us by
saying frequently, <b>“Educate a girl, educate a family.” YES!!</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Chief Awulae, about two weeks ago, celebrating</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i> his birthday and the Kundum Festival!</i></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">And on another front---FYI. We'd like to share a little story---</span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Our readers
know that over the years we’ve helped out with the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Axim Girls Senior High</u></b>. They were founded about 11-12 years
ago, with around 20-25 students in two classrooms in an old abandoned school
building. We gave them 25 scientific calculators as an “aspirational” launching
gift. We followed that with a fairly modest set of science materials---
microscopes, human skeleton, measuring instruments, and much more---thanks to retired
Skagit Valley College instructor Jerome Chandler and his “science friends.” </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>That first set of scientific calculators-in Jan 2011</i></span></td></tr>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">And in a couple of years in, when we
saw the girls sitting on the ground having lunch or doing homework, we worked
with Kikam Tech Institute, supplying the materials, etc., and thereby enabled
those vocational students in a nearby technical school, to get credit for renovating
a building and providing tables and benches for a lunch/dining/assembly space
for Axim Girls students. </span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><br /></span>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">And when the oil company provided a classroom
building with computer lab, we worked with Unleash Kids to provide
Internet-In-A-Box, with Wikipedia, Khan Academy math/science videos,
health/medical info, and maps, and we bought and installed solar panels to power it. And then we helped
out with a photocopier/printer, and fixed a damaged school bus. </span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><br /></span>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Most of the real work was done by
Ghanaians---especially Principal Theodora Appiah, and so many teachers---some
doing their national service, required after graduation from university, because they have skills in science, math,
etc. </span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Now, believe it or not, thanks to Ghana's government efforts, schooling is now TUITION-FREE, K-senior high at government schools! And even boarding supported, if distance is too far. They now have two large classroom
buildings (with restrooms!), and a large dormitory building! Note: Their first
dormitory was the Western Heritage Home building we funded, thanks to Boeing
and so many others. </span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>And from that humble beginning back a decade ago, they just enrolled almost <u>600 girls</u> as of
this term. Wow! We of Ghana Together helped them do a few things that were needed, but for which the skills or resources weren't quite available there. </b></span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><b></b><br /></span>
<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">This is one example of our efforts
which are ongoing and targeted directly at local needs. Our approach is to
figure out what they really want to do and what in their own estimation they
really need. And if it’s beyond their own capacity—whether because of lack of
funds or skills, or iin some cases, not even knowing what IS available---and if it stands up to lots of questions and listening from us, seems
to make sense, is within OUR means, and has a chance of being sustainable, we
try to help them do it. And no, we haven't had the funds for the "big" stuff, like a new school, but we've been able to help nevertheless. </span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">We follow a fairly formal “project
management” process: What is the goal (begin with the end in mind!)? How much
will it cost? Is there a detailed budget? Who is going to be responsible for what? What are the specific steps/plans? What are the milestones? </span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">It seems to work, thanks to hard work
by the local Ghanaians involved. A good example of that is the WHH Operations Manager, Evans Arloo. Graduated from a two-year college-level program in education, supervising WHH day-to-day, and engaged in other work, with his beautiful wife who is a nurse and two beautiful girls, he makes it happen! Skilled in Whatsapp, Camscanner, photography, financial management and bookkeeping, and general business skills, he keeps it together!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Arloo, as he's known, with two students. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>He traveled to every school, met with students and administrators,</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i> saw not only to tuition, but school supplies, personal needs, etc. Thanks Arloo!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">A<span style="line-height: 107%;">nd so another school year is
launched! We thank you, who we like to call our "investors", for the 64 students we and WHH are able to support for the 2019-2020 school term. We are so grateful. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We support 40 Primary level P4-P6 students at <u>Apewosika Village School (Christ the King)</u>. The school is a private school, in a pretty isolated fishing area, with no government school within reasonable walking distance for primary school kids. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We support what in the US would be 4th-6th grade students because typically, as families send younger kids into kindergarten and early grades, they can’t afford to pay tuition for all their school-age children. So, around P4, these older kids---who now know the basics of reading, writing, and arithmetic---often must leave school for financial reasons. The boys go with Dad to help with fishing and the girls to the markets with Mom or help with younger siblings at home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We want these CTK students to achieve P6 at a minimum. At that level, they are functionally literate and numerate, not only for work and general adulthood life, but also to participate as citizens in a democracy---read ballots, understand banking, communicate with family and friends via written cellphone messages, pass their skills on to their own children, etc. So, we work with leaders there to select those students who are vulnerable to dropping out because of their family's financial struggles.