Our Impact
Pégé Children Foundation currently supports 12 children, helping them stay in school and achieve their educational goals. Here are some of their stories.
Rahab's Story
Rahab lost both parents at the age of three years, and lives with her grandmother. Providing food and school essentials is a challenge for them.
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Michael's Journey
Michael's father recently passed away, leaving his mother struggling to support the family. With our help, Michael continues his education, giving him hope for a brighter future.
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A Day at a School in Kasoa
Jefta, who lives with his grandmother after being abandoned by his mother, finds hope and education through the support of Pégé Children Foundation.
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What We Do
Making a Difference Together
At Pégé Children Foundation, we believe in the power of education and community support to transform lives. Here's how we help:
Educational Support
School Sponsorships: We cover tuition fees, provide uniforms, and supply necessary school materials.
Summer School Programs: During crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, we ensure that children continue to learn by organising full-day summer schools with qualified teachers and nutritious meals.
Health and Nutrition
Nutritious Meals: We provide daily hot lunches to ensure children have the energy to focus and learn.
Healthcare Services: Integrated health programmes ensure children are healthy and mentally ready to learn.
Community Engagement
Parental Involvement: We work closely with parents to emphasise the importance of education and partner with them to support their children’s academic journey.
Pastoral Care: Offering emotional and spiritual support to children and their families, bringing hope and stability.
School Sponsorships: We cover tuition fees, provide uniforms, and supply necessary school materials.
Summer School Programs: During crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, we ensure that children continue to learn by organising full-day summer schools with qualified teachers and nutritious meals.
Health and Nutrition
Nutritious Meals: We provide daily hot lunches to ensure children have the energy to focus and learn.
Healthcare Services: Integrated health programmes ensure children are healthy and mentally ready to learn.
Community Engagement
Parental Involvement: We work closely with parents to emphasise the importance of education and partner with them to support their children’s academic journey.
Pastoral Care: Offering emotional and spiritual support to children and their families, bringing hope and stability.
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Make a Difference Today
Your generous donations help us provide education, health care, and hope to children in need. Together, we can make a lasting impact.
About Ghana and It's Educational System
Many children still face big challenges when it comes to getting a good education. Schools are often overcrowded, lack proper facilities, and don’t have enough trained teachers or learning materials (World Bank, UNICEF). Over a million children are not in school, especially in poorer areas, making it hard for them to break out of poverty (Global Partnership for Education).
According to this recent UNICEF DATA, over 630,000 children in Ghana do not have access to primary education. Girls face even more barriers. Many have to travel long distances to get to school, deal with poor sanitary facilities, and face gender-based violence (Cross Catholic Outreach). On top of this, many more children suffer from hunger.
Ghana's economy thrives on cocoa and gold mining in the south, but the north faces harsh conditions, poverty, and high illiteracy rates. This disparity forces many children to leave school to support their families, especially when a parent falls ill or dies. Poor families often can't afford school fees, and even when children attend, they often go without lunch, impacting their ability to learn.
Pégé Children Foundation is dedicated to changing this by providing financial support and school meals, ensuring children can stay in school and build a brighter future. By addressing these issues, we can help girls and boys stay in school longer and achieve better educational outcomes, which in turn empowers them economically and socially.
According to this recent UNICEF DATA, over 630,000 children in Ghana do not have access to primary education. Girls face even more barriers. Many have to travel long distances to get to school, deal with poor sanitary facilities, and face gender-based violence (Cross Catholic Outreach). On top of this, many more children suffer from hunger.
Ghana's economy thrives on cocoa and gold mining in the south, but the north faces harsh conditions, poverty, and high illiteracy rates. This disparity forces many children to leave school to support their families, especially when a parent falls ill or dies. Poor families often can't afford school fees, and even when children attend, they often go without lunch, impacting their ability to learn.
Pégé Children Foundation is dedicated to changing this by providing financial support and school meals, ensuring children can stay in school and build a brighter future. By addressing these issues, we can help girls and boys stay in school longer and achieve better educational outcomes, which in turn empowers them economically and socially.
