Kisseman schools
As on previous visits, my trusted friend Jessie Nana Kofi is helping make contacts and assisting with the distribution of goods. While in Kisseman, a very poor area in Accra, we visited 4 separate schools.
At the Olivet school, we delivered a few soccer balls. This is a school that we have previously delivered uniforms and school supplies to. Jessie's son Bismark just started first grade here. As a gift to my good friend, I paid the fees for the remainder of the school term. It was $30, which is a month's salary.
We visited the Next Generation school, which is another school that we have previously given uniforms. All of the soccer gear mentioned in this blog was donated by the Montclair Soccer Club (http://www.montclairsoccer.org/). Including these beautiful soccer cleats we gave to the Next Generation School.
Another school in the area, the Kisseman E. P. Primary school, received a set of uniforms and balls.
Headmistress Mrs Stella Alagbo was Jessie's teacher when he was a young boy. She did not remember him, but he remembered that her arm was strong with the cane. At most of the schools I have visited, a strong swing of the cane seems to be the preferred method of bringing order to a classroom.
Finally, we visited a small 2 room school called the River School (how many walls are required to make a room?). The uniforms were the largest sizes we had to donate, and the children at this school were the smallest of any school we visited. It did not matter at all. The excitement and joy were the same, even though the uniforms did not fit so well.
We gave pencils to every student at the River School. The kids were jumping and screaming while tightly clutching their new pencil like it was the greatest gift ever received.
At the Olivet school, we delivered a few soccer balls. This is a school that we have previously delivered uniforms and school supplies to. Jessie's son Bismark just started first grade here. As a gift to my good friend, I paid the fees for the remainder of the school term. It was $30, which is a month's salary.
We visited the Next Generation school, which is another school that we have previously given uniforms. All of the soccer gear mentioned in this blog was donated by the Montclair Soccer Club (http://www.montclairsoccer.org/). Including these beautiful soccer cleats we gave to the Next Generation School.
Another school in the area, the Kisseman E. P. Primary school, received a set of uniforms and balls.
Headmistress Mrs Stella Alagbo was Jessie's teacher when he was a young boy. She did not remember him, but he remembered that her arm was strong with the cane. At most of the schools I have visited, a strong swing of the cane seems to be the preferred method of bringing order to a classroom.
Finally, we visited a small 2 room school called the River School (how many walls are required to make a room?). The uniforms were the largest sizes we had to donate, and the children at this school were the smallest of any school we visited. It did not matter at all. The excitement and joy were the same, even though the uniforms did not fit so well.
We gave pencils to every student at the River School. The kids were jumping and screaming while tightly clutching their new pencil like it was the greatest gift ever received.
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