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We support 15 primary students at <u>Maako School</u>, another very isolated private school serving an ocean-side fishing community. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">At Maako, leaders choose students of any age/grade whose fathers are away fishing most of the time, all along the West Africa Atlantic Coast. The moms come into the school every few days with small amounts of money garnered from their cassava and other crops to pay "school fees." They struggle to keep their precious children in school--their highest priority after basic food needs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Our Western Heritage Scholars Ben and his sister Gladys Quayson continue in upper primary at <u>Manye Academy</u>. They are orphaned, and we provide not only tuition but room/board and basic health/hygiene necessities and small pocket money. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />We give heartfelt thanks especially to Headmistress Felicia Attah for all her help for so many years with so many WHH Scholars, especially these two.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We support 12 students at the <u>Community Development Vocational/Technical Institute</u> in Axim. CDVTI trains young men and women of high school age and older in various vocational trades, such as hairdressing, catering, home management, business skills, computer tech, electrical, welding, construction, etc. They recently added these last three programs which appeal more to guys, so to encourage that program, we've sponsored a few more guys than gals this year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">And two of our WHH guys are at <u>Takoradi Technical University</u>---Larmine in welding, and Peter in computer science.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">She is thriving, both academically and musically as part of the school choir. She has worked so hard and the College has done a wonderful job helping her, a functionally blind student, achieve her goals! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We thank Kathryn Roe, of Anansi (and of Bellingham, WA), who also sponsors students in GNC, who has visited Emmanuella from time to time and kept up with her progress, since GNC is in Cape Coast, and distant from Axim.</span></div>
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Public Library members. Thanks to the mobile library serving 17 schools, they
checked out at least <u>10,000 books 2018.</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">The Axim Public Library has <u>969 more books</u> now than they
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Internet-in-a-Box, science and math videos, and a new printer/copier to help
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This very morning, in Takoradi, Ghana, Western Heritage Home Scholar Dorothy Armoo formally went through her graduation from Asanta Nursing/Midwifery College and her induction ceremony into the Ghana National Health Service.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Dorothy has been "one of ours" since 2006. She was a child who needed a home. Western Heritage Home Chairman James Kainyiah found her and brought to live at their Children's Home. She became a "Western Heritage Home Scholar".</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">She learned to spell her name! She attended nearby Manye Academy. She graduated from Nsein Senior High School. Her dream from when she was a small child was to become a nurse. And she has achieved her dream! </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Western Heritage Home's motto is: "Making Leaders of the Least." And Dorothy is a prime example!</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ghana Together has worked hand-in-hand with WHH to support Dorothy for many years. <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">We especially thank her "special sponsor" who has been so faithful. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Dorothy herself worked as a kindergarten teacher for one year, while she waited acceptance into nursing school after graduating senior high. And she's been supporting herself as part of the Lou Moon Lodge cleaning staff for a few months between end of classes and today's formal induction. Now she awaits assignment to her national service post. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Congratulations Dorothy! We are proud!</span><br />
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who passed away last week. <span style="margin: 0px;"> What a loss to the Axim community! </span></span><br />
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on the Western Heritage Board since its first day. She was a co-signer on all
WHH bank checks. Because of her knowledge of the Axim community and families,
she was crucial in helping select our scholarship students. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>Nana with her beloved Nyame quilt, made for her by Ghana Together's Jerome Chandler. The symbol in the middle is the traditional Ghanaian Adinkra symbol for God. It is revered and found widely on buildings, windows, clothing, etc.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Interested especially in girls’ education and maternal
health, she was proud of her role in creating a purpose-built maternal health center
at the hospital. She counselled innumerable girls, and a few guys, too, in how
to wisely handle the mysteries of human reproduction!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Students, especially girls from the Axim Girls Senior High
School, use the path past her simple home and market stand as a short-cut on
their walk to school. She knew the students and never failed to encourage them
in their studies as they passed by.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">She tried hard to gather the region’s Queen Mothers on a
regular basis, to work together especially for women and children’s issues. She
was highly respected in the community. She and Maryanne Ward of Ghana Together
became friends over the years. All of us of Ghana Together knew and respected
