Return to Ghana: October 2013

Monday, October 28, 2013

Rotary District Grant Awarded

The team is taking pre-orders for goods
made by the girls at Street Girls Aid

Books will be purchased in Ghana
for the libraries that the
girls and volunteers
will build

Books will be available in
libraries within the creches
for the girls and their babies

Rochester Rotarians District Governor Elect Karel Weigel and Judy O'Fallon, grant mentor, presented Austin Rotary Club President Scott Anderson with the District 5960 Grant check on October 28, 2013 for $12,000 for The Ghana Street Girls Grant Phase 3.

Kathy Stutzman from the Austin Rotary Club and PDG Cathy Smith from the Fridley/Colunbia Heights Rotary Club will be leading a team of volunteers who will be leaving for Ghana on January 24th 2014. Updates about the team and the on-the-ground work they will be doing in Accra will be posted as they prepare for the experience.

The team will have a planning meeting on November 2nd at 2:00 at Family Means in Stillwater, MN Skype options are available and need to be pre-arranged.

Opportunities for engagement will be discussed at the November 2nd Team meeting for people and organizations who want to support this effort and yet,

During Phase 2 (the planning phase) the girls were asked
to respond to this question...how would you answer the question?

may not be able to travel to Africa to work with Street Aid and the girls.

Opportunities include sponsoring libraries, sets of books to stock in the libraries, purchaing goods that the girls make, sponsoring the travel team...the opportunities are endless! If you are interested in learning more about how you can support this project, send an e-mail or contact one of us through the blog and a team member will connect with you.

Kathy Stutzman, Scott Anderson, Karel Weigel, Judy O'Fallon
present the District 5960 grant of $12,000 to the Austin Rotary Club

Sunday, October 13, 2013

Ghana Travel Team Meeting October 20, 2013

Ghana Literacy Volunteer Trip Information

Thank you all for your interest in participating in the Ghana literacy volunteer trip! Enclosed in this memo are a few pieces of information along with some upcoming dates that are important:

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The dates of the trip will be January 24 - February 9th;

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The first of the 4 pre-departure team meetings will be held via Skype at 7:00 pm (Central Time Zone):- this meeting will be an opportunity for Q&A related to the logistics, tentative itinerary, timelines, estimate of costs - I will need to know if you are planning on attending this meeting so that I can set up the Skype call with you.

If you are planning on attending this meeting contact Kathy Stutzman at kastutzm@smig.net with your Skype address and to confirm meeting attendance. Please remember that the 4 pre-departure meetings are required if you are planning on participating on the ground in Ghana in January.