Ghana Scholarship Program

The Ghana Scholarship Program began in September, 2000 for children in Ghana, Africa whose parents could not afford to pay their school fees. Fees are not only for tuition as the government takes care of this for primary and middle school. Fees are needed for uniforms, food, extra classes, part of their money even goes toward the desks, books etc. When the US Storehouse team was in Ghana, we met many children who could not go to school because their parents could not pay the school fees. The Ghana Scholarship Program provides the opportunity for someone in the United States to sponsor a child’s (or children’s) education. The program offers a couple of ways to help the children. One, a donation to sponsor a specific student for a one-year scholarship and two, to give a donation to the Ghana Scholarship Program which would be put into a general fund to help any student who is in need of sponsorship.

Below are a few photos taken in several villages in Ghana. There are several different school buildings made from mud bricks, stucco and one that has no sides at all. The blackboards are plywood painted black. The wooden slat structure is a bathroom, rusty metal wheel – a school bell, and a school calendar posted on the building.

Children sitting at desk receiving shoeboxes filled with goodies are sponsored children in the village of Asoto. Other children receiving shoeboxes are random children in other villages. Drawings on wall are in a kindergarten room. A group of children in the village of Kadjebi.

Our August 2008 trip to Ghana, West Africa, was a combined mission team, consisting of 11 team members from North Carolina, 8 from Tennessee, and 34 from Ghana. The report is in the linked PDF,2008 Mission Trip to Ghana, West Africa.

If you would like to sponsor a child’s education or make a donation to the program, please call Cynthia Baldwin at 336-998-5495 for information.