her and we will miss her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>Nana and Ghana Together's Maryanne Ward having a nice conversation in May, 2018 in her home. Good friends!</i></span></div>
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Heritage Home Scholars Kingsley Lamin and Peter Assuah have been accepted at
Takoradi Technical University. They began classes on Oct 1---Kingsley in
Advanced Welding/Fabrication and Peter in Computer Science.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Remember the Heritage Building, which Western Heritage Home began building, and we joined in to help via the Seattle-based non-profit Global Citizen Journey and the Boeing Corporation…before Ghana
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when the Ghana government closed children’s homes, it became a dormitory
for girls attending the then-new Axim Girls Senior High School. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Now, the girls’ high school has its own dormitory, and WHH
has found a new way to help the community. The Heritage is now a hostel for
workers putting up a new seawall to protect Axim from the rising ocean! This is
at least a two-year project.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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They travel to the seawall area by a short bus ride provided by the contractor. The contractor has provided a caretaker to clean and maintain the building. </span></div>
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modify the inside with more partitions, to better accommodate the workers. Longer term, they will use the rent funds for their charitable
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Hayford, and who knows how many other generous folks, there are another 969
children’s books at the Axim Public Library, ready to go out to 17 schools via
the tricycle/mobile library. Those kids are going to learn to read no matter what!</span></div>
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for helping with scholarship funds, AND for donating, packing, shipping,
and delivering the books to the Axim Library! Whew! </span></div>
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Heritage Home folks for all the work involved in turning the Heritage building
into a hostel for construction workers. Not so easy and a real community service!</span></div>
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the food was plentiful, the drumming, the dancing!! After all, it’s a festival meant to thank
God for harvest and food and family…what a celebration! But good things do end...</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>Lots of drumming, with guys in funny costumes!</i></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>And so much DANCING...</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">BUT, now it’s time for school. Time for you students to do your part, yes! And you will LOVE it!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>Methodist JHS in Axim, in classroom renovated by Western Heritage Home & Ghana Together</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.33px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">After all, your
country is trying its best to get you all educated. As of this year, Kindergarten through all three years of Senior High School is tuition-free and boarding if warranted. Your
schools are jam-packed! </span>But we know, for some of you, help is still needed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">--You may live in an isolated fishing community, way too
far from a government school to reasonably walk and the closest school is
private… like Maako School in a small fishing village...</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>Maako Preparatory School</i></span></td></tr>
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tuition-free... </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>Male students at Community Development Vocational/Technical Institute who helped build their school's urine diversification/dehydration toilet</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Or you may have done very well in senior high and are
now in nursing or technical college…with substantial costs. Or </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">one of the many other reasons why school may still be difficult...</span></div>
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Ghana, support:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1 student in Takoradi Technical University</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">We thank our fellow "investors" and our dedicated Western Heritage Home colleagues who have made it possible for
these <b>71 students</b> to go to school.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">OK kids!! Now it's up to you!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #000032; font-size: x-small;">To contact us: </span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><a href="mailto:info@ghanatogether.org">info@ghanatogether.org</a></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Our last News Update was so satisfying
for us---Graduations! Missions accomplished! Young people launching the next
phase of their lives!</span></div>
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to share it anyway because it’s just so great in its own way…</span><span style="font-family: "wingdings"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">J</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">First a bit of background:</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">In 2009. Axim started its Axim <u>Girls</u>
Senior High School with 23 students</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">,
after years of work and the support of Chief Awulae, Member of Parliament Catherine
Afeku, Founding Headmistress Mrs. Bonku, businessman and Western Heritage Home
Chairman James Kainyiah, and so many other local leaders. As Chief Awulae said
so many times:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"> “Educate a woman and you educate a family.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">AGSHS became “certified” as an
accredited senior high in 2012. We published a News Update about it back then: <a href="http://ghanatogether.blogspot.com/2012/05/axim-ghana-all-girls-senior-high-school.html"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "calibri";">http://ghanatogether.blogspot.com/2012/05/axim-ghana-all-girls-senior-high-school.html</span></a>.
