By Anthony Kojo Bosomtwe | Programme Manager
What Happened This Quarter
Investing in the Space: Washroom and Play Area Renovations
In April, the Learning Hub underwent renovations to its washrooms and play space. A safe space must actually be safe — and dignified. Clean, functional washrooms and a well-maintained play area are not luxuries; they are part of the quality, nurturing environment SCEF is committed to providing every child who walks through the Hub’s doors.
SCEF Reads with Joanna and Moritz
Following the renovations, the Hub reopened with the resumption of SCEF Reads, led by Joanna and Moritz. Across the quarter, 27 SCEF Reads sessions brought children together around stories read aloud, followed by guided discussion — rekindling the reading culture at the heart of SCEF’s mission and signalling to the community that the Hub was back, better than before.
New This Quarter: Educational Movie Sessions
A notable addition to the Learning Hub’s programming this quarter was the introduction of educational movie sessions. Held weekly to bi-monthly, these sessions use storytelling and visual learning to spark facilitated discussions around life skills, values, and decision-making. Film is a powerful entry point for children who may struggle with — or feel excluded by — text-heavy formats: every child can watch, reflect, and contribute. Early sessions have shown encouraging engagement, with children connecting on-screen choices and consequences to situations in their own lives.
Arts and Crafts: Bracelet Making
The Hub’s arts and crafts programme continued, with the team guiding children through the fun, hands-on process of creating their own bracelets. Beyond the joy of making something of their own, activities like these build fine motor skills, concentration, patience, and pride in finished work — and the bracelets themselves became small, wearable reminders of what children can create with their own hands.
Attendance and Participation
Attendance this quarter fluctuated, shaped by the month-long renovation closure in April, school schedules, family responsibilities, and the onset of the rainy season. Even so, 125 children actively engaged with the Hub, and the team delivered over 100 sessions across reading, film, and crafts — a remarkable density of programming for a quarter that began with a month-long closure, and clear evidence of the Hub’s standing as a stable, trusted space that children and families choose, again and again.
A Story from the Field
In the afternoon, the Hub reopened, and the team noticed something small but telling. Before any activity had even been announced, a group of children who had been waiting outside went straight to inspect the renovated washrooms and the new play space — then came back grinning, as if the upgrade had been done for each of them personally. In a sense, it had.
Later that quarter, during one of the new movie sessions, the facilitator paused the film at a moment where a character faced a hard choice. Hands shot up around the room. Children who rarely spoke during reading sessions were suddenly debating what they would do, what was right, and why. One boy summed up the scene in a single sentence that has stayed with the team: he said the character should think about who would be hurt before deciding. That — a child reasoning carefully about consequences and other people — is exactly the kind of growth the Learning Hub exists to nurture, and exactly what your support makes possible.
Challenges and Lessons Learned
Next Steps (Coming Quarter)
Thank You — Your Impact
Renovated washrooms and a safer play space may not make headlines, but for the children of Jamestown, they are a daily, tangible message: you matter, and you deserve a place built with care. This quarter, your generosity renewed the Hub’s foundations — literally — and opened new doors to learning through film, stories, and craft. Through closures and rainstorms alike, the Learning Hub has remained what your support built it to be: a stable, trusted space where children grow. Thank you for standing with them.
By Godfred Ahlijah | Project Lead
By Solomon Abbey | Child Rights Advocate
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