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Feb 7th, 2008 - 11:33:17 |
PHILIP KYEI APPIAH
We opt to make difference in the life of our clients and the people in our communities. We make difference from any simple activity we take. Making difference in the world, we at Paajaf have observed that there must be a compassion and action to demonstrate it.
We deem it privilege to share with you the difference we are making in our communities here in Ghana. We invite you to support a project or sponsor a child (orphans and other need children) to school. Supporting a project and or sponsoring a child, you have become part of our initiative, sharing a common goal -to demonstrate care and concern for orphans, other needy children, women and girls through voluntary services in Child and Adult Literacy Education, Care and Support, Vocational and ICT Training, Children Networking, HIV/AIDS Prevention and Awareness, Cancer, Hepatitis B and other social vices for creation of job opportunities and to obtain good health condition to enable them feel as being part in the world.
Your little effort or support can bring together orphans, other needy children, women and girls who are desperate in life – feel rejected, frustrated and displaced to gain support, meet their social, emotional and mental welfare. They would also get knowledge about their lives and environment. We can enhance understanding among individuals of different cultures, ethnic groups, religions, and socio- economic levels.
We are excited to welcome your support to Paajaf Foundation. Making a difference in the world takes hard work and commitment. We need to make a difference in the lives of orphans other needy children, women and girls and only your tiny effort or support can make that difference to their lives.
Sincerely
Philip Kyei Appiah (CEO)
Juliet A. Y. Adusei (Secretary General)
MESSAGE FROM FACILITATORS
We the facilitators are very grateful to leaders of Paajaf Foundation for the vision of helping their fellow human beings who could not make it to the classroom. Paajaf holds it classes for adults and school dropouts in one of the government school building in Gbawe and Benkasa when the schools have closed in the afternoon. The foundation helps its clients to read and write the English language which is the official language of Ghana.
The foundation also educates its clients to read and write their own language so that they can read and understand newspapers, bible, magazines, etc. in English and in their own dialect.
Due to this many people who have not had formal education are coming daily so that they can read and write to manage their businesses and cope with social issues.
However, majority of our clients lack the facilitating and learning materials which will help their learning. The learners and the entire body of Paajaf would appreciate and be grateful to any organization which can come to their aid by supporting the project. Alex Nyani (Facilitator)
God Bless you all.
Alex Nyani
Awudu James
Jon Mensah
Samuel Mensah
Nyame Tiase Ebenezer
Samuel Lamptey
ADULT AND CHILDREN LITERACY EDUCATION
The focal point is to ensure that Adult education/literacy training centre is established to provide education to school drop-outs, orphans and women who can not read or write. Women and the other needy children having access to literacy training/adult education will be able to read and write and manage their activities efficiently and effectively so that they can in improve upon their wards education.
· Since inception of this idea, the foundation has grown from strength to strength. Many adults and school dropouts are registering day in and day out to acquire formal education. Facilitators have also volunteered to support these less privileged ones to a higher standard.
Our concern is lack of facilities like infrastructure, test books and funds that hinder the progress of our activities. With all these setbacks we have seen a progress in our participants who can now read some pamphlets, books and identify some words which they would not at first.
We would be much grateful to your organization or any person to come to the aid or work in collaboration with Paajaf to realize its dreams. Your little support can make difference in the life of these people.
CARE AND SUPPORT TO OTHER VULNERABLE CHILDREN (OVC)
Care and Support to OVC - enrich the lives of orphans and other vulnerable children through free giving of food, clothing and financial support. Their awareness and the happiness of our closeness to them will help to relief – stresses, emotional and physical disorders among them and it will bring dignity and sense of self-worth with the accompaniment of personal development
McCarthy Erica
Erica is daughter of late Rita McCarthy; she is three (4) years of age. She was born in the year 2004 at Djanman in Accra. The late Rita was dead mysteriously as a result of been beaten up by her fiancé.
According to the investigation about the late Rita and the condition of her daughter’s (Erica). The father of Erica did not accept her when she was born and he is no where to be found too. Late Rita was the one who struggles to look after this poor Erica and her school. Due to the hardship the woman was going through, a man approached her that proposes for marriage. So they were in marriage relationship of which the man had not performed customary rite.
Not long after, disagreement rose up between them and the late Rita was beaten up of which she refused to report to anybody including police. One day she woke up in the morning complained illness and went to pharmacy store to buy some medicine. On three days after her ill condition was improving. So her parents took her to hospital and she was admitted. Her ill condition became better few days after her admission according to her family members and friends those who had an eye witnesses when she was at hospital.
Unfortunately, the ill condition became worse again and Miss Rita gave up. Since her death, the poor Erica has been with her grandmother and has not been able to continue her school due to the death of her mother and financial difficulties of the family. In this situation that poor Erica has found her self.
Benjamin Bonney
Benjamin is a son of Abigail Bonney who was high school drop out at Gbawe in Accra. Benjamin is three years old boy. The mother doesn’t have money to send him to school and his grandparents also don’t have the means. The father of Benjamin did not accept him. So the mother has to take care of him and has been unable to it leaving this poor boy in gloomy future.
Diana Appiah
Diana, a 10 years old daughter of Mr.Appiah Nuamah and Madam Florence Mansah at Djanman in Accra-Ghana, the parents with eight children and they are not been able to support the children education due to financial difficulties. Some of the children include: Grace, Jemimah and Ebenezer Appiah.
“I wanted to go to school but my dad said he doesn’t have money to support me” said Diana.
“I have completed Junior High School that I should have gone to Senior High. But my parents don’t have money to help me. I have hopeless future.
–Said Jemimah Appiah
There are many conditions of such children which is very appalling. We are therefore appealing to all for support to aid the conditions of these children.
PAAJAF CLUB (CHILDREN NETWORKING)
Children’s networking is a program that links Paajaf Foundation with children of school going age in our communities. By sharing information and ideas, young people have the opportunity to celebrate their own culture and learn about those of others.
Partner groups exchange letters, email, photos, games, video and audio taps, cultural artifacts and Paajaf Foundation Project ideas. Through children networking, young people can discuss issues and offer solutions in a forum that transcends cultural and geographical boundaries.
·In September 2007, at Benkasa the foundation formed network to mobilize children or pupils from Junior High School, the Basic School and other children from the entire community to share information and ideas, that young people would have the opportunity to celebrate their own culture and learn about those of others. Also to discuss issues and offer solutions.
This club springs from the foundation’s Adult Education Branch in the community. It got to a time when our clients in the area, some were not showing interest in the project because of their farming activities.
Most of the people there have their farms in the Western Region. Therefore they always move to and fro to cater for their farms with less time for education. Though, maximum effort is being made to enlighten them on the essences of the Adult Education set up by the foundation in the area.
Furthermore, it came to a time that the facilitator at the branch who stays in the next community travel to the place but just to meet the absence of them and whole lot of excuses, just to mention a few of them.
Due to these, children network or club was from in addition to the adult education in the community with the hope that the network will help the foundation meet its mission in the community.
Since inception of the network, we have been able to communicate to these children in the remote area to have in mind that education is the main priority behind their success in life. We are also introducing them to some of social awareness which the pupils have no much access in the classroom. Including HIV/AIDS, ICT, Cancer, Malaria and other related diseases. All things being equal the club is booming with a population of seventy (70) members as at December 2007. And our Adult Education is progressing.
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