Ghana Nourish Minds Virtual 5k+ is a global fundraising opportunity being held to support students in rural Ghana who face a daily struggle to survive. We are thrilled that we have participants from all over the world helping us raise funds!

We have 4 initiatives that we want to cover with this event: the food program, the emergency medical fund, the wages of key school personnel, and health week.

1) Your donation helps feed students who otherwise may not even attend school. Face it, it is challenging to focus on lessons if one’s stomach is grumbling.  Our goal is to put 100 students on the food program for this coming school year. Just to give you an idea of the impact you can make, donation of $50 will feed a child a nutritious breakfast and lunch every school day for four months!  A donation of $165 will put a student fully on our food program for an entire year and also give the student any required medical intervention required.

2) The medical emergency fund is available to students at Dekpor Basic mainly because families can not afford to purchase national health insurance cards. We know we have saved many lives!

3) Health week is an opportunity for children and youth to be seen, educated, and treated by a team of dentists.  We also distribute a toothbrush and a tube of toothpaste to each student.

4) There are essential people we hire to help the elementary school: a librarian, a kindergarten assistant, and several student caretakers.

DSDO is a small, volunteer-run charity with admin fees of a mere 0.65% -- we truly make the most of donated dollars! Two of our directors live in the village and ensure that all funds are spent as allocated.  Communication and transparency are important to us.  You can SEE how your involvement changes lives!

This is our 10^th year participating in a 5k+ event. Some of our long-time supporters may notice that we have changed venues. We are pleased to use this platform for the first time because there are no fees for us and no registration fees for our participants. 

Your support is most appreciated!

Thank you for embracing our mission to make a difference!

NOTE: it is not necessary to "support the 100% Canadian platform we use". Choose Other in the drop down menu and set it to $0.

For more info:

www.DekporSchool.org

Facebook.com/DekporSchool 

info@DekporSchool.org