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PROJECT ABROAD DONATES  EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS

 

Presentation of educational materials by Project Abroad

By: Kwamina Bamfo-Agyei 

Parents have been urged to be responsible toward the training of their children to inculcate discipline needed in improving their communities.

The call came when Project Abroad donated over three thousand Ghana cedis worth of educational materials to three basic schools at Moree to encourage children in attending school.

The Country Director of Project Abroad Tom Davis appealed to parents to see the education of their children as a long time investment that can alleviate them from poverty. He said it is sad to see so many neglected children in the fishing community due to irresponsible parenting. He suggested that a mechanism would be put in place to sanction parents who refuse to train their children and to register them in school.

In a related development, the District Director of Ghana Education Service in Abura Asebu Kwamankess district Grace Adu Appiah indicated that the unit is organising special classes in the basic schools to improve the falling standard of education in the district.

Projects Abroad is the leading volunteer abroad organization. It offers a diverse range of international service projects, plus the opportunity to become part of one of its volunteer communities abroad.

In the early 1990s, some students wanted a break from study - a "gap year," although the term wasn't yet in common use. They approached their geography professor about traveling and working in Eastern Europe. The professor, Dr. Peter Slowe, had difficulty finding any opportunities for this kind of travel combined with work experience, so he set about arranging for his students to go and teach English in Romania where he knew some fellow academics. This was how Projects Abroad began in 1992.

Until 1997, Projects Abroad was a small organization with just two part time staff sending university students to teach English in Eastern Europe. But with more and more people taking time out on academic and work-related breaks, and with many developing countries in need of self-funded volunteers, our organized volunteer programs started to mushroom around the world.  Volunteers can still teach English in Eastern Europe, but can also do many other types of work in many other places.

Project Abroad has two offices  in New York City and Toronto. With more than 500 trained staff in our destinations, and offering over 100 generic projects, we are the world's leading international volunteer organization.

Projects Abroad volunteers are aged from 16 to 75! University students and recent graduates still make up the majority of our volunteers, but increasing numbers join us for gap years or summer breaks before starting university or while still in high school.



Presentation of educational materials by Project Abroad