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Ghana Nourish Minds 2024 - Please help us reach our goal!

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 This is our ONLY fundraiser! 

Here's the link to contribute:

https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/peer-to-peer/9d265fc1-6fc0-4adc-a51e-1d70222ddd62

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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 (2024 update) 

2023 Accomplishments video (4:44)

We're making a difference!

Latest News

November 1, 2024

Teachers in Dekpor rarely get professional development, so we have set a series of opportunities by bringing in consultants.

  • woman stands at front of room talking to seated teachers

October 31, 2024

We are extremely grateful to Barb Porter, Linda and Tom Edwards, Lucy Romyn, and Dave and Judy Simpson for their monthly donations that allow us to purchase all the soap and bleach and cleaning equipment every month! 

  • a crowd of children hold up an assortment of containers that contain soap or bleach

October 30, 2024

Another big project is about to start! Materials were delivered today to start the administration building roof reno!

  • two men unloading roofing materials from the back of a truck

October 27, 2024

The August 24th shipment of 10 items was distributed today in Dekpor. Lots of smiles!  When you go to our Shipping Project page, you'll notice that there is one landing page that lists all of the shipments of 2024 by the date they were dropped to the shipper in Ontario. There are both collection albums that show what each generous donor gave in Ontario, and then there are the distribution photos of the happy recipients in Ghana.

  • three smiling students hold the shoes and clothing that they chose form the shipment distribution
  • 5 kids stand in a row holding the items they chose from the shipment

October 26, 2024

Lawson, our master plumber, was holding information sessions today.  What a gift it is to have clean water!

  • many people gathered around a water stand pipe

October 26, 2024

Two of our previously-sponsored young ladies held a fan-making workshop for our current seamstress apprentices. Very cool!

  • one woman looks on as another is in the process of making a fabric fan

October 23, 2024

It finally happened! After years of hunting and contacting and never quite landing the perfect match, the stars aligned today!  We have 159 beautiful blue stacking chairs heading to the Dekpor Basic School's library hall! A massive thanks to Natalie Cameron, because Carol couldn't have pulled this off in one day without her! 

  • Carol and Natalie inside the van that is full of stacking chairs
  • the view of the back of the van with the door open, showing stacking chairs piled high

October 22, 2024

The August 24th shipment of 10 items was picked up in Ghana today. Stay tuned over the next couple of weeks for distribution photos!

October 18, 2024

Linda and Helen have several others helping to get the library back in order.

  • Linda's back is to the camera as she works on putting books onto a bookshelf
  • Helen and another lady sit at a table that is covered with stacks of books

October 17, 2024

The library roof and ceiling may be finished, but the work is far from complete. All of the books and educational supplies now have to be cleaned, sorted, and organised.  Oh my!

  • piles of books and boxes in utter disarray