{"id":2866,"date":"2012-05-12T09:01:34","date_gmt":"2012-05-12T14:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/?p=2866"},"modified":"2012-05-12T09:01:34","modified_gmt":"2012-05-12T14:01:34","slug":"ghana-update-spring-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/2012\/05\/ghana-update-spring-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana Update Spring 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

GHANA UPDATE \u00a0SPRING, \u00a02012<\/span><\/p>\n

Dear Friends- Carol and I want to share with you what is happening in our continuing \u201cMission to Ghana\u201d. Recently, we returned after several weeks in Ghana as part of a time when we dedicated the Dr. Robert D. Everson Memorial Library at the Mawuko Girls Secondary School, Ho, \u00a0I memory of David\u2019s cousin, who had spent time at that school in 2006. Also part of our group was Willa Everson, Bob\u2019s widow, and David and Carol\u2019s son, Eric Christensen. We worshipped in Kpenoe, Takla, and at Mawuko Girls School and worked In six schools.<\/span><\/p>\n

Through a partnership with the local communities, the church, Rotary International Water Projects, and USAID, in 2011, 114 Water and Sanitation Projects were completed for over 250,000 people, including Takla Gbogame, where we visited and celebrated the new water system and its seven stand-pipes. \u00a0This culminated a three year process and cost $5 million, and involved hours of local communal labor and training for a local water and sanitation committee.<\/span><\/p>\n

Delivered to the Regional Leprosarium: 100 kilos of rice, 2 gallons of cooking oil, boxes of fish, spaghetti sauce, soap and a\u00a0 water catching\u00a0 tarp to be used with special attachment for cisterns, insuring that those \u201ccured lepers\u201d will have food, while receiving on-going care and treatment.\u00a0\u00a0 On our latest visit we accomplished the following: <\/span><\/p>\n

1. \u00a0EP Church Scholarship Funds through the National Church Headquarters<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Supply Packet for every Mawuli Junior High teacher. <\/span><\/p>\n

3. Educational materials and First Aid kits to 8 primary \/ junior high schools <\/span><\/p>\n

4. Supplies distributed to Womens\u2019 Activity Center (Training for women to be employable) <\/span><\/p>\n

5. Purchased goods from carvers, jewelry makers, seamstresses, bead makers, micro-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 businesses, weavers and senior centers.<\/span><\/p>\n

6, School Fees for Ho Heve Primary School (Miami Everglades Can recycles) plus one scholarship <\/span><\/p>\n

7, Funds through Roman Catholic Diocese of Ho for Education<\/span><\/p>\n

8.\u00a0 Items of Clothing for Rural Clinics, widows and orphans in Takla and Kpenoe<\/span><\/p>\n

9. Distributed funds to Ho Farms Extension Service <\/span><\/p>\n

10. Eyeglasses and funds given to Shepherd Center for the Ageing<\/span><\/p>\n

11. Medical Supplies delivered to Volta Regional Hospital <\/span><\/p>\n

12. Visited and gave First Aid kits to 4 Creches (pre-schools) Gave funds and educational materials to 2 needy Creches<\/span><\/p>\n

13. Scholarship for Junior High Student from Elmina Itura<\/span><\/p>\n

14. Placed orders for drawing boards, T-squares and math kits for Mawuli Junior High, Takla JHS, to be delivered in time for Fall Term.<\/span><\/p>\n

15. \u00a0Grant to an adult to enable him to attend the Africa Peace Building Institute, In Nairobii<\/span><\/p>\n

16. Funds distributed for furnishings, books and supplies for Mawuko Girls\u2019 School Library<\/span><\/p>\n

17. Explored possible venues for September group trip to work and serve<\/span><\/p>\n

18. Met with the leaders of Dzogbefeme and contributed to their water project fund and connected them to Rotary International<\/span><\/p>\n

Thanks to all who contributed, prayed for us and continue to support our work in and through the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana, our United Church of Christ Global Mission Partner. Plans call for us to return to Ghana with a group September 17, 2012<\/span><\/p>\n

In His Service \u2013 David and Carol Christensen<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMinistries in Ghana\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GHANA UPDATE \u00a0SPRING, \u00a02012 Dear Friends- Carol and I want to share with you what is happening in our continuing \u201cMission to Ghana\u201d. Recently, we returned after several weeks in Ghana as part of a time when we dedicated the Dr. Robert D. Everson Memorial Library at the Mawuko Girls Secondary School, Ho, \u00a0I memory […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stories-from-our-church"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2866"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2867,"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2866\/revisions\/2867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}