Ethiopia- Cheleba School Construction Progress

We received pictures of the progress that has been made on our latest school in the village of Cheleba, Ethiopia!!

Our last update on the block school was here!! As you can see, construction is coming along really well and we can't wait until we can open it's doors and provide a quality education for the 480 children in the village!!

To learn more about Engage Now Africa's Education Initiatives or to donate to future schools, please visit our website here!!

Ghana- Thank you!

We are so thankful for a group of amazing sixth graders at a local middle school in Armonk, NY that recently ran a school supply donation drive for our Duusi-Tindongo Primary school in Northern Ghana! 

Instead of throwing away school supplies at the end of the school year, these students organized a donation drive of goods. They were able to gather 32 boxes full of composition books, notepads, pencils, art supplies, binders, backpacks, ruler and other school supplies. These school supplies will be life changing for the primary school students in grades 1-6 who will be be receiving them at the beginning at the school year. 

The school supplies are currently in transit to Baltimore for a cargo shipment headed to Tema, Ghana.

Thank you for all of your hard work and donations! 

Ghana- ENA's first school in Northern Ghana is Under Construction!!!

We are so excited to share pictures of our first school that is under construction in Northern Ghana!!

Our three unit block school, named The Duusi-Tindongo Primary School, is currently under construction in the village of Duusi. This is ENA's first school to ever be constructed in this region and is being built using locally made concrete blocks. The Duusi-Tindongo Primary School will be used to educate primary students ages 6 and up who are in grades 1-6.

There are already 98 boys and 122 girls enrolled and we expect up to 600 students once the school is complete!!

We look forward to keeping you updated as construction continues! 

To learn more about Engage Now Africa's Education Initiatives or to donate to help build future schools visit us here!!!

Thank You Hoodie Love

Thank you Hoodie Love!!

During the month of August, 5% of the proceeds over at Hoodie Love will be donated to ENA!

Show your support for ENA and cute hoodies and head on over today!!!

CLICK HERE for a link to @hoodielove and Jann's campaign on Indiego:

Thank you and good luck Jann!!!

Ethiopia- ENA's Newest School in Cheleba is Under Construction!!

ENA's newest school is now under construction!!

We have selected the village of Cheleba as the location of the new school and are thrilled with the progress!

Children in the village of Cheleba must currently travel over 26 kilometers (16 miles) just to get to the main road. Once they reach the main road they must then travel to a school in an entirely different village.

There are currently over 1300 villagers in Cheleba and 480 of those are children. These children and future generations of children born here will now be able to attend school in their own village!

We look forward to updating you as construction progresses!!!

To contribute to the construction of ENA's school in Cheleba or future schools, visit us online here!!  

Namibia- Medical Equipment Arrived!!

We are grateful for the opportunity we had to assist LDS Humanitarian Services in providing medical equipment to the Nyangana Hospital in Namibia.

The hospital recently received more cardiac monitors! The staff have all been trained on how to use the equipment and we loved being able to take part in providing these life saving medical devices to them and all of the patients they will be able to treat with them. 

Pictured above is Dr. Ruffine Mfutila, the Senior Medical Officer and Manager of the hospital and a hospital staff member with the new medical equipment. 

Pictured below are four of the night shift nurses who just delivered a healthy baby!!

 And here is the baby they helped deliver! 

If you would like to find out more about our health initiatives or donate to one of our medical facilities, visit us online here!!!

Ghana- Ada Island Literacy Program

            Ada Island Literacy Program

          By Cecilia Amankwah

 

Tuanikope is a name of an island located in Ada in the Greater Accra Region, with a population of about 700 people. The predominant occupations of these people are farming and fishing. They speak a local dialect known as Ewe.

This is a small village surrounded by water, called the lake Volta which happens to be the largest reservoir in the world. It extends from Akosombo Dam which generates electricity and also provides inland transport and valuable resources for irrigation and fish farming in southeastern Ghana to this town that is the least of their priorities. The nearest school is only accessible by canoes which I deem a hazard considering the depth of the Lake.  

About a year ago, ENA visited the Village to do feasibility studies and proceeded to help them with micro-financing loans to grow their businesses.

On March 13, 2014,  Francis and I visited the people of Tuanikope to introduce the Adults Literacy Program to the loan beneficiaries and all interested participants who wanted to enroll in the Literacy Program. On our arrival, we were met by Mr. Gershon, the group leader at the bank of the lake, who welcomed us and took us with a canoe to cross to the island. Rowing the canoe was by manpower and it took us about 30 minutes to get to our destination.

We were welcomed by some group members who waited to help carry our materials to the place of meeting. Mr. Gershon did the introduction by telling them who we were and our mission of being there, after which Francis and I formally introduced ourselves. The members were very happy to see us and actively participated in the Literacy Program.

Francis and I introduced the literacy manual to them and also did some assessments. We encouraged them to have the desire and also belief that they could read, write and speak the English language. Members showed interest and promised to study hard so they could also encourage their children and grandchildren to go to school. We closed the class with a prayer from a group member, and we bid them farewell and promised to visit from time to time to monitor their progress.

Pictured below is Alice, one of our ENA Literacy Participants. She is about 30 years old with 4 children. She sells coconut to help feed her family. Alice has no money so none of her children are in school. She has now enrolled in the Adults Literacy Class to learn the English language so she can help teach her children. She said, "I didn't have the opportunity to go to school and I'm happy that I can study and also teach my kids." Life here is not easy.

We look forward to updating you on their progress next month!!

If you would like to help fund ENA's Literacy Program, please visit us online at our website here!!!