Through education and skills training, Project OKURASE addresses the HIV/AIDS crisis in Ghana by empowering women and at-risk or orphaned children.
Akwaaba! Welcome! The goal of the united partners is to start building the Nkabom Centre this year and expand our job training programs. We need your support to change lives, to save lives. We invite you to join us in fundraising and sponsorships for the Centre. Your ideas are welcome. Your time, energy and partnership are valued. Make a donation here. Call us with your ideas. Write to us. Meditate on it. Volunteer your time. We all have a role to help orphans and vulnerable children in Ghana.
NKABOM
UNITY
DEKA WORWOR
EKOME FEEMO
Yours on the Journey to World Unity,
Powerful and Cynthia
Co-Directors of Project OKURASE
There are many ways to give to Project OKURASE and become a global partner.
Project OKURASE is actively accepting donations to help build the Nkabom Centre. Donations may be one time or can be on an ongoing basis. Some donors have chosen to provide monthly support to the Centre. If you are interested in helping us build the Centre, please earmark your donation to this specific project.
Project OKURASE in the United Kingdom
Project OKURASE is now a registered charity in the United Kingdom (#1126490)! Our partners in Totnes, Devon are actively working as a community to help build the Nkabom Centre. Donations in the UK may be made directly to the Barclay Bank. Read More
Want to volunteer in Ghana?
Contact International Service Learning Alliance (ISLA):
Isla-Serve.org
Isla-Serve.org/GhanaPartners
Isla-Serve.org/GhanaInternships
In Spring 2010, ISLA will be placing volunteers and interns with Project OKURASE Ghana:
- Short-term volunteer placements (up to 8 weeks)
- Internship (9-52 weeks) placements
- Service Learning Trips: a 3-4 week program whereby participants receive training in
community-based sustainable development followed by a specific hands-on
service project, interspersed with cultural activities and visits.
Clemson Architecture Center Unveils Project OKURASE Site Model
Architects, Professor Robert Miller and Professor Ray Huff, guided 14 students through a semester-long service project that culminated in the 16-building design of the Nkabom Centre for Skills Training and Formal Education. Clemson University graduate students Lindsey Waters and Kyle Keaffaber gave up a year of architectural study in Italy and instead helped fund their own trip to Ghana to help Project OKURASE get a start on the design. This environmentally friendly design features rain water catchment and storage, buildings that maximize cooling, a series of courtyards in the Ashanti building traditions, and organic plants and trees throughout. The plan is with a committee in the West Akyem Municipal awaiting approval so that we can attain our building permit. The dream is getting closer!
MEDAASE CLEMSON! To everyone out there - We need YOUR help with funding and extra hands to help us build. Together, we can make it happen!