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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The Kula Yoga Project in Brooklyn, NY, is starting the new year off right by hosting a special New Years Day class to benefit Touch A Life! This hour and 45 minute-long session will include a one hour of detoxifying asana followed by 20 minutes of chanting for peace,...
There are many beautiful things to see in Ghana, and some of our favorites are the handmade recycled glass beads sold in several of the country's largest markets. Recently, our staff in Ghana brought a large collection of these beads to Connor's Creative Arts Center....