http://www.aimmission.org Empowering Education, Health and Business to the People of West Africa Thu, 22 Jul 2010 04:11:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Welcome! This site is currently being UPDATED. But please feel free to look around. We are happy to introduce you to an exciting, fairly new organization called the African Initiative Mission, here at Aimmission.org.(Picture taken in Wechiau, Ghana by AIM. Copyright 2007)There are so many exciting things taking place as ... http://www.aimmission.org/2010/07/22/african-initiative-mission-welcomes-you/ Here is a promo video for our 4th Annual 2010 Wechiau Girls Conference. Our group leaves the first week of August. We are expecting 600 girls to attend this 5 day conference. They are coming from over 30 villages. http://www.aimmission.org/2010/07/21/4th-annual-wechiau-girls-conference-2010/ AN AFRICAN SUMMER... It’s September!  Fall is on its way in and summer is just about over. And it was a great summer!  Our team of twenty (from the U.S.) recently returned from our August journey to Ghana, West Africa.  We held our 3rd annual Wechiau Girls Conference in the upper ... http://www.aimmission.org/2009/09/03/3rd-annual-wechiau-girls-conference-2009/ 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, ... http://www.aimmission.org/2009/07/15/our-august-2009-journey/ This past August 2008, the African Initiative Mission organization returned back to Ghana, West Africa for our Second Annual Wechiau Girls Conference.  Approximately 312 girls from 19 different surrounding villages turned out for the 5 day event.  Wechiau is one of the most isolated village regions, where the nearest town is ... http://www.aimmission.org/2008/10/23/wechiau-girls-conference-august-2008/   In seven days, we leave for Ghana, West Africa.  The final week until departure is always crucial, intense... and exciting.  Those of us who are going can't wait to walk the West African soil again.  We miss our sisters and brothers and look forward to the reunion: their smiling faces, ... http://www.aimmission.org/2008/02/11/our-february-journey-is-almost-upon-us/   Empowering the Next Generation by: Allen Paul Weaver III In 2003, when I went on my first mission trip to Africa, I asked myself: “What am I capable of doing?  I’m only one person.” The task before our group was tremendous: four men carried in eight large bags of clothing, shoes, school supplies ... http://www.aimmission.org/2008/02/10/empowering-the-next-generation/ Young boy sleeping in the streets of Weichau.   Helping to develop boys to men in a poverty stricken district.  This walking bridge was built by our AIM Foundation members in order to get children across to school during the rainy season.      Coming Together to Make a Difference. Two Cecilias from two different worlds. Planning ... http://www.aimmission.org/2008/01/07/new-photos-06-07/ The AIM team is planning its next trip which is scheduled for February 2008. We are already in the process of collecting items to fill a shipping container which will be here next month. Please help us make a difference in the lives of our Ghanaian sisters and brothers. Listed ... http://www.aimmission.org/2007/12/04/preparations-for-the-next-trip/ I remember being a kid and watching television late at night. In the wee hours of the morning certain stations would show underprivileged kids in Africa and abused kids in the U.S. It was hard for me to believe that kids lived this way, and whenever I ate dinner my ... http://www.aimmission.org/2007/12/03/my-ghana-testimonial/