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Light for Children Ghana
- Dec 28, 2019
- 1 min
2018 ANNUAL REPORT
2018 ANNUAL REPORT OSIWA REPORT The Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) is implementing the project dubbed “Strengthening...
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Light for Children Ghana
- Dec 28, 2019
- 3 min
MONITORING ON THREE PROJECTS
TOASE HOSPITAL CHILDREN BLOCK The construction of the project began in 2016. The project is within the Toase Hospital District. (The...
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Light for Children Ghana
- Mar 21, 2018
- 2 min
2017 Annual Activity Report
Preventive Child Sexual Assault Workshops An American volunteer named Seiria Sessame and a Ghanaian volunteer spent 10 weeks in February...
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Light for Children Ghana
- May 24, 2017
- 1 min
December 2016 - March 2017 Activity Report
In January of 2017 Mike Owusu travelled to Accra to attend a meeting of the Ghana Tax Justice Coalition. This coalition works at the...
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Light for Children Ghana
- Dec 28, 2016
- 2 min
October/November 2016 Activity Report
October and especially November were busy months for Light for Children volunters and staff. Mike spoke to the students of Mampong...
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Light for Children Ghana
- Oct 19, 2016
- 3 min
August/September 2016 Activity Report
In August, volunteer Jenny Lee from the UK joined us to work in the Education Center library. We were able to keep the library open for...
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Light for Children Ghana
- Aug 30, 2016
- 3 min
June/July 2016 Activity Report
In June, Light for Children hosted an annual visit from BTP (Beyond the Pivot), a Hong Kong based NGO that partners with us to build...
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Light for Children Ghana
- Aug 26, 2016
- 7 min
Good Orphanages, Bad Orphanages
Light for Children's executive director, the late Yaw Otchere Baffour, was actively involved in a task force to shut down illegal...
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Light for Children Ghana
- Jul 8, 2016
- 2 min
April/May 2016 Activity Report
In May, the Ghana chapter of Girls Not Brides, of which Light for Children is a member, held its annual general meeting in Kumasi. This...
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Light for Children Ghana
- May 6, 2016
- 3 min
How Common Is Malaria?
If you’ve ever tried to set up any kind of business or public service, you know how helpful it is to have reliable statistics to work...
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Light for Children Ghana
- Apr 29, 2016
- 2 min
March 2016 Activity Report
Carina Monstad a long-term volunteer from Norway, has been assisting at the Philippa Maternity Hospital in Mampong, helping the midwife...
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Light for Children Ghana
- Apr 5, 2016
- 2 min
Remembering Yaw
Photo by Chris Curnutt On March 19 we said a final farewell to Yaw. His family, NGO colleagues, church members, Light for Children staff...
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Light for Children Ghana
- Mar 9, 2016
- 1 min
January 2016 Activity Report
In January, Light for Children hosted a group of students from the College of William and Mary, in Williamsburg, Virginia (USA). These...
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Light for Children Ghana
- Feb 28, 2016
- 1 min
December 2015 Activity Report
In December, Light for Children staff members visited several villages around the Lake Bosumtwe area to meet with community leaders....
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Light for Children Ghana
- Jan 25, 2016
- 2 min
November 2015 Activity Report
In November, Mike Owusu (our Program Coordinator) attended a meeting of the Ghana NGOs Coalition on the Rights of the Child to discuss...
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Light for Children Ghana
- Dec 1, 2015
- 2 min
October 2015 Activity Report
This October, Light for Children hosted a volunteer from Brazil for the first time. Fernanda Campos, joined by Sofia Maiorana of Sweden,...
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Light for Children Ghana
- Nov 2, 2015
- 2 min
September 2015 Activity Report
Mike Owusu, our program coordinator, attended a meeting of civil society organizations in September on the topic of Ghana’s new education...
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Light for Children Ghana
- Oct 22, 2015
- 2 min
August 2015 Activity Report
At the end of July, we said goodbye to our American and British volunteers. In August, we were joined by Katrine Halling Liljedahl of...
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Light for Children Ghana
- Sep 16, 2015
- 2 min
July 2015 Activity Report
Light for Children’s volunteers continued their hard work on several projects in July. In addition to conducting Preventive Child Sexual...
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