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Your Donations Are Appreciated
COF Ghana is currently applying for status as a non-profit agency.
Your generous donations are appreciated and funds are routed thorugh the Ghana Fund through the home church of the COF Ghana founders: Trinity Presbyterian Church of West Lebanon, Indiana.
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Communities of Faith for Ghana
PO Box 315
Attica Indiana 47918
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Donations are used to support:
The Aged Program (Senior Citizen Program) in the town of Akropong
Youth Center Activities for the youth of Akropong
Demonstartion School (Jr. High School level school) for supplying books, technology and educational aides, including school fee scholarships for students
The Blind School - Ghana currently has only two blind schools in the whole country. Akropong houses one such school that boards and teaches blind students from all over Ghana from kindergarten ages to adults. The blind school currently enrolls approximately 300 students.
Please visit each Mission Focus below for further information on each program.
The AGED PROGRAM
The Aged (or Senior Citizens as Americans call the elderly population), do not have handicapped accessability in the community of Akropong or in most places in Ghana. The Aged Program offers transportation to the town elderly for health check-ups, blood pressure and diabetes screenings, optometry servcies, general fellowship with neighbors and friends, a meal, worship services and health seminars by health professionals from local hospitals.
The Aged Program takes place in Akropong's largest church but is not limited to congregation members, the program is open to ALL community members. Most elderly who attend are not mobile and are carried from their homes into a van and transported to the program. At the conclusion of the days events and activties, each member is escorted home by community volunteers. Akropong prides themselves in the longivity of their citizens, many reaching the ages of 90+ years old.
The Aged Program serves 300-400 elderly once a month and is exclusively funded by COF Ghana through fund-raising efforts. Currently COF Ghana is searching for 5 organizations to pledge a yearly budget committment of $500 to fund this program. The total budget for the program for one year is $2500 US dollars. The program is overseen by the elders of the Christ Presbyterian Church, COF Ghana founders and the COF Ghana board members. Currently, the Aged Program has two organizations committed to the continual support of this worthy program.
Please consider being a sustaining member
of the Aged Program!
The Akropong Blind School
The school has 300+ students whose ages range from kindergarten to adult. Students board at the school. The school offers educationl and vocational training. The headmaster is a former student of this school. Akropong's tribal leader is the Executive Board Member President of the Blind School and spent 20 years in the United States as a financial advisor.
More information is coming soon.
Akropong Youth Center
Program provides education on youth interests, dances, youth activties, health issues (HIV/AIDS information, abstinence programs, malaria, environemntal issues, etc), computer training and town library access.
Demonstration School Support
Information is coming soon on the Demonstration School - the gifted and talented school of Akropong.
A container of books was recently sent to Akropong from Indiana schools and are currently being used by students in their new library.
The Aprie School Building Project
This small community is located on the far outskirts of the urban community of Kumasi in Ghana. This area is more arid and not as prosperous as other area of the country. The village of Aprie has NO school for their children.
COFGhana has donated $2000 to this village to build their school. Another $5,000 is needed to finish the eight room building to utilzed as a school, worship center and community/social center.
SPANCO Orphanages
A remarkable and inspiring woman named Gisela Becker founded SPANCO to help the neediest orphans in Ghana, West Africa 12 years ago.
Gisela has built hospitals, community centers, orphanages, provided food, access to clean water, schooling and much needed dignity to the children of a poor region of Kumasi.
Currently, Gisela has built a two story orphanage to house 150+ orphans and is in the process of having a school built to serve the whole community surrounding the orphanage. Gisela works with village leaders to serve the whole community and educate those in need.
Gisela is looking for donations to educate the children:
- $20 would educate one orphan for ONE school year!
- $100 would educate one student for a TWO year vocational training career
Please visit SPANCO's website for an awesome and inspiring video of Gisela and what she is doing for the orphans in Ghana, West Africa!
Be inspired, take action!
SPANCO website
