Join the Ceciyaa Foundation in bringing Joy to an orphaned child for Christmas!



The Ceciyaa Foundation currently supports four orphanages in rural areas of Ghana.
Combined, we assist some 80-90 children with food and through our Goats for Hope program. This year, we would like to provide a special Christmas for each of the children and with your help we can do just that!


Sponsor a child today and your gift will bring the hope and joy of Jesus Christ to a child at one of four orphanages currently being supported by Ceciyaa Foundation. Your gift of $25 will offer direct support to a child in need.

Your gift of love will help us provide a special gift for a child along with:

Nutritious food
Clothing & Shoes
Education & Medical Care

You will receive the name and photo of your “Christmas child” as well as the name and location of the orphanage where your child lives. Once gifts have been shared, you will receive pictures from our team’s visit to your child’s home.

Please help us to bring “Christmas Joy” to an orphaned Ghanaian child! Contact us today!

Ceciyaa Foundation accepts donations via PayPal to ceciyaafoundation@gmail.com or by check or money order to P.O. Box 18562. Austin, TX 78744. Please reference “Operation Christmas Joy” and be sure to send us a note with your preferred email address so that we may contact you with photos.

Thank you in advance for your love and support of these beautiful children!

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Our First Shipment Has Arrived in Ghana!

After months and months of collecting donated clothing, shoes, braille materials, hygiene supplies and medical supplies and equipment, the Ceciyaa Foundation shipped its first 40 foot container to Tema, Ghana on April 24, 2010. The container arrived in Tema on June 16th and after a bit of paperwork and clearance time, was cleared to leave the ship.


Our team on the ground in Ghana then unloaded the container, dividing out the medical supplies, braille textbooks and Ceciyaa Care Kits from the rest of the items. The medical supplies, braille textbooks and Care Kits were picked up by representatives from the hospitals and schools they were intended for and then the remaining items were loaded onto trucks and delivered to Kumasi, about three hours away. Once there the community came out in full force to assist with the unloading and storage of the items.

Many people are being blessed by receiving new clothing, shoes, diaper, and toys!

We are extremely excited and grateful for all of the support we have received in order to make this happen. Without the countless hours of work by our volunteers, we certainly could not have done it!

We have already begun planning the shipment of our second container of donated items in September, 2010. If you would like to get involved, please contact us at ceciyaafoundation@gmail.com or visit our website at www.ceciyaafoundation.com

A Note From Francis

Have we given up on those who have not given up on themselves?

For me, my coming to America was a miracle and has been nothing but a source of blessings for my family and community. Within the past 12 years, my life has been reformed dramatically and this reformation has affirmed the love of God in my heart.

Today, I am humbled to have been given an opportunity to serve America as a soldier. After returning safely from two rotations in Operation Iraqi Freedom, I am now blessed to be engaged in a different battle. This battle is one which is risk-free, and rewarding.

The fight against poverty has many different fronts which must all be attacked now for the sake of the many women and children, in Ghana, whose lives are ruled by despair and uselessness. This is a fight that everyone can enlist in, and is commissioned to fight. It is a fight which is progressive and which accomplishes much with every step.

Today I am asking you to join me as I extend my service to fight poverty in Ghana. Please join me, help me, use me. Extend your faith with me through your giving, and together we can watch the Lord move in the lives of many in Ghana. This is America, and through Christ who strengthens us, we shall together restore hope and confidence to the women and children of Ghana. You’ve been chosen to be here and to be blessed. Now join me in using what we have been given to bless others.

Thank you and God bless you!


Francis K. Aduoffei is the founder of Ceciyaa Foundation. He is a native of Ghana and currently serves as a Sargeant First Class in the United States Army. He is stationed in Wichita Falls, TX. Francis is a member of the First Christian Church of Burkburnett, Texas.

