Happy Independence Day to GHANA!!!  6th March, 1957 is when the then named Gold Coast,  was granted their independence from colonial rule. In honour of Ghana's 60th Birthday in March 2017, TREE Africa donated FREE Ghana tee-shirts to the beautiful, dedicated children of our Trash4Books Ghana program..inspiring pride in our homeland.

Yeah!!! The first to receive their free Ghana shirt!

The queue of children waiting for shirts! Checking our attendance roaster to verify the children that have been active.

The Honourable Assemblywoman- Honourable Madam Anastasia also received a free shirt. We appreciate her political support for the Trash4Books Ghana program.

...waiting patiently for their shirt

We love happy faces!!!

Our wonderful teachers, along with the Honourable Assemblyoman - volunteers for Trash4 Books community clean up activities and environmental education for over 2,000 children in 5 villages.

Reading

2017 Began with a major milestone. TREE Africa was asked to speak at a youth book club in St. Louis, Missouri-USA; making this our first international appearance.
Our Co-Founder spoke to the eager group of girls about the importance of sisterhood, reading and helping the community. The NerdyGirlz Book Club learned a lot about Ghana and got a chance to see pictures and items from Africa.
Thank you NerdyGirlz Book Club and keep reading!!

2016 Ended with a grand concert by our Music Program with Akoma International Academy in Ayensudu, Ghana. This completes our successful 2nd school year of TREE Africa's African Classical Music Program-teaching leadership, culture appreciation and the power of classical music to improve listening, reading and verbal skills; molding children into future leaders that think more creatively and will inevitably come up with better solutions for our most pressing issues.

At the end of 2016, the TREE Africa family received some sad news. One of our warriors for change  passed away, Brother Alfred.
He was very instrumental in helping us at the beginning of our National Sanitation Day Trash4Books Program, and helping us to grow in the rural community of Akurugu Daboo. He was a dedicated volunteer, teacher, mentor, brother, son and friend. We shall continue in his honour.

TREEAfrica
giving the children of Ghana roots to grow and wings to fly~

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