Reflections of a Week in Celebration

Issah, Gifty and Rose look over
Stories From The Streets

From the walk, to the book launch and then the homecoming celebration, we have had quite an extraordinary week. One of the biggest delights that I had was watching the Street Girls Aid staff looking through Stories From The Streets and finding a photo, or a statistic or a story that made them smile. As we sat on the steps, Issah, Rose and Gifty ran through the names and stories of some of the girls featured in the book and reminisced.

These lovely book bags made by the girls in the
S.Aid commemorative fabric
will be available for a limited time

  

Mary reviews the facts in Stories From The Streets
in this photo she is reading about why children
come to the streets.

In the sewing room where we were picking up our outfits and book bags made from the commemorative fabric, Mary, reviewed the statistic tables about street children and then read them aloud to the others listening.

The C/Kathys were mistaken for twins
and here with Vida triplets

 And then at the homecoming, some of the women featured in the book conducted a mentoring workshop for the girls currently in the refuge offering firsthand hope and inspiration. The energy and celebration activities were electric and joyous.

One of Cathy Smith's highlights included the recognition of staff, this clip demonstrates the approval of the girls when Ma Rose received her award.

We have so many things to share from this exceptional trip and I would like to leave you with this thought - when you purchase the book Stories From the Streets, you are supporting Street Girls Aid and their work. If you want to host a book gathering, a reading, a book signing, in a library, your home, your church or community group - we will be happy to create those opportunities - so please ask away, I can assure you that you will be glad you did. Be looking for more information about events at locations near you, and send a message using the contact form to invite someone to come to your community and share the multi-faceted book, behind the scenes videos and lots of extra goodies.

Street Girls Aid, "Serving Street Children - Impacting Generations"

Street Girls Aid, The Rotarian Magazine and a Beautiful Moment

Today Cathy Smith and I had the privilege of witnessing the reactions of the Street Girls AID staff as they read the August 2014 edition of The Rotarian Magazine written by Diana Schoberg with photos by Glenna Gordon featuring themselves, their friends and colleagues. It was a beautiful moment. Here's some photos...enjoy...tomorrow is a huge celebration at Street Girls Aid - so stay tuned for more about what is happening here - including some photos from the successful book launch...

And after Issah thoroughly enjoyed reading The Rotarian article, he stopped to pose with the book Stories From The Streets, featuring a photo that he took as the cover - more about the book and the book launch next, just wanted to give you a little something to look forward to...

You can still be involved in the activities by supporting Street Girls Aid, purchasing Stories From The Streets or by simply making a donation. For more about the 20 year legacy of Street Girls Aid "like" their Facebook page by clicking here. To contact Vida Asomaning Amoako,  the Executive Director of S.Aid e-mail her at streetgirlsaid@yahoo.com to learn more about how you can help and make a difference in the lives of street children.