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Our Work
Making a Difference in Ghana's Education System
As a UK-registered charity, Pégé Children Foundation is committed to changing this narrative.
Our programs tackle health issues like malnutrition and limited healthcare access that affect children’s ability to attend and perform well in school.
During the pandemic, when government education programs were broadcast on television, our children couldn't benefit because they lacked access to TVs. In response, we organised a week-long summer school for over 40 children, supported by approximately seven teachers. Every day, we made sure they had hot lunches to keep them nourished and ready to learn.
Our Hope for the Now and Future
Through these efforts, we're providing integrated support to ensure these children have the resources they need to thrive academically and break the cycle of poverty, contributing to the growth of their communities. Together, we hope to make a lasting impact and create a brighter future for young lives in Ghana.
Our programs tackle health issues like malnutrition and limited healthcare access that affect children’s ability to attend and perform well in school.
During the pandemic, when government education programs were broadcast on television, our children couldn't benefit because they lacked access to TVs. In response, we organised a week-long summer school for over 40 children, supported by approximately seven teachers. Every day, we made sure they had hot lunches to keep them nourished and ready to learn.
Our Hope for the Now and Future
Through these efforts, we're providing integrated support to ensure these children have the resources they need to thrive academically and break the cycle of poverty, contributing to the growth of their communities. Together, we hope to make a lasting impact and create a brighter future for young lives in Ghana.
Pégé Children Foundation’s Founder, Michelle's Impact
Michelle is deeply involved in all our projects, holding video chats with both the children and teachers to stay connected and ensure everyone's needs are met.
Our Videos,Gallery and Projects
We've been actively involved in various projects, including sanitation and hygienic facility improvements and the restoration of boreholes to provide clean running water. During our school visits, we emphasize the importance of education and partner with parents to ensure their children receive the support they need to thrive.
Videos
Michelle is very much hands-on with all projects. She also holds video chats with the children and teachers.
Gallery
Our Engagements
Visitation and Inspection: During our visits, we inspect ongoing projects, ensuring transparency and progress.
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Projects
Our efforts include ongoing work to improve sanitation and hygiene facilities, including the restoration of a borehole to provide clean water.
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Parent Meetings
We engage with parents, emphasizing the importance of education and fostering partnerships to support their children's schooling.
Introducing "Shared Threads"
We invite professionals , such as a registered nurse to have discussions with young girls about menstruation, providing handmade reusable sanitary pads from "Shared Threads," a Northern Ireland charity, to ensure they can stay in school.
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Educational Activities
We organise swimming lessons, providing children with enriching experiences and opportunities for growth.
Educational Trips
Our recent trip to the Volta River Estuary was an unforgettable experience for the children, where they learned about the environment and enjoyed a boat ride, educational tours, and a sumptuous lunch.
A Teachers View of a Trip to the Volta River Estuary (Ada Foah)
On 27th May, 2022 at 7am, 23 pupils along with three teachers went on a trip to the Volta River estuary (Ada Foah).
As the day was very sunny and rusty, the 23 pupils made their morning devotion in a big air-conditioned bus as we drove off the Kasoa to Prampram. When we got to Prampram, we alighted at the sport estate to pick Madam Michelle at home and there we had delicious breakfast - porridge and bread.
At 10am the journey continued to the Ada Foah using the Accra Motor way. On our way,we had a lot of sightseeing and nature endowed features such as escapement, hills, plateau, factories, sky scrapers, weather stations and a stadium. Sir Shadrack Mensah Lindsay then educate the pupils on the uses and importance of the mentioned features.
On the coach , we had some delicious UK treats from Madam Michelle including chocolate biscuits and sweets we never saw before and juices and water. We arrived at the township of Ada Foah at 12:15pm where we met our tour guide Mr.David Ahavi and he educated us in the cultural and traditional living of the people of Ada Foah and their occupation which was basket weaving and fishing. Some of the pupils were amazed of the basket weaving ability of a nine years old girl.