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">We’ve helped the school a bit over the
years---some science resources, scientific calculators, “Science News”
magazines, internet-in-a-boxes, a few scholarships, renovated a building to be
an assembly/dining/meeting hall, and repaired the damaged school bus. The Tullow
Oil Company came through with 2 classroom buildings, a 200-bed dormitory, and
two computer labs.</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">By September of 2016, the Axim Girls Senior
High School had 88 new first-year students</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">.
Each student paid hefty fees for tuition, books, lab fees, supplies, and room
and board….beyond most families economically…especially for daughters.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Then…WHAT A CHANGE! The newly-elected Ghanaian
government implemented the long-held national dream/promise to focus on
education—for sons AND daughters. It started funding “free” academic senior
high school for newly incoming freshman---even including room and board if
needed. </span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">What a change! AGSHS had 210 new first-year
incoming students in September 2017! </span></b></div>
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">The “free” SHS has now extended to all
three years. So, when Maryanne Ward visited the school in May 2018, there were
just<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>over 350 students in the entire
school.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> More than 500 are expected in September
2018</b>! We are hoping/praying that Ghana can somehow keep this all going…not
easy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">What a challenge for Principal Madame
Theodora Appiah and her staff! To go from 23 students to more than 500 in not
quite 10 years! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">When Maryanne asked what she needed, Madame
smiled. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">---How about a <b>new dorm for 500 girls</b>? Completely furnished! And yes, with
modern <b>toilets, showers</b>… and please throw in a completely reliable source of
<b>water</b>! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">---<b>Always-on electricity</b> would certainly be welcome! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">---And, oh, could you throw in a <b>complete, fully-equipped science lab</b> so the girls don’t have to take the bus to
Nsein Senior High School, a half-hour ride each way at least, way over in the
next town, for once-in-a-while physics and chemistry labs…since, of course (!),
they are deeply into “<b>STEM</b>”--- teaching those girls science and technology and
math... </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">--- and, oh, for sure…we need an <b>assembly/dining hall</b> that’s at least 3
times as big…and…</span></div>
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Well, all that was a bit beyond our
bank account, but we did settle on Mrs. Appiah’s TOP PRIORITY…a...<b>PHOTOCOPIER/PRINTING MACHINE</b>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Yes! That we could manage, so...our Ghanaian Western Heritage Home Operations Manager Evans Arloo traveled to some schools to check on their machines, and to the city of Takoradi, and here we are...in time for the September start of the 2018-2019 school year!</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"></span><br />
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Ghana Togetherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17602905333876830187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712759548290089150.post-64037600497240635782018-06-11T12:19:00.003-07:002018-06-11T15:13:45.891-07:00They DID It!!<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Remember those Western Heritage Home Scholars(?)…the
ones we’ve written so much about over the years? Well, as of about a week ago,
SIX of them have graduated!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">And we are pleased to give each of the four senior high graduates the “<b>Leif
Pederson Graduation Award</b>” in the amount of $300 US --- about 3-4 months income for basic work in Axim, Ghana.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">We lost Leif, one of Ghana Together’s founding members,
in 2010, but the children remember “Uncle Leif”, and his computers and just his fun ways with them, and we know he would be so
very proud of them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">We got to know all six because they spent their early years
living in the Western Heritage Children’s Home. Western Heritage Home, our
associate NGO in Ghana, and we have supported these young men and women in one
way or another since 2007, so yes, we are proud of them!</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Dorothy has graduated with an Nursing Associate degree from the Asante Nursing School. She will be placed by the Ghanaian Government in a locale needing medical staff in the near future. Meanwhile, she is supporting herself by working with the cleaning staff at the Lou Moon Resort not far from Axim.</span></i></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Peter graduated from Nsein Senior High School. He took all the "extra" classes in science and math, and dreams of becoming a computer engineer. His WASSCE test scores (like our SAT) will be available in September. Meanwhile, he is considering offers for two teacher positions (math and science skills are scarce and so even at this stage he can help younger students) and/or a position in a bank until his future educational plans materialize.</span></i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><i>Kingsley has graduated from the Axim Community Development Vocational and Technical Institute. He has specialized in Welding and Fabrication. He has done some apprentice work, and his training at CDVTI included business and computer skills, English, and entrepreneurship as well as training in his technical specialty. He is looking for a job!</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Godwin has graduated from Manye Junior High School. He will next attend Kikkam Technical Institute, which offers a wide range of vocational/technical classes for further training. </span></i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">We (and they) have so many to thank! </span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">-J<b>ames Kainyiah</b>, Founder/Chair of Western Heritage Home, and
