Now that was a fun, creative and challenging workshop! First we watched a cartoon called “Bino & Fino” by a Nigerian artist. Using that as inspiration, we ask the children to work in groups, think of a short story, each one of them to draw a part of the story and at the end put the whole story together. The children were totally free in how they wanted to approach the assignment.

It was wonderful to see how much fun they had and how easily they were able to agree on the roles each of them would take in order to make a fun cartoon! Of course, all the handwork was rewarded  :-) Thank you to Thati and Vivianne for organising the workshop and fundraising for all the material.

Our 3 teams had a very successful season in their leagues. The U13 (under 13) team finished third in the league. Our U15 (under 15) team finished first in their league, won the championship and received the best keeper award. Our senior team, 17 years and older won their championship match to advance from the 3rd division to the 2nd division in the league. 

To celebrate we organised a fun training day with all the teams and invited new players to join. There were victory speeches, chants, bread, water and yoghurt for all players. The new season will start in the first quarter of 2018, we are excited to test our skills and continue the message of sports and education.

We have just completed another successful "I Want To Be" Program cycle at the Centre.

Big *Thank You* to the team!! Auntie Georgina, Doris, Enoch Frank, Auntie Naomi, Stella, Sophie, Duco and the TUCEE team for a job well done!!

Again 40 children had the opportunity to participate. The first 2 modules of the program involved putting together one's profile, indicating what they wanted to be in the future and research companies in the community ahead of the field trip to visit them.  The company visits were great!  Thank you Ghana Airforce, Ghana Navy, Portea Hotel, Voltic Water Depot, Franks's International and Supermaritime.

We are so proud of all the educational material we have been able to acquire during the past years with your support. This has been the result of a careful evaluation of the educational needs of the children and the schools in our sphere of influence. It allowed us to align our material and programs accordingly. We have also stayed true to our strategic goal of being innovative in our approach by introducing material such as “hotdots”, “Squla” and “Osmoplay”.

In the coming weeks, we will further allocate and describe the goals of the materials used with each program in such a way that we achieve the best results with the children. Gery Verlinden our Expert Education Volunteer will assist us with this process.

Our Reading Club program has grown since it was first introduced in 2013. We now have several groups of children improving their reading skills in their own Reading Club group. We are very proud of the progress they are making and how it is contributing to their grades at school.

Now we have the opportunity to introduce a special Reading Club group. A special group for children with serious reading difficulties. We have looked at using a wide range of educational material to help these children improve their reading skills.  One of the fun and succesful methods is the use of clay to make the letters so that it becomes easier for them to remember. 

The "I Want To Be" Program was run over a period of 3 weeks during the summer holidays and was completed on the 16th & 17th of September with a wonderful graduation ceremony in the presence of parents. It was an intense program with 2 sessions a day with 20 children at each session.  Let's share one of the comments we received from a participants sister on the impact of the program.  

"Blandina has become more confident and vocal.  She has discovered a mind of her own and she is able to choose what she likes for herself. The programme has really helped her.”

We are extremely proud of our 40 participants who will go out into the world with confidence and skills!!