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During the difficult year of 2020 as well as this year, IHM and the many villages we were able to deliver clean water to iin sipte of all the obstacles. We were able to bring clean water to 20 villages including Nigeria, Uganda and Ghana Africa over 40,000 villagers were able to finally have clean water to drink right in their communities. Saving lives and eliminating countless hours of fetching water is our goal! We also provided food distribution during the pandemic to over 15000 families.

We are very grateful to our donors for the ability to do this life saving work!

Much more needs to be done and hundreds of millions of people worldwide still suffer and die everyday from drinking contaminated water! (see picture of village of Odumase before and after pictures of the difficulty getting water). 

 

  • We've instituted tutoring programs for junior high school students to help them advance to higher grades of education. 
  • We support and help sustain the Father Dogli Memorial Trade School (FDMTS) in New Ayoma, offering educational programs in farming, construction, office skills and computer sciences.
  • We've aided the Adekyee grammar school in the Jasikan district of Ghana with much needed supplies and a school bus. We also raised funds for a water pump for the school which is now operational.
  • We're making plans for mentoring and education sponsorship programs for children whose families cannot afford to give them an education, and help children who work to continue their education.
  • We support communities in attaining access to clean water and sustainable food supplies.
  • We have added food distribution to those in need.
  • We are helping individuals with both medical issues and entrepreneurship dreams.
     

Living conditions in Nkoranza     Berekum water supply

Above are some photos of Ghana, taken while one of our Board members was there. The image on the left shows some of the living conditions in Nkoranza; on the right, how villagers from just outside of Berekum got water for cooking, bathing, cleaning and drinking. 

Here is a link to a village called Ndasamin where we finished a bore hole. This video was taken before the drilling.     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsGHqylJpp0

 

 

Below are photos of an emergency relief effort IHM did in Blekusu. The people of the village, about 600 adults and children, were displaced by a massive flood, and for a few weeks they had to live on the side of the road, or at the school, with no food. With Fr. Patrick Asamoah's help, we were able to distribute enough food and supplies to carry them through until they were able to return home or find another place to live.

 

Maize and gari being distributed Adults and children lining up for food Villagers waiting for the food distribution to begin, with Fr. Patrick standing nearby.

We received a donation of two Ford vans from a donor in the US. We shipped the vans to Ghana to be converted into school buses to pick up children that usually have to walk many miles to and from school. Below are the results. I can only say that the parents and children were beyond happy, once they finally saw the buses pull up to pick up the children for school! The best part was that it was very inexpensive for the conversion, only $1500.00 per van for repairs, seats and new paint. Each newly converted van can seat 22 children and on an average day they make 2 trips each way, delivering up to 44 students to school.

 

One of the before shots of the vans The new red school buses!

Here are some pictures of students building staff living quarters at the Father Dogli Memorial Trade School (FDMTS). All of the materials were supplied by Lewis Ranieri, a donor in Long Island, NY, together with IHM. Lewis has done some wonderful work by supplying much needed tools and other equipment for the students at the school, which enabled them to do the project from start to finish. This project cost about $18,000 U.S to complete, and will house 2 families that work at the school full time.

 

Building staff quarters for 2 families. Building staff quarters for 2 families. The completed staff quarters

 

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Eryam! A special child
Richard Tracy
/ Categories: Uncategorized, Past Projects

Eryam! A special child

Eryam's special story of hardship and love has led her to Good Samaritan Home, Adidome,Ghana

The beautiful child, her name is Eryam (the name which means Bless in English) and she is disabled, can’t talk and had trouble walking. An MRI report of the later part of 2020 reveal that Eyram has:“Open lip schizencephaly of the left frontal region, with associated (absent septum pellucidum and hypoplasia at the level of the optic chiasm suggesting) septo-optic dysplasia, polymicrogyri, hypoplasia of the left side of the septum pellucidum.”

The above condition is the reason Eyram’s mother and father abandoned her and left her by the grandmother who couldn’t care for her and just left her wandering the streets. In many developing countries the disabled are considered outcasts and are abandoned to the streets. Its unfortunate that many children are victims of this scale of abuse and, as a result are left to many dangers and boundless sufferings.

After many challenges, we were fortunate to secure custody for Eryam (Bless) as she was released from the family by the department of Social Services in Ghana for her rehabilitation.

We have had multiple exams and medical test as well as therapies to ascertain how we could help her reintegrate into society, hence wining back her dignity as a human being. We were successful by getting her orthopedic shoes that will help her walk better and mitigate against further damages of her vertebral column (spine). She has received some extensive speech therapy program, which has helped understand verbal cues better than before. 

During this period, we had a family take her in temporarily to give her shelter and care. After many months we were able to get her accepted to a small facility for mentally and physically challenged children called Good Samaritan Home at Adidome in the North Tongu district of the Volta Region of Ghana. The Home is run by priests and brothers of the Religious Congregation of the Servants of Charity. It was difficult getting placement for Eyram because of the lack of space. The only reason that the director of the Home accepted Eyram was to get her off the streets into a home where she will be valued and accepted as a creature of God.

It is amazing and incredible to behold how well these children are taken care of. Like other children at the facilty, Eryam is very happy there and is progressing steadily in confidence. We are still very actively involved in the life of Eryam and will be for many years ahead of her by way of suppling whatever she needs to progress. We also are considering helping the Good Samaritan Home with an extension, in the near future to be able to take in more children who are in great need of assistance and a home.

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