<b>Evans Arloo</b>, WHH Operations Manager who managed the relationships with the
schools, teachers and keep the program going, no matter what!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">-To <b>Sue</b>, who generously provided the funds
for the awards</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">-<b>Mindy and family</b> who supported Ernestina all through senior high</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">-<b>Gary and the Mount Vernon, WA Kiwanis</b> who supported
Peter for many years, and also the <b>Bentil family</b> in Axim who gave him a home and some business
experience during his vacations</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">-<b>Bonnie </b>who supported Dorothy through nurses training</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">-J<b>ames and Beatrice Kainyiah</b> who took Godwin into their
own family home along with their own children, for his entire primary school years,
until he became a Junior High Boarding Student at Manye Academy (common in
Axim)</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">-<b>Madame Felicia Attah</b>, teacher and now Headmistress of
Manye Academy who took a special interest in these children, and also <b>Madame
Safiatu Seidu</b>, Director of the Community Development Vocational/Technical
Institute, and <b>Madame Theodora Appiah</b>, Principal of Axim Girls Senior High School,
and the <b>teachers and staff </b>of each of the schools</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">-And <b>all of you</b> wonderful “investors” who enabled us to
support these children for their entire schooling, in one way or another.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">We give these new graduates our congratulations, and our
confidence in them, and our best wishes as they launch their adult lives!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><i>AND, we're not done yet!! Come September and start of the 2018-2019 school term, we hope to support <b>70 students</b><u> </u>in one way or another. (Did we mention how much fun this is?) Stay tuned!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Thank you...thank you...</span><br />
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<i>Ghana Together</i><br />
<i>http://ghanatogether.org</i><br />
<i>info@ghanatogether.org</i></div>
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<br />Ghana Togetherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17602905333876830187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712759548290089150.post-64329733790842550222018-05-30T15:45:00.004-07:002018-05-30T15:45:44.300-07:00Reviewing Axim Schools' Use of the Mobile Library<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">This May, Ghana Together’s Maryanne Ward visited Axim.
For two days, she joined Regional Library Director Mercy Ackah and Western
Heritage Home Operations Manager Evans Arloo as they reviewed the mobile library
service with Headmistresses/Masters and Library Teachers at 17 schools.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">"Madame Mercy", as she is known, trying out the tricycle mobile library. No she doesn't drive it herself---she has Gaddiel Eyison, her library lead staff, to do that!!</span></i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">At the beginning of September 2014 school term, the
tricycle-based mobile library was dedicated. The library staff began delivering
books to area primary/JHS schools. Ghana Together has provided about 8,000
high-quality children’s books counting those currently on a ship heading across
the Atlantic!</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">The mobile library program is geared to “bring the
library to the children” rather than expecting the children to consistently
visit the library. It visits each school once/per week, depending some on
whether the District Assembly has helped fund the fuel. </span><br />
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textbooks, this is a vital service to encourage literacy, especially for
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">At the end of the Jan-early April term, 779 Axim-area students
are registered library card holders, and the children had checked out a total of 8,622
books.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We thank all the generous Americans who have donated high-quality books over the years (...if it's good for your kids or grandkids, it's good for the kids of Axim!!!). They have gone from almost none to a good collection from the very beginner's books to a growing number for JHS level.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">He served from 1958-1967 at St. John’s Senior High School
in Sekondi, Ghana---the first four years, as math teacher, and then as
Headmaster for five years. Sekondi is about 30 miles east of Axim.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It was a tumultuous time with Ghana becoming independent in
1957, followed by an unsettled period including a military coup in 1966, and
political turmoil generally. Not so easy
to be the Headmaster in a school that followed the English education system,
including administering the “Cambridge Exam” to his students---the same exam
English students were taking at the time—during those difficult years! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Jerome returned to the US and eventually, luckily for us,
he became a Science Instructor at Skagit Valley College for many years, here in
Mount Vernon, WA. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">But, he never lost his interest and affection for Ghana
