What is it?
Yaarah Schools is a project currently located in Ghana, which aims to raise funds in order to support under privilege children in a remote village in Ghana. This idea came about when a member of the group visited Ghana. She discovered that teaching only took place when the weather allowed as the classroom was a simple shelter from the sun.
The hut used as a classroom in the school
Our Vision
- Our aim is to raise money to build schools in rural Africa through our partner NGO Yaarah Foundation in Ghana.
- To have the conditions that will enable village children attend school like any other children irrespective of the weather condition in the country.
- To have similar project in other part of the world as Yaarah Schools become well established.
Below are a few pictures of the work in progress in March 2010:
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- The hut used as a classroom in the school
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- Unloading some of the items out of the truck
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- Children in their classroom
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- Head teacher with children behind in the classroom which is under a tree
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- Giving out a few items to the children
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- Part of the welcome- boys drumming away
Here are some updates on the work that has been going on with the Yaarah Schools Project:
October 2010: Tales From Ghana Part 1 & 2
October 2010: Building My Platform for Yaarah Schools
September 2010: Fusionite Raises £900 for Yaarah Schools
July 2010: Building the first classrooms in Ghana
December 2009: Quiz Night 2009
December 2009: A great start to December
Please see the website for more details and get in touch if you would like to get involved!
It seems as though you have learnt a lot from your Platform2 experience, and that you are sharing what you have gained over the past few months. Not only by sharing your experiences from Platform2 but by making a real positive contribution to the education of future generations in Ghana through the fantastic Yaarah Schools project. This project touches upon an important idea that quality education needs to be made available to everybody, as education is a key component of development.
Keep up the good work and please keep us updated on further developments in the project.
There is a scalable way to integrate rural schools with rural cyber libraries of educational content and community based learning
See: http://globallearningframework.ning.com
Dear Richard,
Thanks for your input. The global learning framework seems like a positive idea that is making changes. What parts of Africa are you in apart from Kenya? What process do you use in order to target those you help? What do you mean on your website about becoming a 501 c3?
Adizah