Global Civic Preservation

[CLT: “Call on Jesus” – being sung by my roommate Winny]
For the past couple of weeks I have been volunteering at an NGO (Non-Government Organization) called Global Civic Preservation. The organization currently has programs active in Georgia and Ghana. Around Ghana, many children begin selling in the market or working to help support their family. Sometimes school just isn’t a priority. The GCP has recruited these children who were not in school previously into their school in Teshie-Nungua. There, students begin classes in hopes of transitioning them into registered schools around Ghana. The program also sets students up with pen-pals in the States to teach children about different cultures while building communication skills. The kids also become more aware of their own history and culture by making trips to historical learning centers around Ghana.
Since starting with the GCP, I’ve helped teach in one of the classrooms with kids ranging in age from about 7-13. The teacher who was first in the classroom was a volunteer also, and she had to leave to attend her own school, so on days when I’m there, I will be teaching in that classroom. The kids are sweet of course and hilarious. It’s difficult to teach at times without a set lesson plan, and all the kids learn at different rates; however, I pray God gives me patience and creativity to teach the kids in a way they can understand.
The school just celebrated its 5 year anniversary, and GCP has been looking to expand into a nearby village called Tsipasi (Chee-passi). They’ve done a health awareness program in the village where they had all sorts of hygiene educational lessons, free dental exams, and a malaria information session and mosquito net give-away. Hopefully, we can use the information gained from that program to address the health needs in the village as well as establishing some sort of school there. My prayer is that God uses this organization as an instrument to address the physical needs of these communities as well as shaping it into an organization focused on and working for His glory. To check it out, the website is: http://www.globalcivicpreservation.org/