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The Dompoase Kindergarten
Complex did not have running water for the children to wash their hands and for
the Matron to cook the meals. The women
were fetching water in bowls from a nearby homeowner, for a cost, and carried
to the school every morning. VODEP was able to contract
with a plumber to install pipes and hook up running water into the school and
the cafeteria/library buildings. The
organization also contracted with an electrician to hook up electricity into
the buildings. This allowed the teachers
to use tape recorders, VCR recorders, and record players, shipped from the USA, in their daily academic
curriculum. Fans were also installed in
the library, which helped with circulation for preservation of the books and
furniture from the humidity.
The weather in Ghana is
very tropical – very hot and humid during the dry season, with a lot of rain – so the paint on the
buildings needs to be redone every two to three years. The last time the two buildings were painted
was 2011. We were able to paint both
buildings during this time period.
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"It is my wish that the voice of the storyteller will never die in Africa, that all children in the world may experience the wonder of books, and that they will never lose the capacity to enlarge their earthly dwelling place with the magic of stories." - Nelson Mandela
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