VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES Volunteers remain at the center of most of Light for Children’s activities. Most of our international volunteers...

On April 15th, Mike Owusu (our Project coordinator) and Yaw Otchere (our Executive Director) attended a meeting of the Ghana Anti...

In March, Light for Children’s activities focused on the Preventive Child Sexual Abuse program. Although fears over the Ebola outbreak...

Light for Children participated in a number of public events and meetings in January and February. One of these was a public lecture on...

Like many organizations throughout Africa, Light for Children has seen a decline in the number of international volunteers due to...

In October, Light for Children celebrated an important event – the Grand Opening of the Education Center in Atonsu, Kumasi. The local...

After a hectic summer, September was a quiet month for Light for Children. Suzanne Sandquist of Sweden sent the sum of $2000 for two...

At the beginning of August, we said goodbye to many of our summer volunteers, including the Hong Kong University and Spelman University...

July continued to be busy and productive for Light for Children’s volunteers and staff. At the Education Center in Atonsu, ICT programs...

June was a very busy month for volunteers at Light for Children. At the beginning of June, nine students from the University of Hong Kong...

This month, six medical students from Creighton University in the United States volunteered in schools around Mampong for a week. The...

ECHOES III PROJECT: Empowering Cocoa Households with Opportunities and Education Services. This project, funded by World Cocoa...

Yaw Otchere attended training in children’s rights, by the Coalition of NGO’s on the Rights of Children. The training program ran for 5...

March saw the arrival of several new volunteers. Ida Furru of Norway, and Gabrielle Deegan of the US arrived at the beginning of the...

This month, Light for Children was pleased to host a much larger group of volunteers than is usual for February. Mette Nielsen and...

Light for Children staff and volunteers visited Asakraka and Nkorang, two of the villages that were part of the ECHOES III Project....

December was a quiet month for volunteer activities at Light For Children, giving the staff and long-term volunteers a chance to catch up...

During November, volunteers Linnea Rydberg, Fanny Lindström, and Jessica Hallerth of Sweden, and Yael Yeshurun of Israel, continued their...

October was a busy month for Light for Children volunteers and staff. Ulrika Thulin of Sweden did an internship the Public Works...

September was a productive month for Light for Children, and also gave us opportunities to celebrate and reflect on the results of our...