PROJECT 5000's 2nd & 3rd Visits To Ada

PRAISE REPORT ON “PROJECT 5000” SECOND & THIRD VISITS TO BETHEL ACADEMY AND PEDIATORKORPE D/A BASIC SCHOOL (GREATER ACCRA REGION)

Praise be unto the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has sent us forth to the poor and needy that through us their needs may be met.

Friday, 20th May, 2016, was another opportunity to impart into the lives of seven hundred and seventy(770) students and thirty (30) teaching staff of two schools both in the Greater Accra Region-Pediatorkorpe D/A Basic School ( on the biggest island in Ghana) and Bethel Academy.

We journeyed together at 5:30am after a group prayer to prepare us for the journey. It was about two hours’ drive from University of Ghana-Legon Campus.

We arrived there at 8:25am and set up the place for the day’s programme to commence.

The head teachers gladly received us as we introduced ourselves and made known to them the purpose of our visit.

We were then led by one of the teachers who took us round to show us the various facilities of the schools.

We began on a very delightful note which lasted till the very end.

The classes were divided into various sections which are listed below:

• Class 6 to Form 3- Topic: "Education on Temperaments and Career Choices".
• Form 3- Topic: “BECE Special with Mr. Azumah Mawuli, author of the book “Swimming Against the Tides”. All candidates were given a copy of this book which is geared towards youth development through reading habit cultivation and temperaments.
• This set was also taken through a talk on teenage pregnancy.
• Lower Primary- taken through Proper Handwashing skills as well as education on Talents Development.
• The very young ones were not left out as they were taken through Talent Development in a very illustrative manner by Miss Peace and her team.
• Every class was taken through Rhapsody time and every child given a copy of rhapsody being very mindful of their ages.

Thanks to Biblionef who gave us a number of books which was presented to the schools’ libraries for their use.

Brother Afful led all teachers and head teachers to Christ as we distributed copies of “Power of Your Mind” to each of them.

Both visits came with educational tours. After Bethel Academy which was the first school, Spreaders were taken to the Salt Mines to be educated on the process.

It was also a delightful experience when all spreaders had to cross the River Volta by a boat in order to go to Pediatorkope D/A School. Most confessed afterwards their joy and fears since it was their first experience.

At Pediatorkope, we were given the opportunity to exchange greetings with their chief who was very happy and encouraged the members to continue imparting the younger generation positively.

Below is a list of items presented to both schools as well as topics treated:

ITEMS PRESENTED

Books From Biblionef..... 300
School Bags….. 50
Exercise books..... 600
Pencils..... 350
Pens..... 550
Slates..... 60
Crayon..... 200
“Rhapsody of Realities”..... 800
“Power of your Mind”..... 30
“Swimming Against the Tides”..... 40
Juvita Drink..... 830
Biscuit..... 830

TOPICS TREATED

1. Education of Proper Handwashing (UNICEF states that 1 out of 3 children die every day in Ghana because of lack of basic personal hygiene like handwashing)
2. Education on Teenage Pregnancy
3. Education on Temperaments and Career Choices
4. Education on Talent and its development
5. Soul Winning
6. Education on how to adequately prepare towards their BECE

A Generation of Learners

...and it was a life transforming, thought-provoking and awe-inspiring seminar. Unfortunately, we live in a world where wisdom is no longer appreciated. People prefer being under self-induced insomnia in cinemas to going for conferences to be impacted with wisdom: How sad!!!

I am taught by the Good Book, "...by wisdom, the just shall be delivered...". How do we plan on making it out there where there is so much distraction to sway us off the path destined by God for us, when we have neither won the battle of the mind nor plan on winning it??

I see a generation of young people, who are voracious for knowledge and the right information, for its ability to make them; a generation where the old are not, because they have given themselves to learning. Abraham Lincoln could not have been any more right in saying, "You start dying when you stop learning". A generation where what is passed on to the next life is a sense of direction and purpose and not mediocrity, feebleness and death. I see a generation of learners, for that's what life is...life is learning. A generation who study to show themselves approved unto God, and one who lives to impact all creation.

After all, one can only give what he has and not what he doesn't. God wants to say something to the world through me; I need to avail myself.

01/11/2015
Mawuenam Priscilla Aheto

FAILURE; The Only Yardstick?

Check out this amazing letter written to the youth of Ghana, our beloved country. This article highlights the current situation the Ghanaian youth faces and why the youth need to make their voice heard. This letter is very detailed and as such, much need not be said on this platform. Here is the letter for your perusal.

Service To All

“Many people want to be leaders without the sacrificial service that must go with leadership. Christians continue to fight among themselves for positions. Such attitudes are transferred to public life. Everyone wants to lead and no one wants to be a servant,” Prof. Martey decried. 

Leaders make others better and take others up with them. They are genuinely interested in others. It is very difficult to become a good leader if you are not ready to serve, and that is really all what leadership is about-service.

“Ghana can only be great if the leadership in every sphere of life is willing to serve,” he emphasized.

Let's take a look at the whole story.

TRUE?

Let's begin with a quote from Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah which states, "As far as I am concerned, I am in the knowledge that, death can never extinguish the torch I have lit in Ghana and Africa. Long after I am dead and gone, the light will continue to burn and be borne aloft, giving light and guidance to all people." 

Prof. Agyeman Badu Akosa, a former Director General of the Ghana Health Service, believes that Ghana has not seen much development like it should have and this is basically due to frail leadership. 

Read more on this issue here.

EXEMPLARY

A highlight from this article is a quote by John Ruskin (1819-1900), an English art critic, which states, "The first duty of government is to see that the people have food, fuel and cloths. The second that they have means of moral and intellectual education."

This story throws more light on the significance of the 2015 Nigerian presidential elections and the act of heroism shown by the former president Goodluck Jonathan. "Truly history has been made in our very eyes as the 2015 presidential election has turned out great heroes of international acclaim."

I HAVE A DREAM

I have a dream
A dream that I would like to share
A dream that many would be glad to hear, and wish to be part
But it is also a dream that only few would be in the fore front to make it happen;
Not because it's impossible but because it's unique and demanding
Because it would take people that can go all out, all in, to make it happen
This is a dream for generations
The exciting part of this is that, it is trans-generational
My name is Dzagbletey Faith Adabah S. Julius and I have a dream
It is a dream of a nation called GreenAid
A nation with great cities
A nation of hope and a nation of dreams becoming realities
Your children and mine would come and continue this dream and live it in a better form for their children's children
A nation where beggars become owners and givers of industries,
A nation where orphans become loving parents,
A nation where thieves and prostitutes become pastors and motivational speakers after receiving a life that is from above; from the Father of all creations and the friend of the broken-hearted
You have a dream
I have a dream; a dream for humanity sake
Let's build this dream together!

[12/09/2015]