and its culture. And what better represents Ghanaian culture than its indigenous
textiles---especially woven kente cloth and printed adinkra symbolic motifs?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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quilting, what better raw material than the beautiful Ghanaian cloth?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">So, when our friend Kathryn Roe, Founder/Leader of Anansi
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from Ghana, Jerome was thrilled! <b>And he got to work!</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The <b>adinkra symbolism</b> is an old traditional art form,
which is still ubiquitous in Ghana. There is a record of a stamped Adinkra
cloth being sent back to England in 1817. The symbols have meanings. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">See this website which beautifully documents the rich meaning. These symbols are still widely used in Ghana---not only on textiles but also as decorative art on buildings, signage, etc. </span></div>
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and arranged shipping for hundreds of children’s books got their surprise
quilts! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">He made this one </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">below</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> for the </span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Axim Library</b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">, featuring</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> the Gye
Nyame symbol meaning “except for God”, which may be the most common, and is
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">And there are more, but this is a good sample! Some are going to our partners in Axim, who have worked so well with us to enable us to help them achieve our mutual goals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>We only wish we could honor every one of you, our dear readers and “investors” in so many ways,
with one of Jerome’s beautiful pieces! </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Thanks to you, we’ve managed to enable
our partners, Western Heritage Home, to support 69 students this first term in
2018. We continue to support the library. We love this collaboration and are
eager to see what 2018 puts in front of us!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Congratulations to our Western Heritage Home Scholar <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Dorothy Armoo</b> who has graduated as a
Nursing Assistant from the SDA Health Assistant Training School in Asanta,
Ghana! Dorothy exemplifies the Western Heritage Home motto: </span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">MAKING LEADERS </span></span><span style="line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">OF THE LEAST!</span></span></div>
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which time the new graduates will be assigned to their workplace---which could
be ANYWHERE in Ghana! She is excited and proud!</span></span></div>
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James Heilman and the WikiMed Foundation</b> for allowing us to purchase two of
the first 100 newly-published prototype <span style="color: black;"><b>WikiMed
Internet-in-a-Boxes</b></span>! And to Adam Holt of Unleash Kids who connected Ghana
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">--a <b>complete
collection of all healthcare, anatomy, and medication-related topics</b> from
Wikipedia, but in offline format---at least 50,000 articles in all</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">--a “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Global
Emergency Medicine Wiki</b>”, which is the world’s largest emergency medicine
open-access reference resource</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">--a “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">HealthPhone
Medical Video Collection</b>”---videos on various healthcare topics</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">--many “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Practical
Action</b>” videos on topics such as agriculture, disaster response, fisheries,
food processing, social and economic development, and waste management</span></div>
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of the entire world (especially useful for medical personnel traveling in more
remote areas of their own countries)</span></div>
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WikiMed devices, as prototypes, on the condition that the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">faculty and students will provide feedback</b> to his group, to help
improve the next release they are already working on. As Dr H told us, “<i>These represent the work of 10s
of thousands of people. I hope people find it useful. We are busy working on
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><b>Our <a href="http://ghanatogether.org/documents/AnnualUpdateLetter.pdf"><i>Annual Update Letter</i></a> summarizes our year and our plans.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">On behalf of the Western Heritage Scholars, and the Axim
Community, we sincerely thank you for your financial help. The American dollar
goes a long way in Ghana!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">We spend every
donated amount on projects there</b>. All our administrative expenses, including
travel, are paid out-of-pocket by our Board Directors. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">We try to help in areas where our expertise, technology,
and funds can provide what is difficult or impossible for Axim-ites to provide
for themselves. We have wonderful leaders in Axim who are our good friends, and
partners.</span></div>
