APPEAL FOR VOLUNTEERS AND SUPPORT

BACKGROUND

Delta Childrens Village (DCV) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization (NGO), founded by a Ghanaian philanthropist, Mr Ken Obeng, who started a similar organization in a Freetown slum in Sierra Leone in the early 1990s. The orphanage there had to be closed down in 1992 as a result of the civil war that broke out in that country. The idea was replicated in Ghana in, April 1993, first as an orphanage in one of the deprived communities, Weija, of Greater Accra region.

DCV transformed into a non-profit school in this community in Accra. The school consists of Pre-school, Primary, and Junior High Secondary School. It caters for 45 orphans and up to 178 underprivileged children of ages between 2 years and 17 years. The orphans are non-residential, but are catered for during the day by DCV with free meals and tuition, and by appointed guardians. The community, being a low income one, is greatly assisted by DCV. Most children therefore come to the community in order to benefit from the available, albeit poor, facilities.

DCV school was established to enrol children in the community who by virtue of poverty are not able to pay school fees and have little or no access to good quality education opportunities. The school population comprises children who have been neglected or abandoned by their biological parents and would have had no opportunity at all of being in school. Such children often end up becoming wayward as they strive for survival in the unfriendly slums of the city.

CURRICULUM

The school’s curriculum covers English Language, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Religious and Moral Education, Local Language (Ga) and Culture including different types of Ghanaian music, drumming and dancing).

SPECIAL APPEAL

We appeal for our school to be supported with volunteers to teach

• English Language,
• Science
• Mathematics
• Computer Appreciation

COLLABORATION IN OTHER AREAS

Our school wants to promote the holistic development of these deprived children by offering them an education in information and communication technology (ICT) via the use of computers which forms part of the school curriculum so as to enhance their potential for the future. This is an area that needs urgent attention, particularly with the government‘s programme for introducing computer studies for mainstream schools (public schools). Unfortunately our school has one computer donated by the founder, and we don’t have Internet connection, except from outside the school at Internet Cafe. Teaching and learning in this area is therefore a nightmarish experience. We believe in equality of right to education for all; unfortunately our children in our school will be taking the same final examinations with other urban lucky children who have access to the world of computers. Science is equally lacking as there is no laboratory nor simple science equipment to enable pupils appreciate the subject. In line with this desire of DCV school management and caretaker parents it would be appreciated schools from abroad ( Europe, USA, Canada, Australia) come to the aid of DCV with;

• Used computers (desktops or laptops) to implement this important project. IT is crucial for the children but acquiring the tools for such technology is far beyond the means of DCV and guardians of these children who are even unable to pay any school fees for upkeep of the school.

• Support with donations of any kind (cash or materials) to support infrastructure development of the school especially a science laboratory.

• Support setting up a school library.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Ken Obeng Founder
Telephone: +233 302771546
Mobile: +233 024 3182518
E-mail:founder@deltachildrensvillage.com
Website: www.deltachildrensvillage.com

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