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Smiling boy holding bowl with healthy food as part of "Ghana Nourish Minds" promo indicating $35000 goal.

To help us fundraise or to sponsor a participant, use this link: Ghana Nourish Minds -- 2023 Campaign

We need your help!

This is our only fundraising "event"!

Ghana Nourish Minds: ensures that we can offer the food program at Dekpor Basic School, it fills the emergency medical fund, it pays for our essential staff at school, and if we reach the goal, then we can bring back the team of dentists in 2024!

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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)

Slideshow presentation (2023 update)

2022 Accomplishments video (4:21)

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Latest News

December 31, 2023

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August 31, 2023

Wow, what a GIRLS DAY at Dekpor Basic School. The younger girls received lovely handmade items from the June 27th shipment, and the grade 5 and higher got Kits4Girls and Boxers!

August 30, 2023

In Dekpor, the distribution of the June 27th shipment started! See the Shipping album under Projects!

August 30, 2023

A shipment of 28 items left Carol's in Aurora. Thanks to Angela McCart for taking a load to the shipper along with Carol! See photos of the collection in the Project page for Shipping!

Thanks to the following people for donating:

Alison Backer - clothing, sheets

Aurora FC - clothing

Betty - clothing

Dana Szasz - infant clothing

Dave Rout - car ramps

Jacqueline SY - monitor, cables, mouse

Jill Readman and Kristy Chantelle - phone (will go directly with Linda in the fall)

Jocelyn Patten (picked up by Sara Prince) - 3 suitcases

Kathy Petroff - cell phone (will go directly with Linda in the fall)

Kelly Brown - lots of medical supplies

Laura Mateyak - clothing, sheets

Laurel Peters - suitcase

Leanne Christopher and XE - tech items

Lillie Kwok - suitcase, laptop case, mouse

Lourita Lue-Shing and friend - clothing

Marilyn Peters - clothing

Michelle Furtado - soccer jerseys

Orianna Brodbeck - iPad (will go directly with Linda in the fall)

Ruth - clothing

Sara Prince - suitcase

Tracy Choy - huge amount of construction tools

Vicky Xek - nails

XE - loads of monitors, keyboards, mice, and cables! (Thanks to Leanne Christopher)

August 27, 2023

We had the seamstresses make an additional 26 uniforms for elementary students who really needed them and missed out earlier this year.

August 26, 2023

New apprentices start: Patricia, Frank, Dzorgbenyui, Tity, Suzzy, Ophelia, and Eliza. There is a lot of work for Linda and Abraham to prep ahead of time!

August 20, 2023

We were long past due to replace the solar lights at the town toilets, but had to wait for them to arrive from Ontario! Today they were all replaced!

August 16, 2023

My oh my, the huge shipment from early June arrived and the distribution at the school happened today. Just part one of many! Refer to the shipping project page!