Rising Africa Interview

And so after the Executive Director's, Dzagbletey Faith Adabah Julius, recognition with Coca-Cola Ghana as one of the top 60 young achievers in the country, Rising Africa, a group keen on making African talent and success stories known to the world, granted him an interview. It was an honor to both Julius and the organization at large to be recognized for their efforts in making this world a better place for humanity. It is one thing to do what you do for praise from the masses that is watching and another to be recognized for the things you do and accomplish. We are glad that people and organizations have seen the good work being done and have decided to commend us. This is a great source of motivation to Julius as well as the team to keep pushing forth with their ideas and plans. 

Please visit this link to check out the full interview. Don't forget to let us know what you think about the words of our Executive Director as well your view on the general interview, Thanks.

 

Visit to Hope Children's Home, Haatso

As part of sharing love which is significant of the Christmas Festivity, SpreadAid International payed a visit to Hope Children's Home in Haatso.

It is a Christian home for kids without biological parents and with disabilities, housing about 27 boys and 13 girls, which is however opened to all children at all times. We arrived at the home a little past 9 AM. On arrival, we were warmly welcomed with hugs and smiles from the children and caretakers. A few pleasantries were exchanged and we presented items to the children and home. Items included rice, vegetable oil, canned fish, tomato, milk, milo, exercise books and pencils, water, cereals, just to mention a few.

The man-in-charge, Pastor Ashley, thanked us verily and encouraged us to continue the good work.

We took leave by 11:30 AM. It was a time of great joy and love for everyone present.

International Day of Disabled Persons 2016 - Disability Empowerment Day

December 3rd is the day set aside to celebrate the physically challenged in the world, and SpreadAid International joined the world in celebrating them this year. The program was themed "Empowerment of persons with disability - My role, Your role". It was held at the Ashaiman Government School hall, where over two hundred (200) physically challenged persons were present -both kids and adults alike. There were different forms of disabilities so measures were put in place to get the maximum corporation of all. The deaf had sign language persons to interpret what was being said, the crippled where given a special place to sit so they were not distracted. The program started at 10:00 AM with a motivational session with speakers such as Dr. Eric Kwatia, Hon. BB and Lawyer Esther Gyamfi (a physically challenged lawyer). They were made aware of the fact that they could soar to any height they wish despite their disabilities making particular reference to Lawyer Esther. There was a cake cutting session and popping of champagnes to make their day more memorable and joyful.

There was free medical screening for all attendees which included Hepatitis B test, Blood Pressure, pulse, BMI and counseling sessions by the SpreadAid Medical Team and volunteers. They were advised based on their various test results on how to improve their health. They were all duly refreshed as the screening was ongoing.

The program was climaxed with the sharing of take-home packages and leading them to Christ by one of the volunteers. They were each given copies of the Rhapsody of Realities in addition to items such as rice, oil, canned fish, milk, oats, biscuits and many more.

The program came to a successful end by 3:00 PM with the physically challenged individuals feeling very motivated and loved.

End-of-Year Executive Meeting

The end-of-year meeting is held in November, which is the last month on the SpreadAid International calendar. The meeting gives members the chance to eat and relax after working tediously throughout the year. The sole purpose of the meeting however, is to assess progress and shortcomings alike, write a yearly progress report and then look at ways of improvement for the upcoming year. The all-important meeting for the year 2016 was held at the Pinocchio Restaurant in East Legon, Accra where selected members and executives were invited to attend. The meeting started at 7:30 PM and lasted till about 9:30 PM. The year is put in retrospect where successes and failures are both measured. Ways are discussed as to how challenges that were faced throughout the year can be countered positively in the upcoming year. As the popular saying goes, those who fail to plan, plan to fail, hence, a comprehensive plan for the upcoming year is discussed and laid out. The work of a Non-profit organization is often a very tedious one especially when there is no "formal" remuneration of any sort to commend the work of the members. Awards are therefore given to deserving members as a source of motivation and to boost their commitment levels to the organisation as well. The top 3 fundraisers were awarded. 1st- Ms Mary Bushel 2nd - Mr. Maxwell Kumatey 3rd - Ms Tracy Bawa The first and second runners-up were given a SpreadAid International framed citation and Ms Mary Bushel (the winner) was given a beautiful crystal award. The General Secretary and the Personal Assistant to the Executive Director were both given a framed citation and a crystal awards respectively .

The whole meeting ended up with members taking photographs and socializing.

Business & Leadership Seminar

The second Business and Leadership seminar, themed DOMINATE OR STAGNATE was held on 16th October, 2016.
The program began at 9:00 AM at Central Cuisine on the University of Ghana campus, Legon. Resource personnel from different walks of life were invited to give a talk on issues pertaining to students building themselves up at an early stage rather than waiting to complete school. SPEAKERS INCLUDED:

•Mr. Prosper Dzitse, Youth Ambassador to the commonwealth
•Mr. Gregory A. Essuman, AISEC Student Ambassador
•Ps. Richmond Bennah, Business Developer
•Our very own, Mr. Dzagbletey Faith Adabah Julius , Executive Director, SpreadAid International
•Mr. Nasir Egyin, Business Developer
•Mr. Kwaku Wilson, Fashion Photographer

A welcome address was said by Dir. Mawenam Priscilla Aheto. The executives of SpreadAid International turned out in their well designed uniforms.The program was massively attended by students and other specially invited guest. Each person was given a branded SpreadAid exercise book and a pen.

Certificates were optional upon payment of a small fee. The program was involving as it was more of a discussion as well as questions and answers forum. In order to sustain the interest of participants, there was a musical interlude performed by Miss Joana and Miss Diana from SpreadAid International, followed by a dance performance by Mr. Theophilus also a member of SpreadAid International. After a very elaborate, educative and successful session, the program came to an end. A video peace message from SpreadAid International was shown as Ghana was preparing for her general election.

The closing prayer was said.
There was photoshoot with resource personnel, students, and invited guests.
Lastly each person was given food packages.