DONATIONS REQUESTED
SCHOOL IN GHANA (£38,000)
Replacement of original adobe classroom block - £5,200
School uniforms x30 - £550
Desks and chairs x30 - £890
Classroom whiteboards, to replace damaged ones x6 - £600
Student workbooks x1,000 - £550
Workshops for school leavers – 2-Day Workshop for all final year leavers which will focus on active citizenship - £3,260
Classroom learning posters about the natural environment (birds, wildflowers, insects, mammals) - £600
Renovations to the primary school’s toilet block - £1,800
Additional books for the library to include general reading or storybooks for pleasure x150 - £500
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Day-trip to the Akosombo Dam: electricity generation, economic advantages and political issues (including buses, meals, water and entrance fees) - £2,600
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School Greening: Installation of wildlife pond and other activities connected to the development of a green curriculum, including tree-planting, organic farming and gardening, plant and animal identification and the continuing development of a rewilding area - £8,100 *see below for more information*
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Music teachers for the year x3 - £1,500
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Laptops x20 - £8,700
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Internet access improvement in 2026 and 2027, including the installation of a satellite dish which will supply a faster and stronger network which will be connected to all laptops in the new IT centre - £1,950
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Teacher training workshops (Teaching and Learning Strategies, Professional Development, Child Protection) x2 - £750
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Sanitary towels for girls’ self-esteem and to reduce absences from school - £450
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More information on SCHOOL GREENING
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We have requested, above, £8,100 for our School Greening. Environmental degradation, like all green issues, is a big problem in Ghana, but it is often ignored in schools. We want to show the possibilities of making a difference, at least locally.
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In the environmental field, we want to create a model of excellence at Akokoa, which can be copied elsewhere as well as making a difference in this particular village and to this particular community.
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We have received a private grant of $10,000 to help with this and we have made a start but there is much more to do.
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Curriculum
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We have written a curriculum on the environment which is designed to be meaningful for a rural community in Ghana, covering, for example, biodiversity loss, deforestation, and pollution. To implement this, an hour a week has been set aside for all classes, 30 minutes in the classroom and 30 minutes in the field
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Ecosystem restoration
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We have undertaken some ecosystem restoration in a two-hectare area of the village, owned by the Projects Abroad Foundation. This has been quite successful, and a number of school pupils have been involved, but it needs supervision to reduce alien species and to identify what’s going on in terms of new wildlife, which would give this restoration programme more value as an educational tool.
Wildlife
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As a result of the work on ecosystem restoration, and village cleaning (especially the removal of plastics), and the provision of a small pond in the restoration area, and a carefully managed organic farming area, we have attracted substantially more birds, amphibians, reptiles and mammals into the area around the village and school, and we try to excite the children about this with posters, local field-trips, and work on the internet.
Recycling
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Some recycling is already undertaken, and we are working with local NGOs to reduce and to re-use our waste, especially plastic waste.