StreetLITES Africa
Reg.Charity number 1114913
"Giving children a fighting chance in a modern world.”
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"Giving children a fighting chance in a modern world.”
| Homepage | Africa? | Our children | Our Supporters | The kit | Who are we? | Easter 2006 visit | Orphan Sponsorship |
| Contact us | Donation places |
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Empowerment
is not just giving aid and then walking
away. The
Apostolic Academy at Ashaiman have received the computers that we sent
out and found keen workers to install and maintain the kit.
They
have built a secure room to house the systems and supplied
appropriate
furniture. That's a powerful partnership of aid and initiative!
The Headteacher, Mde Christy Atiso, is with Shaun Nicholson, the Manager of Refurbit in Hull. |
| Orphans and streetchildren should be clothed, fed and live in a secure, caring environment. In some cases it takes months to befriend the streetchildren and get them to leave their past lives behind and settle into a new routine involving education. Seeing such children emerge as successful students with pride in themselves, their achievement and their potential may take a long time to happen . . but the wait really is worth it. |  |
“If
you don’t work
then you don’t eat” is what I was told while living in
a slum area. Everywhere adults and children are
working to
make money to buy essential food. The atmosphere as you travel around
is of
these poorer Ghanaians wanting to survive AND
improve their lot in life.
They will walk many miles to sell you things. Children selling chewing
gum
amongst traffic queues yearn for you to buy their gum and help them
survive.
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A successful education is seen as the key in the mechanism to improve oneself and escape from poverty. It’s a key that many children in the affluent Western world seem to have lost. In Ghana we found that the children are more than willing. Often working many hours before and after school in order to survive, improve and fulfil their potential. We feel that they deserve our support and encouragement. |
 These somewhat stereotypical images of Ghana, that I photographed in 2006, only go to prove that the culture of working hard to survive is an essential and accepted part of life. Despite the demands of their lifestyle the Ghanaians we met always had a happy and positive outlook. |
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