A Brighter Future for Ghanaian Teenagers

Dear followers,

We are so grateful for all you support over this past month. Without you, we wouldn't have made the challenge and secured a place on GlobalGiving UK. But don't take it from us, our scholarship students want to say thank you too! Click here to watch what they have to say.

I still remember when our president first announced the Global Giving Gateway Challenge during our first meeting of the academic year. I remember the look on our treasurer’s face, as he peered at both of us, somewhat worried. £2000 in just one month, could we do it? At that stage, it was difficult to know. But as we started spreading the word, I was pleasantly surprised by people’s generosity. Friendships strengthened as four fellow medical students grouped together to cook their porridge with water everyday as they ‘lived below the poverty line’ to help us in the effort to raise funds. We all got together to dance the night away with our close friends at the Afro-Caribbean society Winter Ball. And we spent the evening in laughter at our charity auction, hosted by two university students who began the evening as acquaintances and ended it joking away as if they had been best friends for years. It was great to see everybody group together for such a good cause. And it is great to finally have something physical to show for our efforts.

Being a newly established branch of the charity, we have been working hard to spread our message and have gradually managed to leave our footprint around the South-Western region of the UK. This footprint may appear small to the outside world as a lot of the work which goes on is behind the scenes. However, I am already well aware of the impact of that footprint and its potential for growth; in less than a year, we have raised enough funds to enable a young Ghanaian to finish their high-school education, and we are working on making it possible for a second person! 

You have already done so much to help us. But do you know that you can make your donation recurring? Something as little as £5 pounds a month could go a long way!

Thank you again for all your support this month. We hope we can continue to count on you.

Warm wishes,

Rebecca

Links:

• Our scholarship students want to say THANK YOU!