2024 Brooms

elderly woman dressed in yellow traditional cloth, holds a homemade fan broom in her hand

It's the women. They are the ones who have to sweep around the home, usually twice a day, and they do NOT have brooms as we know them. They gather a handful of grasses and then have to bend at the waist to sweep away the debris. Imagine this with a baby attached to your back ... or if you are elderly and can barely balance while standing upright. Full-length brooms have been made by a couple of our sponsored student graduates. They are far more durable that the manufactured brooms that can be purchased in Ghana.

We are happy to tell you that the $2000 goal was reached!  We had 750 brooms made!

What a win...a few graduates had the opportunity to earn extra cash, and the women from Dekpor Yia, Dekpor Dome, and Dekpor Horme have had one of their daily chores made a bit easier!

The following generous people made this happen!

  1.  Teresa Cline and Avondale Alternative, grade 7/8
  2.  Quality Integrators Corporation
  3. Carolyn MacDonald
  4. Carla van der Kleij
  5. Gillian Anderson
  6. Linda and Jay McLaren
  7. Donna and Ron Jamieson in honour of Judy Ignatowitz 
  8. Donna and Ron Jamieson in honour of  Jonathon Keith
  9. Sue and Pat Bugos
  10. Anne Secord

 

 

 

Last updated on January 1, 2025 4:15pm