Projects

We are so very grateful to Dr. Karin Haas and Dr. Robert Haas of Austria!  While in Dekpor for just a couple of days, they took the time to hold an educational session for our JHS 2 students, give them all toothbrushes, paste, and dental floss, and screen for any concerns that would require further treatment. What an undertaking! Incredibly generous, they have pledged to cover the expenses of the students who will require treatment in Soga with the Ghanaian dentists.

This is the first time we've ever had international professionals help this way in the town! 

What a difference Austrian dentists, Dr. Karin Haas and Dr. Robert Haas, made in their very short time in Dekpor! They came late on a Sunday night and left very early on Tuesday morning.

What's the buzz about?

Beekeeping!

With a big thanks to Paul Morris, we have been able to set up four beekeepers with businesses! Yes, this is a bright move. Bees are free, but the materials required for making the hives are not.  We have experienced beekeeper, Etsay, who was set up with 14 hives.  He, in turn, is going to mentor the other three men, James, Patrick, and Godwin, who each built 12 hives.

Honey is a delicious treat...yes, there is a market for it! 

Fun fact: in Dekpor, the hives are placed in trees! 

For a long time, we have hoped and wanted to be able to utilize solar power in Dekpor, but there have been a variety of challenges to overcome.

Well, we are thrilled to let you know that our very first solar-powered  pump for the water system has been installed. What an undertaking!

Sure, we purchase, acquire, and share goods with the school, but what happens when there is no where to put stuff?!

Thanks to a donation by Susan and Tony Anderson, we were able to go to town building shelving units.

Not so fun fact: there aren't any commercially produced shelves to be found. Making by hand is what we have to do!

Very likely one of the most important, long-term impact initiatives we do!  

We are SO thankful that we are able to provide this most amazing  event for our Dekpor Basic School students for the fourth time!  The dentists first visited in 2019 and then, for a second time, during February of 2021, and the third visit was May 2022. And here we are calling it Dental Week when in fact these professionals have now become such a well-oiled machine dealing with the challenges of Dekpor that they saw the entire school population in just two days!

Big storm.

Transformer hit.

8 street lights blow up!

Those lights are needed for both security and safety reasons, so we didn't hesitate to replace them as soon as we could. Thankfully, a donation from Busch Systems made this possible.  How handy dandy that one of our previously-sponsored, fully-accredited electricians was in town and able to do the labour. Thanks, Eric!

Aurora Preparatory Academy really outdid themselves this time!  In February, Carol was presented with a cheque for $3300--proceeds from their ever-popular Date Night combined with a donation from the school! 

We agreed that the funds could be put towards uniforms for the students at Dekpor Basic. Why? There are some children in Dekpor who never, not even for one day, attend school. The reason is sad--the family can not afford a uniform and they are too embarrassed for it to be so obvious.

The latest to start up is the Dekpor Central Hair Salon and Barber Shop!  We just had three sponsored students complete their apprenticeship training--Obed, Doris, and Mavis--and we are thrilled that they were able to start working immediately!

There are many people to thank for this accomplishment!

This is the 5th time that we have run this campaign and it was a record-breaking success! What you may not realise is that many of the kids you see in our photos don't actually have anything under their outer layer of clothing. Sad truth.

Basics are a matter of hygiene and pride.

Almost $25,000 was raised in March! We will be able to give a kit to every single student from grades 1 right up to and including JHS 3!!  Annnnd, the sponsored high school and apprentices will receive, too! The most ever raised, by a long shot! THANK YOU!