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22 April 2016
A New Clinic for Ankumadua
Work started recently on our third clinic, to be built at the crossroads at Ankamadua. Everyone is enthusiastic about it and work is progressing quickly. The site has been cleared, sand and stones delivered and the villagers are now making the blocks. When that is completed, building work can continue even during the raining season.
20 April 2016
Sponsored Swim
Ashanti Spring Sponsored Swim Oasis Outdoor Pool, 32 Endell Street, WC2 Saturday 7th May 10am-3pm Join us for a fun day of swimming and home baked goods to raise funds to sponsor a whole village in Ghana called DOME. Our target is £1,900. To take part and for sponsor forms please email Penny David info@ashanti-development.org.uk […]
17 April 2016
Introducing Timber Nkwanta and Domeabra
We’ve got a huge amount of work underway in Ashanti. Eight villages have found sponsors since January – some are waiting for a gap in the queue to get started – and we’re also building our third clinic. Despite all this, Nicholas has found time to seek out two new villages. Timber Nkwanta (meaning ‘Timber […]
1 April 2016
Diary Dates
On the evening of May 24, there’ll be a fund-raising concert of classical music at St Pancras Church, corner of Euston Road and Woburn Place, London, NW1 2BA. Performers will include Henry Roche, former Head of Music of the Royal Ballet, and Jonathan Reid. We’ll give more details of the programme as and when they […]
11 March 2016
Job Vacancy – Teacher-Trainers
We’re looking for volunteer teacher-trainers to spend three terms in Ashanti helping develop our teacher-trainer work. A few years ago, retired teacher Dave Banks set out to improve the quality of teaching in Sekyere Central District. After observing lessons and talking to teachers, he documented a method of improving their performance, and at first was […]
21 February 2016
BIG News
BIG NEWS. If you go to www.ashantibespoke.com, you can order a shirt or blouse or dress, to be made to your exact measurements. And of course you can choose the material too. It will be made up by Kofi and his dressmaking school in Gyetiase, and the picture shows him with two very happy […]
14 February 2016
Racing The Rains
We’re building latrines now in seven villages – more than we’ve ever worked in before at one time. One of them, Abuontem, is also the largest village we’ve worked with and has at least nine different religions – Catholic, Presbyterian, Pentecostal, Methodist, Anglican, Muslim, Church of Christ, Seventh Day Adventists and Traditional. The Chief is […]
31 January 2016
Getting To Know You
In Gyetiase, we recently managed to set up Skype in Gyetiase and Bonkron Primary Schools. Their twinned schools in the UK are now planning to connect with them. We also showed children’s films to both schools. The photos were taken while the children were waiting for the films to start, and show David W making […]
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