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A step in the right direction

For enrollment into basic school in our project, every beneficiary must go through our pre-school classes programme. During this time, beneficiaries are taught about punctuality, cleanliness, discipline and of course basic literacy and arithmetic skills.
For over 10 months, these young ones who were once in street situations and denied access to education have shown commitment to their own pathway of growth and development.
We are glad that 19 of our beneficiaries have passed through pre-school classes successfully and are ready for onward admission into formal basic schools.

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A journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step; Congrats to Sammy and Salamatu

Salamatu and Samuel completed their senior high school education in June and September 2023 respectively. Salamatu after completion of her basic education in 2020, gained admission to Comboni Secondary Technical school whiles Samuel went to Ghanata Senior High School. They have been part of our Education Sponsorship programme for children in street situations since 2014.

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Graduation from Basic school, what next?

We are glad to announce the completion of basic School of 5 beneficiaries; Atsu, Cynthia, Naomi, Seth and Robert. They have shown tenacity and great strength over the years. We wish them the best as they get ready to prepare for Senior High School Education. They have been in the project for over 7 years and have been receiving sponsorship for their basic school all these years.

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20 beneficiaries in street situations join our educational sponsorship programme

We are excited to announce an addition of 20 new beneficiaries to join our educational sponsorship program.
Our Social Workers scanned the hotpots, where these children work and live in Ashaiman Municipality for about 5 months. They have now settled and commute daily to our First Contact Place in Zongo-Laka for pre-school classes.

Our educational sponsorship program aims to provide these children with access to both formal and informal education and ongoing support to equip them with the necessary skills they need to live better and independent lives, off the streets.

We believe that education is a fundamental right and that every child, regardless of their background or circumstances, should have access to it.

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Update on pre-schoolers

Our 9 beneficiaries, who were enrolled into our First Contact Place for Pre-Shool last year, are working hard to finish their studies to join basic school in September 2022.

Our Social workers (Pre-School Class Teachers) agree that the children have made progress within the 10 months they have been in Rays of Hope Centre (RoHC). "They have advanced most in Maths. When they arrived some even didn't know how to write numbers," said Ms. Amegashitsi.

Now pre-schoolers can do addition, subtract, multiply, and divide. English is something they still need to practice. "In September 2021, most of them didn't know the alphabets, they hadn't been to school before. Now they can identify short words," commented Mr. Amadu.
The children have also learned to behave and communicate in society.

In August 2022, pre-schoolers will take the RoCH test and in September will enroll in a suitable Primary class.

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Welcome, volunteer Saile!

Meet our newest team member; Saile Mägi - a European Union Aid Volunteer (EUAV) from Estonia.
She will be part of the RoHC family and offer her expertise in communication and digital skills.
"During my first weeks over here, I've seen how relentlessly the staff works every day to help the children from the streets back to schools and society. The purpose of this NGO is really inspiring and I'm grateful for the chance to support the team."

Saile is the second EU Aid Volunteer in RoHC who is sent here in cooperation with its partners; Mondo (EST) and Kongo Community Development Association (GH) under EU project SuDHAV 3.
Saile will be in Ghana until November 2022.

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Light at the end of the tunnel; enrolment of 2019 beneficiaries into basic school

After 2 long years of Pre-school classes at our First Contact Place (FCP), we achieved success with our beneficiaries in enrolling them into Formal Basic School. The former street connected children were identified and introduced into our Education sponsorship programme in 2019. Usually, pre-school classes should last between 6 – 12 months. Unfortunately, the COVID 19 pandemic caused us to extend it to 2021.

Out of the 14 beneficiaries who signed up for the sponsorship programme, 11 beneficiaries have been enrolled into basic school across our Centres in Ashaiman and Ayikuma. They were progressive in their development in academic, social and moral life. We hold in high esteem these values since we believe these values would go a long to shape, define and make our beneficiaries independent and contributing members of our Society.

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Hurray!!! 20 beneficiaries join our project for our education sponsorship programme

It is the time of the year were our Field Work programme is intensified. During this time, our social workers spend extra hours on the streets to identify, recruit, and reintegrate potential beneficiaries into the project. This period usually spans for at least 4 months thus April to July. For the 2021 field work programme, we focused on street connected children located within the Ashaiman Municipality.

Our Field worker came in touch with over 45 children during the period. However, due to resource constraints, we are only able to sponsor 20 beneficiaries unto our education sponsorship programme. The addition of the new beneficiaries would increase our count of beneficiaries to 100.

Just like other beneficiaries, they were mostly engaged in economic activities, child labour and some are trafficked and abused children. We begin reintegration of our target group right from the streets.

 

What a milestone for Salamatu and Daniel; they are in Senior High School

Salamatu and Daniel have been admitted into the Comboni Technical Vocational Institute to continue with their Senior High School Education. Salamatu came into the project in 2014 and Daniel in the following year of 2015. We are very happy to see them at this level after completing basic school under sponsorship from Rays of Hope Centre.

We would keep on giving them the support and guidance during their time at Senior High School.

Good luck, young Rays !!!

 

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Christmas Party at WEM Centre with Beneficiaries

This year both centers came together to celebrate Christmas. A big bus filled with our beneficiaries and staff members of the First Contact Place (FCP) arrived on Saturday morning, the 21st of December at WEM Centre.

After singing together, dances were performed and we remembered Jesus’ birth with Bible readings and prayers.

Later that day we moved on to prove our skills in volleyball, football and table tennis and played some matches against each other while others were dancing or supporting the cooks in the kitchen. At the end we enjoyed our lunch, some nice drinks and biscuits.

In the evening all of us moved back to Ashaiman, the children were already really excited to go home and spend the holidays with their families and friends.

We had lots of fun together and we are glad to see how the project and ROHC family is growing year by year.

Rays of Hope Centre wishes all of you a blessed Merry Christmas and a prosperous new year 2020.

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