The Afri-Can Connection Physically Separated - Electronically United
The communties of Kpone Barrier, Larabanga and Adaklu Mountain welcome you. We, the members of The Afri-Can Connection are speaking on their behalf in order to introduce to you to the communities and the projects that all of us are involved in on the ground in Ghana, West Africa. The Afri-Can Connection is investing financial resources into supporting educational and community programs which focus on developing a modern educational system in rural Ghana. To complement this pursuit, we work diligently to build community programs that will improve the living standards of the community as well as increase employment and access to basic necessities such as healthcare. We are against the prevalent notion that basic literacy schools and primary nutrition and healthcare are good enough for poor Africans. Alternatively, we are helping to create a system through which the children and community members of Kpone Barrier, Larabanga and Adaklu Mountain can obtain secondary and post-secondary education, secure training in technological professions and provide for their families above subsistence level earnings. The Afri-Can Connection has completed to following projects since September 2008: Purchases of computers for Manye Academy and Fechfound, two university scholarships for deserving students at the University of Development Studies, Tamale Campus (Northern Region, Ghana), completion of a soccer field, provision of nets and uniforms at Manye Academy, wage increases for Manye Academy teachers, monthly cash installments to Manye Academy for school improvement, supplies, utility bills and staff wages, purchase and installation of three solar powered lights at Manye Academy, and the purchase of desks and benches at Manye Academy. This is just the beginning! Help us complete the new and improved Manye Academy so 1000 students can attend school, a well for 500 villagers and uniforms for 170 orphans in Larbanga and scholarships for 300 orphans on Adaklu Mountain! With your assistance we can ACT TODAY to end poverty in three communities! The Afri-Can Connection is a Canadian nonprofit organization located in Kitchener Ontario, Canada. The Afri-Can Connection Canadian Nonprofit Incorporation Documents -here- The Manye Foundation Ghanaian Nonprofit Incorporation Documents -here- The Afri-Can Connection Newsletter -February- -March- www.the-afri-can-connection.com Click on screen size 100% 90% 80% 70% 60%50% Invest in the people of Kpone Barrier, Larabanga and Helekpe. Collectively, small amounts can make enormous changes in these communities. www.the-afri-can-connection.com [email protected] Above: Architectural drawings for the new Manye Academy. Estimated project cost 1 . 1 million dollars CDN Manye Academy: Currently serves 300 children from poor families in the rural settlement of Kpone Barrier in Ghana, West Africa. Structure: Currently consists of eight open walled classroom under corrugated tin roofs. The Future: With the community of Kpone Barrier and The Afri-Can Connection we are building a modern day educational facility that will accomodate 1000 poor students at no cost to their families. The academy will offer a first class education in the sciences and arts and will support students into secondary and post-secondary institutes. Larabanga: FECHFOUND in Northern Ghana FECHFOUND is a grassroots organization of interested Larabanga residents who are resolute in their conviction to lift the children of the community out of the poverty prevalent in Larabanga. The Afri-Can Connection is committed to helping the residents of Larabanga build the educational, employment and social programs that they require in order to make the surrounding region more prosperous. Above: (Upper left) children receiving school uniforms through a joint FECHFOUND and Afri-Can Connection project. Obviously our efforts alone can not meet the immediate needs of the community. Guinea Worm (Dracunculiasis): The parasite is contracted by ingesting water containing water fleas infected with the Guinea worm larvae. Once inside a human host the worm can mature for up to a year and grow to be a meter in length. After development the worm breaks through the skin via a blister which develops on the surface of the skin. Removal involves slowly pulling the worm out through the skin over the course of 2-3 weeks. Guinea worm is spread by infected individuals entering water sources which stimulate the worm to release larvae. Individuals living in the northern region of Ghana (Larabanga included) are exposed to the risk of developing painful lesions and the removal of female Guinea worms from their body. The Afri-Can Connection is working with FECHFOUND to provide safe drinking water for their community by building a new drinking water well and providing the financial backing to keep that well open and operational. To opt out of communications with The Afri-Can Connection please send your request -here- Comments, question and concerns? www.the-afri-can-connection.com 10 Highland Cres. Unit 1012 Kitchener, Ontario N2M 5C2 Tel: 001 519.741.0098 or [email protected]
