How to pierce the darkness (Make it A Christmas to Remember)

This world is full of darkness. You see it in the workplace, in the home, in halls of politics, and in every community. But here’s a truth – light is stronger than dark. It has always been the ultimate symbol of hope. A single star pierces through a billion miles of space. A lighthouse can call out to the mariner surrounded by the black sea. A flashlight can illuminate the hidden path.

Even though your situation may seem dire, I still think this Christmas can be the best you’ve ever had : Be the hope. Be a candle.
Light a match. And if the wind snuffs it out,
light it again.

Find another lonely person and make their day. Pick up the phone, and call a friend. Show up at a shelter and talk to man grizzled by time and foraging for survival. Volunteer to sit in the lunchroom at a nursing home and talk to the woman who has lost her words to the sands of time, but eyes and ears still witness life.
It’s not about finding someone more miserable than you. That’s a loser’s game that selfishly makes you out to be the superior.

But when the tug on your heart sneaks up in the midnight hour, or in the prime time of another Christmas special, or in the silence of the room, remember this is the day that can be light to another. If you want to make your day, make their day. I had someone tell me once, “If you are looking for a way out of the hole you are in, first climb out of yourself.

I can’t give you any words that will heal the pain you have. People are cruel. Life is unfair. I don’t have all the answers. I don’t pretend to know your situation – I get it. But I do know the best way out of a dark place is find a little light. It doesn’t have to be beacon or a spotlight or a thousand watts of brilliance. All the darkness in the world can’t snuff out the light of a single, simple candle.And that might be just enough to change your Christmas and theirs.

Project Hope Gh -UCC donates to Assin Akrofuom Methodist Basic School and Akrofuom D/A Basic School.

Project Hope is a consortium of kind hearted, highly motivated, and hardworking youth students with the ambition, passion and common interest to inspire and make a greater difference in the lives of underprivileged children, people and communities across the country donated some educational materials and other items to Akrofuom Methodist and D/A  Basic School  in the Central Region.

The other items donated included provisions,school bags, clothes, washing powders, and toiletries.

Assin Akrofuom is a town located along the Yamoransa -Kumasi  High way.Both schools in the community were deprived of some educational materials .Upon agreement by both Heads of the schools, Project Hope took the initiative to support these schools.

Project Hope is determined at making a big difference in the everyday lives of deprived children through the initiation of a massive student, corperate and social media based donation movement, and fundraising events to support this noble course. Members of Project Hope aim at influencing the youth positively to cause change in the society using philanthropic or charitable means.

"Hope Day @ Assin Akrofuom" as it was dubbed, was funded by the University society through their usual donations.The Project Hope Gh UCC team visited all the six traditional halls on the University of Cape Coast campus to solicit for funds.They also embarked on a door to door collection at some Hostels on the university community .The team stormed various entertainment joints in cape coast like the goil filling station and sizzler to solicit for funds as well. Certain individuals also contributed their quota .Since it was a donation to a school,all members were entreated to donate five excercise books each to support the course."Donate a book to a child" campaign was lunched on several social media sites to help the project as well.

When all materials and items had been gathered , on  November 14, 2015, the Project Hope team set out to make the donations to Assin Akrofuom methodist and D/A basic schools in the central region.

The team arrived at the school  at approximately  11:00am and by 12:00am; all was set for the donation’s ceremony to commence.Present at the ceremony were ,the Headmistress and Headmaster of Akrofuom methodist and D/A school respectively.Also the PTA executives of both schools,council of elders in Akrofuom and Parents were all available.The founder of Project Hope Gh Christian Owusu Amoako ;who also happened to be the former President of Project Hope Gh- UCC and some past executives of Project Hope Gh-UCC  also graced the occasion
An array of activities including educational talk,musical chairs amongst others were organized as part of the entire ceremony .
The educational talk focused Drug abuse, Cleaniness  and  Teenage Pregnancy which has become  canker in the community. Some students were awarded for their good work .

The team also made available drinks, biscuits and toffees to the students and parents who came to grace the occassion.
The project Hope team also had an inspiring session with the kids where they  shared words of hope, encouragement and motivation to guard them to higher heights in their educational lives ahead.

