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Friday, January 17, 2014

Little Free Libraries and Deechas Getting Ready to Travel to Ghana...in 7 Days

The Little Free Libraries & Deechas take a stop in New Hope, Minnesota to be repackaged for their plane flight to Ghana

An initiative within the 3rd phase of the Street Girls Aid project, the volunteer team (click here to learn more about the volunteer team )will be working on a multi-dimensional project including:

literacy,
vocational training and,
library stewardship.

The literacy portion of the project includes purchasing/picking-up/bringing and delivering local culturally inclusive books in Accra from the Osu Children's Library Fund and the Ghana Book Trust in partnership with Books For Africa, Little Free Library ,our many donors and sponsors and using them to fill the libraries, providing access to books and literacy initiatives to the girls and their babies who live, work and sleep on the streets of Accra;

Teamwork in action

The vocational training opportunities include building, manufacturing, decorating, assembling and installing Little Free Libraries Little Free Libraries and strategizing about additional vocational opportunities for the girls related to the construction aspect of the project;

The library stewardship part of the project includes workshops and shared learning opportunities with the Street Girls Aid Staff and the team traveling to Ghana in coordination and partnership with a number of on the ground librarians - can't wait to see what comes from these shared learning opportunities.

The birth of the traveling library - Hudson, Wisconsin USA

To successfully accomplish the build, assemble and construct part of the project, the team will be bringing 5 libraries with us as checked baggage and will seek partners on the ground to design and draw plans for libraries...and you will be able to follow this particular library which Kathy Stutzman built in Hudson, Wisconsin and the journey starts here...

The next part of the trip for this library is to shipping to get dressed and ready for the trip, pictures will be posted when it is ready to travel, until then - follow the links included in this post to learn more about the various partners we will be working with in Accra...7 days and counting.

Thank you all for your support and well-wishes!

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Informational Meeting for Traveling with a Purpose August 20, 2013

Friday, July 5, 2013

Travel with a Purpose

We are getting ready to roll out a service learning opportunity for those of you interested in going to Ghana, creating some connections and doing some work...in other words, traveling with a purpose. There will be multiple opportunities for you to participate, either by traveling to Ghana, supporting the team that is going to Ghana or by helping to support some of the on the ground work here in the US.

Here's some things to be looking forward to:

Assembling, decorating and installing Little Free Libraries in locations where street girls and their babies will have access to books
Piloting service learning opportunities - cooking classes, batiking, sewing and hair-dressing with the girls in the vocational school
Creating a market for the girls' wares, by collecting orders of their goods prior to going to Ghana and delivering them upon return (great holiday giving opportunities)
Painting and sprucing up the baby nursery where the babies of the street girls are cared for while the girls are in school and vocational training
Opportunities to hold babies and read to children and engage in some important literacy experiences
Experiencing and being part of Rotary in action in Africa
And lots more!

If you would like to be included on the mailing list to learn more please email us at kastutzm@smig.net or subscribe to this feed and we will keep you updated on the latest news. There will be an information meeting scheduled soon as well as the specifics for the trip as well as the partnership and fundraising opportunities coming SOON!

We do know that the dates that work best for Street Aid and the weather for traveling to Ghana will be around November 22nd to December 8th and that time will come quickly, so stay tuned and we will be in contact soon.

Kathy Stutzman and Cathy Smith

Thursday, January 3, 2013

Street Girls Aid Newsletter December 2012

Dear Partners and Friends,

As we enter the Christmas season we want to use this opportunity to thank you all. Please enjoy reading our newsletter. Next year we will be approaching you for comments to help us improve upon our newsletter.

looking forward to better times in the coming year. Merry Christmas to You all. Thank you for being part of the vision of S.Aid - Serving Street Children and Impacting Generations.

Warm greetings of the season to you all. KIND WISHES

Vida Asomaning Amoako

Director

Dear Partners and Friends,

looking forward to better times in the coming year.Merry Christmas to You all. Thank you for being part of the vision of S.Aid - Serving Street Children and Impacting Generations.Warm greetings of the season to you all.

KIND WISHES