Celebrate Independence
March 6th is recognized as Ghana's Independence Day. In 1957, the Ghanaian people celebrated the end of colonial rule in their country, as they were the first nation in sub-saharan Africa to do so. On their very first Independence Day, Queen Elizabeth of England sent...
Class assignment sheds light on modern-day slavery
When Blair Burney was asked to represent a non-profit organization as a project in her Public Relations Writing class, she realized she was given a great opportunity. Rather than simply complete the assignment with a random organization, Blair decided to use her class...
Wish Dolls Made With Love
Ally, our art therapist at Connor's Creative Arts Center, has been busy! Our favorite project last week was the Wish Doll! Each girl at our Care Center in Ghana made her very own wish doll with fabric and yard. They wrote down a wish on a small piece of paper, which...
When Jonathan Grows Up
Meet Jonathan! Jonathan is a born leader who cares deeply for other kids at the Touch A Life Care Center. His favorite subject in school is math and he loves technology! He is a professional when it comes to the computer and he loves learning new functions and...
When Gideon Grows Up
This is Gideon! Gideon is an incredible leader. He is one of the oldest children at the Touch A Life Care Center and he is truly a role model on campus. He loves to explore new places and learn new things. He is also great dancer who loves music. His favorite subjects...
When Wisdom Grows Up…
Meet Wisdom! Wisdom is a bright, intelligent young man. He does well in school and he particularly likes studying subjects like math and science. Wisdom enjoys reading, especially books about nature, animals, and history. Outside of school, William is very active - he...
Book Fair in Ghana
What do the Touch A Life children love more than almost anything? Books! We recently held a mini-book fair at the Care Center in Ghana with a shipment of donated books from International Book Project. Thank you to Susan Polous for facilitating this gift! Our staff and...
Guest Blog: Ally Root, Art Therapist
We are happy to have a special guest blog post today! Ally Root will be leaving for Ghana this weekend to spend three months as an Art Therapist at Connor Creative Arts Center. Read below to get to know her a bit! In August of 2013, I came to Ghana to volunteer with...
Holiday Match and New Years Resolutions
We did it! Thank you! Our Holiday Donor Match fundraiser was a great success - you all gave $25,000 toward our General Fund, and a generous donor matched every dollar to make $50,000! This is an energizing way to start 2014 as we turn plans into action on behalf of...
New Sneakers for Christmas
During our summer trip to Ghana, the Touch A Life staff asked the kids at our Care Center what they wanted most for Christmas. The boys decided on shin guards and the girls asked for Christmas dresses, but our team noticed that the children only had school shoes or...