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<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Ghana Togetherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17602905333876830187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712759548290089150.post-14132364707713765882017-07-11T19:51:00.000-07:002017-07-11T22:03:10.745-07:00How Are Those Western Heritage Home Scholars Doing??<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Remember, way back, when James Kainyiah refused to identify a bunch
of kids as "orphans" or what the Ghana Ministry of Women and
Children calls "OVCs" (orphaned or vulnerable children)? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">...NO, he said. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><b>No. These children are our SCHOLARS...we
are making leaders of the least! </b></span>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Maryanne Ward traveled to Ghana in June and caught up
with most of the 74 scholars Ghana Together supported in one way or another during the 2016-2017 school year. A wonderful adventure!!</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><b>Dorothy</b> is in her last term of nursing school, and will
graduate in November. She is currently doing clinical practicum in the hospital in Babiana, Ghana. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><b>Eric</b> and <b>Francis</b> are both in automotive apprentice
programs in Tarkwa and Takoradi. Maryanne met Francis’ mother briefly, who
expressed her thanks. Unfortunately, We don't have up-to-date pics...</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><b>Philomena</b> and <b>Charlotte</b> have graduated from Nsein Senior
High School, both in the top ten of their class. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><b>Philomena</b> is working for Mr.
Bentil as a receptionist in his business and also cares for her five younger
siblings, because her mother is too ill to care for them. She is teaching her
14-year old brother to cook, so if/when she is accepted into nursing school in September, he
can manage, he says, and he'll keep himself and the younger siblings in school. Then, when Dorothy becomes a nurse, she can help him with his own training.<b></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><b>Charlotte</b> has started a small business selling water sachets, which she says has enabled her to support herself. Her Mom, who told Maryanne she finished 3rd grade herself, is just over-the-top proud of Charlotte and as a savvy market woman, has helped Charlotte launch her own little business. Charlotte also plans to go to nursing school in September, with our help.</span><br />
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Heritage Building for a new group of boarding female students from Manye Academy
Senior High. He will finish his senior high school in spring of 2018 and hopes
to go to university to become an engineer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>Peter and Maryanne discussing Peter's future!!</i></span></div>
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specializing in welding, but taking courses in English, math, computing<b></b>, government, and some other basic vocational classes. During the break, they will work as "apprentices" to a local welder.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>Kingsley and George---"brothers" in the art of welding!</i></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><b>Gifty</b> and <b>Ernestina</b> are finishing their year at Axim Girls Senior
High School. Gifty wants to become a teacher and hopes to attend extension classes from the Winneaba School of Education, held right in Axim at the Manye Academy. Ernestina is about to enter her 3rd year of SHS.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>Gifty and Ernestina with Maryanne---PURPLE is the school color!!</i></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><b>Johnson</b> completed Junior High and will enter CDVTI in
September and specialize in electrical work. He is working now with his uncle preparing little rubber plant shoots for planting.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>Johnson and Maryanne</i></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><b>Godwin</b> is finishing his 2<sup>nd</sup> junior high school
term, and plans to take his BECE exam and graduate in August 2018. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><b>Olivia</b> is an entrepreneur, in business with her Mom, selling gari, a food made from cassava, and other food items. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>Maryanne and Olivia, near her and her Mom's food stand</i></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><b>Gladys</b> is in 3<sup>rd</sup> level at Manye Academy and<b>
Ben</b> in 4<sup>th</sup> level. These two, with Godwin and a few others, plan to spend time at the Heritage Building during their break, working with the One Laptop Computers, esp. the more advanced learning activities. Have fun and learn at the same time!!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>Gladys, Maryanne, Godwin, and Ben</i></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><b>Twelve scholarship students at CDVTI</b> will graduate end of
August, specializing in vocations such as hairdressing, sewing, culinary arts, and carpentry. They also have training in entrepreneurship, family/home management, etc. They received Days for Girls and Leadership training in 2016.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>Ghana Together scholarship graduates at Community Vocational Development Technical Institute (one is missing)</i></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><b>Thirteen Apewosika Village School-Christ the King</b> scholarship students
will graduate Level 6 and start at government-funded junior high school in
September. We supported 50 primary students at this school during the 2016-2017 school year, helping this poor fishing neighborhood. Fishing is declining, and the community is struggling.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>13 of these students are graduating Grade 6 and are headed for JHS---we are sorry we didn't get a pic of the actual 13!!</i></span><br />
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of these young men and women have been given a chance to overcome their