Our bus entered the territories of the tourist site AQUA SAFARI, we got down from our bus and we were given the precautions about the visit to the crocodile Island then,we were numbered into a boat of forty fitter capacity and each and everyone was given a life jacket to wear on the boat as the journey continued to the Island. When we got to the Crocodile Island, we were toured around and we saw monkeys, pythons ,crocodiles, birds and many other beautiful creatures.
We were then taken to the mangrove Island where we were taught the importance of the mangrove plant and how it reproduce. We were told that the mangrove plant the mangrove plant dissolved carbon dioxide six times more than any other plant and it helps control climate changes and global warming.
Also, we were taken to our major attraction that is the Volta river estuary and indeed the adventure was really exciting. We were on a boat on the river and could see where the river met the sea as we approached closer. We were told the cultural importance that lived within the estuary which includes, turtles,fishes and crabs, these turtles come to lay their at the riverbanks and the local people take the advantage to catch these turtles and use them to prepare their local dishes like “KPOKPOE” and “APAPRANSA”.
After, we were taken back from the Island to have a late lunch in one of the best restaurants in the township of Ada Foah. We had fried rice with chicken and jollof with tilapia fish and vegetables. At 6pm we departed from the township of Ada Foah and the children were excited and amazed to their experiences on the trip and all their personal questions about the trip were answered. In the bus there was a music playing and the children sang to the music and had a lot of fun as the we heading back to Kasoa and we were happily dispersed to our various homes.
As the day was very sunny and rusty, the 23 pupils made their morning devotion in a big air-conditioned bus as we drove off the Kasoa to Prampram. When we got to Prampram, we alighted at the sport estate to pick Madam Michelle at home and there we had delicious breakfast - porridge and bread.
At 10am the journey continued to the Ada Foah using the Accra Motor way. On our way,we had a lot of sightseeing and nature endowed features such as escapement, hills, plateau, factories, sky scrapers, weather stations and a stadium. Sir Shadrack Mensah Lindsay then educate the pupils on the uses and importance of the mentioned features.
On the coach , we had some delicious UK treats from Madam Michelle including chocolate biscuits and sweets we never saw before and juices and water. We arrived at the township of Ada Foah at 12:15pm where we met our tour guide Mr.David Ahavi and he educated us in the cultural and traditional living of the people of Ada Foah and their occupation which was basket weaving and fishing. Some of the pupils were amazed of the basket weaving ability of a nine years old girl.
Our bus entered the territories of the tourist site AQUA SAFARI, we got down from our bus and we were given the precautions about the visit to the crocodile Island then,we were numbered into a boat of forty fitter capacity and each and everyone was given a life jacket to wear on the boat as the journey continued to the Island. When we got to the Crocodile Island, we were toured around and we saw monkeys, pythons ,crocodiles, birds and many other beautiful creatures.
We were then taken to the mangrove Island where we were taught the importance of the mangrove plant and how it reproduce. We were told that the mangrove plant the mangrove plant dissolved carbon dioxide six times more than any other plant and it helps control climate changes and global warming.
Also, we were taken to our major attraction that is the Volta river estuary and indeed the adventure was really exciting. We were on a boat on the river and could see where the river met the sea as we approached closer. We were told the cultural importance that lived within the estuary which includes, turtles,fishes and crabs, these turtles come to lay their at the riverbanks and the local people take the advantage to catch these turtles and use them to prepare their local dishes like “KPOKPOE” and “APAPRANSA”.
After, we were taken back from the Island to have a late lunch in one of the best restaurants in the township of Ada Foah. We had fried rice with chicken and jollof with tilapia fish and vegetables. At 6pm we departed from the township of Ada Foah and the children were excited and amazed to their experiences on the trip and all their personal questions about the trip were answered. In the bus there was a music playing and the children sang to the music and had a lot of fun as the we heading back to Kasoa and we were happily dispersed to our various homes.
Fundraising Merchandise
We also offer fundraising merchandise to support our initiatives and continue making a positive impact in the lives of Ghana's children.
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