MGCF Trip To Ghana 2017
From 2016-2021, MGCF received a generous donations from the Anthony & Catherine Fusco Foundation.
With these donations MGCF was able to target two schools in need, provide school supplies to many children, and in 2021 complete our first school building project.
Check it out below!
Adusa Primary School
MGCF decided to target two schools in particular for their 2017 trip. One of these schools was Adusa Primary School, located in Mayera, a community in Accra. The founder of MGCF, Bea Nkumsah and board member Mike Nkumsah visited the school to visit the classes and discuss how MGCF could be of greater assistance with administrators and teachers. In alignment with our mission of sustainable aid through economic empowerment, MGCF purchased exercise books and school suuplies through local Ghanaian vendors to give to the students. View the gallery to the left.
It Takes A Village Initiative
"It takes a village to raise a child"
-African Proverb
Upon discussing the school's needs with administrators, MGCF found that learning was being inhibited due to the physical structure of the school. MGCF decided to help Adusa restructure the school by constructing new classrooms. Keeping the philosophy that people in a community are the experts of their lives, and hence are most likely to know the best way to remedy issues, the community took the lead on fixing the school. MGCF funded the materials and supervised the work, while members of the community and master masons rebuilt the school. Check out the gallery below.
It Takes A Village empowers communities in need to be the leads in remedying the problems they have.
MGCF's "It Takes a Village" Initiative embodies the ideology that people are the experts of their own lives. Having Ghanaians complete construction increases chances that the construction done will be able to be maintained by those in the community and will be completed accurately. Community involvement increases community investment, and it stretches the value of the dollar, creating the sustainable aid we desire to attain. We plan to expand this model to more schools and communities.
Check out our 2018 Updates!
We had some setbacks this year, there was bad storm that caused us to have to rebuild some of the walls. However, we were able to power through.
A mason lays brick and cement down for a classroom wall.
Classes sizes have reached over 70 students as seen here. The new structure will greatly improve teacher effectiveness.
A mason lays brick and cement down for a classroom wall.
2022 Update
Official Opening of Adusa School
It has been a long road with many set backs and successes that have provided us with many lessons. Lessons that have prepared us for our New School Building Project in Kumasi, Ghana.
Below are pictures of our Opening Ceremony May 2022.
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Cape Coast School for the Deaf and the Blind
The Cape Coast School of the Deaf and the Blind is a government located in Cape Coast. MGCF wanted to visit the school after Bea Nkumsah and her daughter, Michelle, watched a documentary on the school detailing some obstacles that administrators and students face.
Originally, MGCF wanted to donated a much needed fridge to the school after seeing that the nurses' quarters didn't have one to house medication. However, after visiting, we found a fridge had been donated and were informed that the windows in the sleeping quarters for students needed to be replaced and the canteen needed new bowls and utensils. MGCF donated these bowls and utensils as well as provided the funds needed to replace the windows.
Check out the gallery above, as well as the videos to see MGCF's visit.
Are you interested in getting involved with our initatives or donating to fund our cause? Click below and get in touch with us! We look forward to your inquiry!