Building Schools and
Providing Educational Sponsorship
When even one child in a family is educated, the entire family can be uplifted out of extreme poverty. As part of its preventative programs, Dream On has been strengthening families and keeping them together for the last ten years through educational sponsorship and the construction of two schools in the Volta Region of Ghana.
Our Partners Who Provide Educational Opportunities for Children
Throughout the years, Dream On has partnered with many schools and organizations to build and strengthen educational programs that have uplifted communities. Some partnerships have lasted for a duration of time until the organization became self-sustainable while others continue to rely on Dream On as programs have expanded and evolved. We have a long standing partnership with Golda Meir Academy in Kitikpa, Ghana, which Dream On continues to support. See below for detailed information about Golda Meir Academy as well as previous partnerships that have made a significant impact in communities in Ghana, Kenya, and Tanzania.
Golda Meir Academy
Golda Meir Academy (GMA) was established by native Ghanaian, Mary Afari. She named the school after reading a biography about the fourth Prime Minister of Israel. Mary believes that Golda Meir served as a strong role model for girls, and wanted the name of her school to reflect her desire to empower girls to become leaders in their communities.
At the elementary and junior levels, GMA seeks to promote a positive and challenging learning environment that encourages students to stay in school and continue the educational process. The faculty focuses on creating an atmosphere where higher learning is a major priority. The Ministry of Education has requested that Golda Meir educate both boys and girls from kindergarten through junior secondary levels. However, when the school is expanded to include a high school, it will cater to girls only.
GMA is in the heart of a subsistence farming community and offers an economical tuition to parents who could not otherwise afford to send their children to school. GMA is a critical resource in the efforts to reduce child labor in the region, and will be a key partner in decreasing poverty through educational opportunities.
To date, Dream On has strengthened Golda Meir Academy by providing the following: educational sponsorship, a bore hole that provides clean water, health cards for students, a fence around the school, outdoor playground equipment, uniforms for every student, teachers’ salaries, and a complete renovation and upgrade to the facilities that took place in 2023 and 2024. Below are some photos of the new renovation.
The renovation at Golda Meir Academy included a new roof, fresh coat of paint inside and out, tiling on the classroom floors, new window screens, installation of drop ceilings, renewing the paint on the chalkboards, new desks, newly constructed urinal, updated toilets, and the addition of handwashing stations.
Help Us Empower & Protect Children by Sponsoring a Child
Through sponsorship, you empower children by giving them an education and an opportunity to become productive citizens of their communities. Your support also protects at-risk children by reducing their chances of being sold or enticed into the human trafficking industry.
previous Partners
Grace Hand for Africa: What started as a small school for children rescued from human trafficking, orphans, and at-risk youth has over time evolved into a full-scale ministry, school, and farm in Tanzania. Dream On assisted Grace Hand for Africa with the development of a chicken coop and a tailoring school to provide training to youth rescued from human trafficking. Over the years, the poultry project has tripled in size and large horticulture operation was added to the property. Under one umbrella, it now called Eden Farm Investment Tanzania, which successfully supports the academic, ministry, and tailoring schools.
Kwarula Society for Kenyan Education (KSKE): In partnership with Vincent Kwarula and KSKE, Dream On installed electricity, a bore hole, and large above ground tank in the village of Shihalia, Kenya. This has benefited not only the school, but also the entire village.
Beacon House: A home for orphaned and vulnerable children where they live in a family atmosphere that meets their physical, social, educational, and emotional needs. Many of these children have disabilities or life threatening illnesses. Beacon House also provides work opportunities to single mothers and their families through special projects, scholarship sponsoring, and trade training while they live in a family-style atmosphere that meets their physical, social, educational, and emotional needs. Dream On supported the sponsorship of several children at Beacon House.
Enslavement Protection Alliance of West Africa (EPAWA): Dream On partnered with EPAWA in caring for children who were rescued from human trafficking and child labor, which included coordinating educational, medical care, and mental heath care for many children throughout Ghana.
Hohoe Christian Charity School: Dream On was an instrumental partner in building a day school and boarding school in Hohoe, Ghana. The day school was a previous site school that was an unsafe structure and was torn down to be torn down and rebuilt. The boarding school was a new construction that included several classrooms, a kitchen, boys’ and girls’ bathrooms, boys’ and girls’ dormitories, a large field / playground, and library.