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Mission
The CGCF's Mate Masie Project aims to support school-aged children in Accra, Ghana to offer educational opportunities to obtain excellence in education and success in life.
Goal
Mate Masie Project’s goal is to fundraise for and support students’ who demonstrate exceptional educational promise by offering them opportunities in education that they would otherwise not have due to finances. Mate Masie Project’s goal is to alter the trajectory of enrolled students to positively impact their education and their future.
Overview
The Colorado-Ghana Children's Fund assists street children (children working on the streets, often with only one or no parent) between the ages of 7 and 18 to attend school. The CGCF pays their school fees, medical expenses and other school costs, as well as providing them with a daily living allowance so they do not need to work. Education is a valued, precious commodity in the Ghanaian culture, and the children are eager begin, or return, to school and take their studies seriously. Children are supported in primary, secondary and vocational schools depending on their age. Education is the way to make their dreams possible and to contribute to a more prosperous future, for themselves and their nation.
In America, public education is free and accessible. There are organizations and resources to help those in need. However, in Ghana, a stable West Africa country, there are very limited resources. In some parts of the country, only 40% of the school-age children are able to attend school. This is due to the inability of the children, or their parents or guardians, to pay the mandatory school fees and the costs of books, school uniforms and basic school supplies--as well as the need for all family members to work in order to survive. This lack of education continues to contribute to the poverty so common throughout Africa.
For as little as $60 a month, a child's life can be changed forever, by affording them an opportunity to attend school. Please join us in giving these children a second change to build a bright future for themselves and for Ghana. Thank you!
