GOLFING FOR GHANA: Aburi Botanical Gardens

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Aburi Botanical Gardens

These beautiful gardens are only a short 5 minute taxi ride from Kitase. There are many kinds of exotic plants and trees. I have been taking the computer club to Aburi 2 days a week and one day the power was out so I took the kids to the garden to walk around. Admission - 20 cents for students and $2 for foreign adults. Many students in Aburi pass through the gardens daily going to and from school.

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Golf for GHANA

Come hit a bucket of balls
for a great cause!
$5.00 per bucket

Join us at the RANGE for an hour or stay for a few! This fundraiser is great for people with busy calendars. You pick the time of day you are free; morning, afternoon or under the lights at night!

Mini golf lessons will be complimentary for beginners ages 9 and up

All proceeds to benefit The Wisdom Academy in Ghana, Africa.
Click on the site below to learn more about the Wisdom Academy.

http://ghanawisdom.org/

The Ghana Wisdom Foundation (GWF). The Ghana Wisdom Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization created in 2005 that seeks to provide educational resources, opportunities and support for schools, students, and educators in both America and Ghana, while also creating a sense of global community and cultural appreciation.

Personal message from THE GHANA WISDOM FOUNDATION

Why Cape Cod, USA and Kitase, Ghana? (As told by Miles Macleod, Dennis-Yarmouth, Class of 2000) After graduating from college I decided to travel to Kitase, Ghana in the winter of 2005 to volunteer teach for a semester. As an aspiring teacher myself, I was inspired by the proprietor of the school I had been assigned to teach at (Wisdom Academy). Here was a man, not much older than I, that literally had nothing except a vision to make a difference in his country by educating the rural poor. Within five short years his school had grown from a small rented room with only five students, to a school with two separate buildings, 12 teachers and staff, and 350 happy and hardworking students. I was amazed at what one person could do when they were equipped with a vision, passion, and a lot of hard work. When I returned home I decided to try my luck using the same methodology and so I co-founded The Ghana Wisdom Foundation. One of the first tasks of GWF was making Wisdom Academy a partner school and together creating a detailed overview of the problems and needs facing the school along with a plan to alleviate those problems and fulfill those needs. The biggest obstacle facing us was obvious – funding. And together we set out on a quest for money. This is what we learned…the US Government rarely give money to small overseas projects, larger organizations and foundations rarely give money to infant organizations with plans for construction, and mega-corporations liked to keep their good deeds in the public eye, or at the very least within the community they serve. And so it was facing these bleak prospects that we decided to take our vision to the backbone of America, the small community. The Cape was a logical first choice. It is where I was born, raised, and live. It is filled with teachers and townspeople who had helped me in the past. Filled with small businesses and trades people that appreciate the value of a dollar. Scattered around were friends, family, and old acquaintances that I knew I could turn to. In fact, the Cape is where GWF’s first “Teach in Ghana” volunteer is from. And so it was settled, I would bring my vision to the Cape. If this fundraising campaign is successful the people of Cape Cod will be responsible for giving Kitase a modern learning facility that could compete with international standards and provide the young people of the village with an exceptional education and thus a future that was once unattainable.

GOLFING FOR GHANA

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Aburi Botanical Gardens

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