Read about how Date Night at Aurora Preparatory Academy is a special thing! Carol was thrilled to pick up a cheque today for $3300! Stay tuned, as this generous gift will be put towards uniforms for our most needy students at Dekpor Basic School!
We're Making a Difference!
At a Glance
We work in Dekpor, Ghana where all residents live below the poverty level and face a daily struggle to survive.
Our areas of focus:
- Education
- Water
- Nutrition
- Health care
- Sanitation
- Business Start-Ups
- Sponsorships (children and educators)
One of our directors lives in Dekpor — we are able to work with the residents of Dekpor to best service their needs. Our overhead is minimal (our only expenses are maintaining our domain status, annual financial statements, and foreign exchange costs), so your donation goes exactly where you allocate it! We are volunteers who work hard to make the most of every dollar donated.
Dekpor School Development Organisation is a registered Canadian charity and recognized NGO in Ghana. (Since 2011)
2022 Accomplishments video (4:21)
We're making a difference!
Latest News
February 2, 2023
January 31, 2023
Busch Systems has done it again! For ten years now, this wonderful corporate sponsor has been supporting us in the most generous manner! We just received $20,000!
January 31, 2023
Donations for Linda's February flight:
The album pictures
Julie Robertson - 2 phones and 1 tablet
4Imprint - drawstring bags
Christine Owen - Kits4Girls reusable pads
Debbie Halinaty - cell phone
Grace Ramsell - cell phone
HelenRochon - cell phone
Jamieson Family - 3 iPhones
Jan Hogg and Karen Lablans - laptop, iPhone
Laura Bondi - suitcase
Margery Holdsworth - 2 suitcases
Marta McConnell - children's case of toothbrushes and paste, shin guards
Mary Beth Kelly - cell phone
Peter Kelly - cell phone
Shelley MacDonald- suitcase
Susan Heagy - 3 suitcases packed full of fabric and sheets
Victoria LaRocque - suitcase
Fabric and/or sheets from the following:
Aida Batten
Alissa Sudsbury
Andrea Apostolou
Angela McCart
Anna Leah Balatbat Franco
Barb Bulloch
Christiane Zoidl
Christina Fabrizi
Daniela Panaci
Darlene McDonald
Dushyanthi Kandappa
Erin Marsden
Heidi Rudyk
Helen MacDonald
JeanAnderson
Julie Robertson
Karen Reider
Kelly Williamson
Laura Louise Dowle
Lindsay Quilty
Lisa Jolene Mitchell
Lyla Khan
Maricella Sauceda
Margery Holdsworth
Melanie Eberlin
Nadell Hawkins
Nancy Breedon
Rebecca Foertig
Sabrina Lang
Salma Alidina Mohamad
Stacey Anastassia
Stephanie Valiquette
January 30, 2023
We are so grateful that our grant request was met by the ETFO Humanity Fund! We have received $8250 so fifty students are fed by our food program for an entire year!
January 16, 2023
Check your email! Tax receipts for all December donations were issued today via email.
January 16, 2023
After school ICT classes started today! Please see the project page because we are awfully grateful to Alan Lawrence for making this possible!
January 14, 2023
We are so very pleased to share our 2022 Accomplishment Video with all of you! YOU made this happen! Please take a few moments to watch! https://youtu.be/nQ4QqQ8rOgA
January 12, 2023
A fabric and sheets drive was held in Aurora. Thanks to everyone who donated and dropped off to Carol! And thanks to Stephanie, Melanie and Rebecca for allowing their porches to also be drop off locations. This huge amount of fabric will be turned into boxer shorts for our older girls at Dekpor Basic School as part of out Kits4Girls project. See above for the list of people who contributed. See the 'shipping' album to see all the goodies donated!
January 8, 2023
And the last of the toilet facilities that DSDO has built got its pump out today! We are done...for another couple of years!
January 6, 2023
Today it was Yia Town Toilet #1 that was pumped!