Christmas Meditations

As I sit here, tonight, surrounded by my children and family, I am full of the joy and satisfaction that comes from having my loved ones near at Christmastime. I am keenly aware of the blessings of God and how thoroughly and completely He has enveloped me in his provision, grace and mercy. But even as Christmas Eve turns to Christmas Morning, I am unable to sleep. Amid all of this bliss, my heart is aware of a deep longing within...

My longing is to see all of the children of Ghana as happy and contented, as well-fed, clothed and cared for as my own daughters. My longing is to see all of the women of Ghana have the opportunity to be well-educated with access to the basic healthcare that I have, and more often than not, take for granted. My longing is to see the deaf, the blind, the disabled cared for as the beautiful creations of God that they are. No child should ever be abandoned. My longing is to give the poor and disadvantaged people of Ghana more than a donation that allows me to forget about them until this time next year. My longing is that the people of Ghana, all of the people of Ghana, would come to know the truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ as it is displayed to them through my giving, and yours. My longing is that, when I stand be for the King, it will be as it was according to Matthew 25: 34-36:

"Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, 'Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in; Naked and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me."

I want to pour my life out before God as an offering and a sacrifice and in my heart, the longing that will not be silenced, whispers to me... "Ghana"

Current Ceciyaa Projects

The following are some of our current projects which are either already in progress, or which have been approved and are awaiting start dates.

The Children's Closet- This program collects new and gently used clothing to be given to men, women and children. The program was birthed as Ceciyaa's founder noticed how many people in rural areas of Ghana were without adequate clothing, shoes, and personal hygiene necessities. In order to meet that need, the program not only accepts clothing and shoes, but diapers, hygiene products, feminine hygiene products, and medical equipment as well.

Women's Health Initiative- This proram includes the construction of the Ceciyaa Women's Health Services & Childcare Center. Building materials and land have already been purchased and donated to Ceciyaa to construct the center, which will be located in Dubaah-Kumasi, Ghana. Free initial health screening and registration at the clinic will be made available to all of the women in the surrounding area in order to establish medical records for them and then ongoing free preventative care, diagnosis and treatment will be available, along with childcare services which will enable women to seek and find employment without worrying about their children.

Ceciyaa Vocational Training & Continuing Education Program- This program will offer vocational training courses in sewing, beauty school, baking, carpentry, and tie & dye which is a method used in the making of traditional African dress. We already have instructors in place for several of these areas of study. On the continuing education side, adult education will offer adults the opportunity to return to school in order to gain skills which will allow them to either find jobs or start their own businesses.

Leadership Initiative- This program will bring various public speakers into rural areas to speak to the communities on a variety of current issues in order to bring encouragement to the people by offering examples of those who have become achievers.

Ceciyaa Care Kit Program- This program is very special and is close to our founder's hear. This program will benefit the Kibi School for the Deaf and the Akroponj School for the Blind. Kibi is the city where Francis was born, and he was an instructor at the School for the Deaf shortly before coming to the United States. The program will give bags filled with personal hygiene products, towels, bath sponges, socks, etc. to the students at these two schools.

The Water Well Project- One of the main causes of sickness and disease in many rural communities in Ghana is the lack of clean drinking water. The Water Well Project gives donors in America the opportunity to join in the fight against the spread of disease by building water wells in rural communities. $750 covers the cost, including materials and labor, of building one well. The cost is so small when compared to the lives which will be saved and or changed by just one well.

The Evangelical Initiative- All that we, at Ceciyaa Foundation, seek to accomplish, is pursued with one goal which overshadows and outweighs all others. That goal is that the gospel of Jesus Christ may be spread among the people of Ghana. We have adopted this bold, broad mission as a means to change the way the gospel is preached. We don't want to just preach and teach the word, but we want to reach with the word, as the hands of Jesus Christ in the earth, to truly touch the nation of Ghana at the point of its great need.

You have read, in earlier posts, what we want to do, now you know how we are already at work in Ghana, please prayerfully consider joining our efforts today! Email us at ceciyaafoundation@gmail.com, to find out how you can help.