Selah in Progress
This week has been filled with the beauty of Cambodia. Paints, fabrics, and carpentry are coming together to turn a dilapidated house boat into a stunning Art Center named Selah. With Kim Lewis at the design helm, our Art Center team, including...
You Art What You Eat
Connor Creative Art Center is full of new artwork this month! With 25 new little artists, our Art Director, Kwame is busy coming up with new projects to help them start their journey of creative expression. The younger kids have been working on drawing fruits and...
Painting the Court
If you want a real basketball court, it needs to have lines! Thankfully our most recent team that traveled to the Care Center in Ghana was up to the task. Opportunity Court is now complete with a three-point arcs, free throw lines, and the other...
The Big Birthday Party
Each year at our Care Center we celebrate everybody's birthday all at once! Since some of the Touch A Life children are unsure of their exact birth date, one big birthday party makes sure that no one is left out of the birthday fun. A team from First United Methodist...
Colors for Selah
For the past six months, Kim Lewis of Vagabond Designs has been working with the Touch A Life and Rapha House teams to turn an old house boat into an Art Healing Center named Selah. Selah will be a place of healing and creativity for girls rescued from sex trafficking...
Mr. Morgan’s Baskets
Last year we gathered our staff in Ghana and encouraged them to take time to invest in their passions. Ever since, our Care Center has been a flurry of bread baking, carpentry, fabric dyeing, sewing, and, of course, Mr. Morgan and his basket weaving. Mr. Morgan's...
How to help #EndSlavery in 2016
Today, on January 11th, the world pauses to recognize the the horrors of human trafficking that still plague our global community. And while awareness is vital, in order for change to happen each of us must commit to action as well. Here are four ways you can...
A New Year’s Party
The kids at our Care Center in Ghana welcomed 2016 with a big celebration! The Paradise Hotel Resort, where many of our large volunteer groups stay while in Ghana, hosted a New Year's party for all of the Touch A Life kids and staff with lots of food and games. What a...
First Art Healing Sessions
The eleven boys who joined the Touch A Life family in October and November had their very first Art Healing session at the Care Center this past week. Kwame, our Ghana Art Center Director, asked them to draw scenes from their days spent fishing on Lake Volta. This...
25 New Children Call the Care Center Home
In October, Touch A Life partnered with the Ghanaian Department of Social Welfare to rescued 16 children from forced labor and provide them with permanent housing at our Care Center. Two weeks later in November, our staff was contacted by Social Welfare about nine...