Seven Children Rescued.

We are so excited to announce that seven more children have been rescued off of Lake Volta! These amazing kids were saved through the efforts of Ghanaian Executive Director, George Achibra; his volunteer team, including his son, Village of Life Director George, Jr., Achibra; Touch A Life's consultant and volunteer, Emily George; City of Refuge/Tema Program Executive Director, Johnbull Omorefe; City of Refuge/Tema Program Spiritual Director, Kofi Achibra; and the Not For Sale Campaign's volunteer team.

Here are the names and ages of the beautiful children rescued by our fabulous staff and volunteers:

• Wisdom Abuanor (12 years old)

• Joel Abuanor (8 years old)

• Teiko Addo (7 years old)

• Joseph Goku (11 years old)

• Jacob Goku (11 years old; Joseph's twin)

• Fostina (14 years old)

• Justine (9 years old)

Wisdom, Joel, Teiko, Joseph and Jacob will call the City of Refuge/Tema Program home, while Fostina and Justine will live at the Village of Life.

We are so excited to welcome these children into the Touch A Life family!

Tema Beach Day.

Emily and the children from the Tema program at the beach.

Emily George, who has spent the past month in Ghana, enlisted the support of her family to sponsor a beach day for the children of the Tema program. None of the children had ever spent time at the beach, and they were ecstatic that they got to participate in such a fun excursion. They spent the day soaking up the sun, playing in the sand and enjoying time with one another. Here's a huge thank you to the George family for sponsoring this amazing day for the kids.

Ghana Trip.

On March 11, seven women will depart to Ghana to chart the progress Touch A Life is making in Africa. Pam Cope, Tara Seidman, Leah Cypert, Sheryl Gaskie, Dana Rector, Emily George and myself will fly out of New York into Ghana. We will have the opportunity to first stop at the Village of Hope Orphanage to check on the children in school there. From there, we will move up to the Lake Volta region. We will be able to observe the new buildings at the Village of Life, as well as connect with George Achibra, the director there. We will then move on to Tema to note the progress being made at the Touch A Life program in that city. 

I'm so excited to explore parts of Ghana that I've never seen. Out of our group, Pam is the only one who has been to all three locations so it's clear to me that so much learning is going to be accomplished while in Africa. My hope is that we can return to the States with a greater understanding of the needs of the children our organization serves.

Rachel