Support our Childrens' Education

Taking inspiration from the book of Proverbs 6:22 (Train the child the way they should, and when they grow, they will not depart from it), and from my own personal experiences, I believe education is the bedrock of self-actualization. I was raised in a community where we walked for miles to and from school each day because we had no school in the community. We had no clean water, no electricity, and no health facilities. I was not enrolled in school until I was about 12 years old. My job was being a shepherd. Praise God, He has turned me from being a shepherd of animals to a shepherd of souls. I was heading towards spending my whole life behind the animals until my own desire to be enrolled in school and the strong backing and intercessory role of my mother before my uncles (who were then in charge of the home after I lost my dad at age 8), finally enrolled me. With a strong will and by the grace of God, with the support of my teachers, I went through the ranks. Because of the lack of educational facilities and the fact that, as kids, we had to walk miles to and from school each day at the mercy of the scorching sun and the rains, I saw many of my colleagues drop from school. I observed with pain the girls who had to drop out of school and succumb to early marriage.
Once I counted myself lucky to get to school and attain a good education in Ghana and the United States of America, Rome, and the Holy Land, I prayed that no child should go through that bitter experience (unless God allows it for a purpose). My resolve then was, after having been blessed with the gift of the priesthood, to change the story, to help children and their families tell a story, a story of the joy of having been able to get a good education. I saved every penny given to me by friends to take care of my personal needs. I saved every penny given to me by people of goodwill who know that priests in our part of the world do not get paid. And with the belief that Rome was not built in a day, a classroom room will be built for the children one day. These savings made the difference, and many friends have come to build trust in me, and together, we built the first three classrooms, and in no time, six (6) full classrooms were built to take care of 1st to 6th graders. A computer laboratory has also been built and attached to the 6 classrooms. My next step is to add three more classrooms for the children or take care of their middle school (junior high school) needs. We dream big and have high ambitions. Therefore, the big ambition is to build a senior high school that will focus on technological, technical, and vocational training.

If you are a believer in changing lives, in teaching people how to fish instead of always giving them a fish, if you believe that these children in that community and all other poor rural areas need to tell a story, a story that will add you to it in a good way, I invite you to consider helping with this noble agenda. Remember, God loves a cheerful giver. (2 Cor. 9:6-8).

UPDATE: BUILDING OF A TRADE SCHOOL