From one school to another: $1000 donation helps to improve a Ghanian community’s education
The Montclair Kimberly Academy donation of $1000 helped to buy 30 dual desks for the children of the Nsata Subriso primary school.
Pupils using the desks bought with the Montclair Kimberly Academy sixth graders’ donation.
A teacher guides a class on natural science. According to Georgina Donkor, the school’s head teacher, attendance rose after the purchase of the new desks.
Children of the Nsata Subriso primary school.
Education is key in reducing child labour in rural communities. With increased attendance and better teaching conditions the children of the Nsata Subriso community have a better chance of improving their own livelihoods.
In 2015, sixth graders from the Montclair Kimberley Academy (MKA) in the US heard about the problem of child labour in cocoa farming. Moved by the realisation that children their own age were involved in the production of the chocolate they so enjoyed, the kids decided to mobilise.
With the help of the ICI they were able to improve the lives of children living in the Ghanaian cocoa community of Nsata Subriso. After fundraising efforts the MKA sixth graders donated $1,000 to ICI. The donation provided a new classroom for the local primary school, complete with 30 dual wooden desks.
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