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The journey to Ghana was a tremendous experience. Sandee, president and founding mother of Leah’s Dream, and I, Lynne, secretary of the Executive Board, found the experience so varied and intense that one blog can’t…
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Our Ghana Trip-First Leg, Accra
Hi folks, This is an excerpt from my journal during our February trip to Ghana. In the coming weeks, Lynne McMahon, newly appointed secretary of the Leah’s Dream Inc. Board who accompanied me there and myself will be…
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Off to Ghana
Soon we will meet our newest Afafanto Scholars and catch up with our friends in the villages! We have a full itinerary from meetings in Accra to opening our new office in Tamale, not to mention a side trip to Mole…
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Its a New Year and a Milestone Birthday
Hi and hope you are having a grand 2015 so far. If you missed out on your year end giving why not give a birthday present to Leah? She would be 35 this year. Our donor page has a new look as we are now with Network for…
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Happy Thanksgiving
So much has happened since my last post it is hard to know where to begin. Emelia Guo, our new Executive Director of the Leah’s Dream Ghana NGO was here for a visit in August. Together we made some daring plans to…
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A quick thanks to everyone who contributed
Our Leah’s Dream Inc. Afafanto Scholarship Fundraiser was a big success. We can now fund scholarships for 3 more girls for next year. The Dreaming Tree Trio along with Rachel Bronstein entertained a crowd of about 60 at…
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Join us for the 2014 Afafanto Fundraiser
Hello, Spring is upon us. Transformation from a cold, snowy winter to a warm and wonderful Spring. If you have received an invite to our Fundraiser, you may have noticed the Adinkra Symbol at the right. This is an…
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Happy New Year
Happy 2014 to all! This post is waaaay overdue. So much has happened since my last post in September. Most importantly, we now have 3 new Afafanto Scholarship recipients. Issahaku Adzifa is from Larabanga and attended…
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Future Sustainability
Ah well, summer is over. Our girls are on break until Oct. 1, then their new school term begins. The new Afafanto Scholarship applicants have finally received their test scores so we are now in the process of choosing…
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Emelia’s Visit
Well the dog days of summer are upon us and Emelia, our Africa Coordinator has decided that this would be a good time to come visit. Actually, the incentive was our Board Meeting held June 22. This was a big deal…
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Another fiscal year ends
June is the end of our fiscal year. Financially it has been a very successful year. We raised enough money to send 10 girls to high school next year. Yay! Now our attention needs to turn to our future plans. How to we…
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What a Gala Event
Our first gala silent auction and fundraiser was a success! We made our goal and beyond. We now have enough funds to provide 10 girls with a secondary education next year plus some funding for other projects we have in…
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