We are currently preparing for our August 2009 Journey to Ghana.  Our schedule includes our third annual Wechiau Girls Conference as well as checking on the building of our school. 

For the conference, we are expecting 350 girls from over 19 different villages in some of the remotest parts of Ghana, West Africa.  For five days, we will be teaching them about Literacy, Health, Music, Arts & Crafts, Dance and Physical Education.  In this area, the children only get one meal a day.  During our conference, we feed them breakfast, lunch and dinner.  The girls’ excitement is contagious during the entire conference, but especially when they are eating.

These girls have dreams of their own… to be nurses, doctors, accountants, lawyers, judges, journalists, engineers, pilots and so many other things.  It’s amazing to hear them talk – especially since most of them have never left their region - about wanting to help their community, see their country and the world. Their dreams are admirable… and their obstacles are staggering.  But we are determined to be a bridge to help connect their current reality to their dreams through Education, Health and Business.

As we prepare for this journey, we gather school supplies, clothing, food, health supplies, shoes and other accessories so that we can make an impact in the lives of over 300 girls and their communities.