GHANA UPDATE 2011

Dear Friends- Carol and I want to share with you what is happening in our continuing “Mission to Ghana” . Because of a variety of circumstances, family and otherwise, we were not able to make our annual visit.  By inter-net, bank transfers and deliveries made by brother, Jim Christensen, we were able to insure that all the funds which were donated through us went to the appropriate recipients.  Thank you for your continuing support and prayers.

1.       Through a partnership with the local communities, the church, Rotary International Water Projects, and USAID, in 2011, 114 Water and Sanitation Projects were completed for over 250,000 people, including Takla Gbogame.  This culminated a three year process and cost $5 million, and involved hours of local communal labor.

2.       Delivered to the Regional Leprosarium: 100 kilos of rice, 2 gallons of cooking oil, and 2 boxes of soap, insuring that those “cured lepers” will have food until the end of the year, while receiving on-going care and treatment.

3.       University Education for Elementary School teacher - tuition for 2011-12

4.      School Supplies Ho Dome Primary School

5.       EP Church Scholarship Funds through the National Church Headquarters

6.      Supplies for Mawuli Junior High  ( 140 tee squares & Magna-tiles for3 dimensional templates)

7.       Gifts and Funds to Klefe Creche (Nursery School)

8.      Supplies for EP Takla Gbogame Primary School 

9.       Funds distributed to Womens’ Activity Center (Training for women to be self-sufficient).

10.   Purchased goods from carvers, jewelry makers, seamstresses, bead makers, micro-businesses, and senior centers.

11.   School Fees for  Ho Heve Primary School ( Miami Everglades Can recycles)

12.  School Uniforms for students at EP Schools

13.  Funds to Church Headquarters for them to use at their discretion

14.  Supplies for Takla Junior High  (60 mechanical instrument kits, 60 tee squares)

15.   Funds distributed to rural clinics

16.   Pharmaceuticals distributed to Volta Regional Hospital through “Americares”

17.  Arranged for Solar Powered Talking Bibles to be delivered to Leprosarium for blind patients and to EP Church for members who are poor and blind

In His Service – David and Carol Christensen

                        “Ministries in Ghana”