Upon a sober reflection throughout the donation ceremony, one could not fail to notice the heartwarming level of joy, happiness and genuine gratification on the innocent faces and beautiful smiles from the students.

Mrs Beatrice Dadzie the Headmistress of Akrofuom Methodist expressed their gratitude and words of blessing to the entire Project Hope Gh - UCC Crew.

Moreover, in further consultation with the. leadership of Project Hope they affirmed that Project Hope will not  go sleeping after the donation but will visit the school time to time to check the progress of the school.

The team would be committed to its core mission of putting lasting smiles on the face of every deprived child and students in the country.

By : Enoch Kwabena Annan.( kobbyparrot.blogspot.com )

A LETTER TO THE AFRICAN by POKO POKO

Dear Africans,

Have you ever wondered why FACEBOOK has never given us an app when our brothers and sisters get slaughtered like sheeps and cows in Nigeria or Sudan. WE saw the rainbow flag for gay rights and we have seen the French flag. And I'm sure any western world will qualify for this gesture.Does this mean that we ourselves do not care for the lives of those who die but are poor africans? You of all people jump on the bandwagon; and try to reassure yourselves thatyou are being a human being. NO you are hypocrite; just likethe people who run Facebook. NIGERIANS have been dying and I have not seen anything turn green and white? WHY because ALL of you have become comfortable with the death of poor AFRICANS. Death, becomes death, when it no longer astounds us. At that point the moral campus of humanity ceases to exist.Paris, London, New York, Hong Kong these worlds continue to render your humanity; but Lagos, Abuja, Joberg, everywhere where there is a Black African YOU HAVE NORMALIZED death. The industrial death of poor Africans no longer moves the world and has completely been taken away from the conscious of humanity. YOU ARE ALL hypocrites my African people.Your fervent desire to express remorse for tragedies in the western world, but retain silence for those of your fellow Africans continues to be a symptomatic reality of the disease of colonialism. Your actions are the offspring of your colonial history. Je nesuis pa Charlie, Je suis Wale, Je Suis Tao, Je suis Femi, Je Suis Akiyo, Je suis Karumba, Je Suis Mutale, Je Suis Sampa, Je Suis Adeyo.
I place a proscutory verdict on All Africans for your hypocrisy, your colonialism, and your normalization of the suffering of our continent. I find each and everyone of you guilty!!!I didn't see the Kenyan Flag... I didn't see the Nigerian Flag.. I didn't see the Sudanese Flag. YOU WILL NOT SEE THE FRENCH FLAG ON MY WALL!!UNTIL death, regardless of who the victims is, solicits the same disdain it does when terrorists attack paris. I WILL NOT NORMALIZE THE DEATH OF POOR AFRICANS.I stand in COMPLETE disdain of death. WHERE EVER it exists and wherever it is perpetuated by Terror. From ABUJA To Israel, Syria, Lebanon. I Poko stand against Terror; REGARDLESS OF THE VICTIM- arabs, muslims, christians, blacks, whites, women ,children, jews, hispanics. I STAND FOR HUMANITY.Yours faithfully and for humanity,

Poko Poko

HOPE DAY @ ASSIN AKROFUOM.Donate to support ProjectHope

Project Hope gh is here again.It's the #HopeDay @  Assin Akrofuom .Project Hope Gh UCC chapter is about to embark on it usual reach out project.This semester's project is dubbed HOPE DAY @ ASSIN AKROFUOM on the 14th of November 2014.Project Hope seeks to spend the entire day with student and kids in Assin Akrofuom Methodist and D/A basic School.As part of the reachout program,There will be an educational talk for the both student and parent of Assin Akrofuom aside the Donations to be made

Topics

1⃣Need for child education(for parent)
2⃣Teenage Pregnancy
3⃣School dropout and it effect
4⃣The relevance of education.

Children in nursery to lower primary will spend quality time with members of project Hope.

It all about putting a smile on the faces of the student in Assin Akrofuom.Make a positive change in the lives of school children impacting them with the basic primary education.Support and Donate Exercise books, Old School Bags, Pens, Pencils and other Educational Materials to #ProjectHopeUCC.

To Donate Please Call or  Whatsapp Us On.
•0547872372
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Project Hope "A smile for all"