circumstances through education. Ghana is investing liberally in education,
with government schools initiating tuition-free senior high school this coming
September. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;">In fact, when we started working in
Ghana in 2006, there was <b>no </b>tuition-free education from primary through
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;">On behalf of these 74
youngsters we've helped out during the 2016-2017 school year, we thank
especially the adults in Axim ---James Kainyiah and Queen Mother Nana
Adjow Sika, Evans Arloo (WHH Operations Mgr), Headmistresses/Headmasters, and
teachers. Their dedication is inspiring.</span></div>
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Ghana Togetherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17602905333876830187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712759548290089150.post-6105791988025263882017-06-05T20:04:00.000-07:002017-06-05T20:42:30.958-07:00Way to Go Frederick!<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%;">Today, June 5, is a BIG day for Frederick Johnson, one of
our Western Heritage scholars. He is just ONE of the</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%;"> <span lang="EN">468,053 candidates who have sat this very
day throughout the <u>entire country</u> for this year’s <b>Basic Education Certificate
Examination</b>, which is given at the end of Junior High School.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In Ghana, education from
Kindergarten through Junior High is available to all, boys and girls, and has
been tuition-free for about ten years now.</span></div>
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<b>limited slots</b> for the next level of academic senior high and vocational schools.
Hence the importance of the BECE exam, which determines whether or not a student
is eligible to continue to the next educational level. <b>The stakes are high!<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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Language, Ghanaian Language and Culture, Social Studies, Integrated Science,
Mathematics, Basic, Design and Technology, Information and Communication
Technology, French (optional), Religious and Moral Education. Whew!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><b>NOPE!</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Not</b> the <u>wheels</u>
but the windscreen, the bonnet, and the bumper... went...<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">not</b> “round, round, round”...but “crash, crash, crash” ---right into
the building at the Axim Girls Senior High that houses the water generating plant..</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">…causing much damage (but not to the water plant--whew!). And
James is “working with” the driver…who is OK, but….</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">…so<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>general
consternation all around! Although the Ghana Education Service provided the bus
about a year ago, operations, repairs, maintenance are up to the school…and
typically this is done through what is known as “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">the old boys</b>” fund---</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">…from the very <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">recent</b>
days when most high school graduates WERE ”old <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">BOYS</b>”, and were able to collectively donate to alumni funds…</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">…<b>but</b> since this is a new <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">GIRLS</b>’ school, with maybe only a couple of classes graduating and
therefore very few “old girls”… not much alumni leverage here…</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">…and how are the current students living a distance to
get to school? Get to another high school for all-important tests? Get to other
events like their recent debate with Nsein High School on how to stop
corruption (which they WON)…and…</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">…well, to make a pretty long story a bit shorter, after
much “Whatsapping” with James and Headmistress Theodora, we decided to... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><b>...raid our
bank account</b> of $3000 and get the darned bus FIXED. Unexpected expenses, but we’ve
been committed to this school for a long time and this is no time to be
slackers!!</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">...and the windstorm came…and
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">…and blew off some of the roof of the Heritage Senior
High Dormitory Building! BUT generous Aximites got that all back in shape by
themselves---thank you, guys! </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>Thanks for the help, guys. We can see the need for paint, too.</i></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">…as it pulled into the port at Tema with <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">982 children’s books</b> on board!</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">…which at this moment are all processed and ready to flow
out to schools via the tricycle mobile library.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Thanks to you all in this sturdy network of collaborators
who keep this stream of “literacy enabling devices” going across the great
Atlantic! </span></div>
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to build 60 new public libraries in rural areas, and Axim leaders are
requesting one be built there. Wow! Wouldn’t that be great?</span></div>
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following up on the Days for Girls workshop on menstruation, UDDT toilets,
library programs, scholarship students (74 at last count, and other projects. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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