The Ceciyaa Foundation is committed to bringing food, medical care and clothing to the women and children of Ghana and to spreading the love of Jesus Christ, through the provision of the basic needs expressed in their communities. One such need is the need for adequate feminine hygiene, particularly among school aged girls.
A recent study, led by Oxford University professor, Linda Scott, found that the rates of absenteeism among school-aged girls decreased sharply when free sanitary protection was provided to them. Please see article at http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/health/decapua-ghana-sanitary-protection-1feb10-83245322.html. This study found that due to cost and lack of availability, rural girls in poor countries go without sanitary protection which leads to a wide range of problems and usually ends up causing many to leave school and abandon the pursuit of an education entirely.
To combat this, Ceciyaa Foundation is introducing the GhanaGirls program. GhanaGirls will provide free feminine hygiene supplies and menstruation education to girls in rural areas. Here’s how you can help! We want you to donate a small bag for storing feminine hygiene supplies so that these young ladies will have a discreet way to store needed supplies while at school during that time of the month. If you sew, it would be great if you’d consider designing and making a bag or two from your left over material. If not, purchase a bag and donate it to us. We would also appreciate your donation of feminine hygiene supplies (pads, not tampons, feminine cleansing products, etc.). We have begun purchasing some supplies, but many more are needed.
Finally, if you can recommend a good resource for us to gather our educational materials, we would appreciate your suggestions. If you are interested in working with Ceciyaa Foundation's GhanaGirls program send an email to ceciyaafoundation@gmail.com for information on how you can get involved.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Mentoring Organization Partners with Ceciyaa Foundation
The Young Women and Young Men of Destiny organization has begun partnering with Ceciyaa Foundation by adopting two of our initiatives as the program's community service projects beginning this month. We are pleased and excited to have them join our growing network of supporters.
The participants, mentors and even board members will be collecting new and gently used clothing and shoes as well as diapers and other hygiene products in support of The Children's Closet. The group will also begin putting together Care Kits for our Ceciyaa Care Kit program which supports the students at the Kibi School for the Deaf and the Akropong School for the Blind. The project is slated to culminate on April 10, 2010 when all of the donations will collected and transported to the foundation's storage facilities in Wichita Falls, TX to await transportation to Ghana.
YWOD and YMOD are companion leadership and debutante programs based in Pflugerville, Texas and serving the central Texas area. These programs are open to high school students and place emphasis on offering Christ-centered education, training and preparation to young men and women as they approach the transition from high school to college, from the teenage years to adulthood. The programs offer instruction in personal development, college and career counseling, spiritual development, cultural appreciation and relationship building. If you live in the central Texas area and would like more information on YWOD/YMOD go to http://www.ywod-ymod.com/. To donate to either of these fine programs, contact Mrs. Estelle Brooks at (512) 775-4753 or Mr. Jonathan Brooks at (512)785-0361
The Ceciyaa Foundation would like to thank the participants, mentors and Board of Directors of Young Women of Destiny and Young Men of Destiny for their support!
The participants, mentors and even board members will be collecting new and gently used clothing and shoes as well as diapers and other hygiene products in support of The Children's Closet. The group will also begin putting together Care Kits for our Ceciyaa Care Kit program which supports the students at the Kibi School for the Deaf and the Akropong School for the Blind. The project is slated to culminate on April 10, 2010 when all of the donations will collected and transported to the foundation's storage facilities in Wichita Falls, TX to await transportation to Ghana.
YWOD and YMOD are companion leadership and debutante programs based in Pflugerville, Texas and serving the central Texas area. These programs are open to high school students and place emphasis on offering Christ-centered education, training and preparation to young men and women as they approach the transition from high school to college, from the teenage years to adulthood. The programs offer instruction in personal development, college and career counseling, spiritual development, cultural appreciation and relationship building. If you live in the central Texas area and would like more information on YWOD/YMOD go to http://www.ywod-ymod.com/. To donate to either of these fine programs, contact Mrs. Estelle Brooks at (512) 775-4753 or Mr. Jonathan Brooks at (512)785-0361
The Ceciyaa Foundation would like to thank the participants, mentors and Board of Directors of Young Women of Destiny and Young Men of Destiny for their support!
Monday, February 8, 2010
Sample bags
These bags were available for potential donors to take a look at so they could get an idea of what the Care Kits should look like.
Promiseland Care Kit Table
01/12/10 Ceciyaa Foundation Care Kit Drive table- Promiseland Church, Austin, TX
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Ceciyaa Care Kit Drive Promiseland Church - Austin, TX
The Ceciyaa Foundation is currently conducting a Care Kit Drive at Promiseland Church in Austin, TX. Promiseland has agreed to partner with Ceciyaa Foundation to provide basic hygiene necessities to the students at the Kibi School for the Deaf and the Akropong School for the Blind.
The congregation is being asked to fill a reusable shopping bag with the items on the Care Kit supply list and return the filled bags to the church. The bags will be collected packed and stored to await shipment to Ghana in March. Our goal is to collect 300 kits, one for each student at the schools.
Similar campaigns are being held in Dallas, TX and several other cities in the U.S. If you want to get involved, contact us at ceciyaafoundation@gmail.com.
The congregation is being asked to fill a reusable shopping bag with the items on the Care Kit supply list and return the filled bags to the church. The bags will be collected packed and stored to await shipment to Ghana in March. Our goal is to collect 300 kits, one for each student at the schools.
Similar campaigns are being held in Dallas, TX and several other cities in the U.S. If you want to get involved, contact us at ceciyaafoundation@gmail.com.
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