FAMILIES OF TODAY FOR TOMORROW "A Child's Smile"

Missions - Project "A Child's Smile"

Families of Today for Tomorrow believes in building tomorrow’s families today, starting with enabling every child everywhere to see and experience happiness in the simple things life can offer. In line with our philosophy, we have recently embarked on a mission to help address basic needs of children in one of the African countries, Ghana.

Already, our executive director, Mrs. Ama Owusu, has gone on a mission trip to Ghana to speak with poor schools, their teachers and school administrators about their situation and the simple things that can make a difference for them. Suffice it to say what she heard and witnessed truly often brought her to tears – literally. Indeed, without help both the present and future of these children is bleak, difficult without, and hopeless.

We are, however, happy to report that during our mission trip we were able to distribute athletic uniforms, test books and other supplies received from donors in Canada to pupils in a number of the schools, hospitals and Churches visited. But this is just the beginning to the kinds of the support we could, together, provide to make a real difference in the lives of these children. Indeed, we are now embarking on a fuller-fledged mission project we are calling, “A Child’s Smile”. This project is aimed at responding directly to the basic needs expressed by the pupils, teachers and administrators we visited in Ghana.

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The Needs:

Just imagine, that your little Jonny or Suzie (junior kindergartener) five or six years old awakening to a beautiful day in African with a brilliant sunrise, walks the five or more kilometers to school on bare feet. He arrives at an

1. Educational Materials; Most community schools do not have books library or even the daily required class exercise books. The junior kindergarteners learn how to write their numbers and alphabets on bare floors with chalk, whiles the senior kindergartners writes on leaflets of paper.

2. Technology; These schools have no computers or left along computer-labs or television, therefore pupils lacks technology know-how and are not in touch with the rest of the world.

3. Unhealthy Conditions; Most of these African children are from impoverished homes; they go to school with no proper shoes on their feet and have barely any or little clothing.

4. Teachers Poor Conditions: Teachers do not have enough teaching materials. They also do not have teachers’ lounges; therefore, uses bamboo hunts as lounges.

5. Unconducive Educational Environment; Children attending school in uncompleted buildings. Subject to heavy rains and the sun. As if that is not enough; Animals like pigs and goats also shares these uncompleted classrooms with the pupils, leaving their feces, smell and stanches behind for the pupils to clean before classes can begin. These same schools lack proper drinking water and good sanitary facilities

Watch Video "A Child's Smile" A Visit to some schools in Ghana

Now imagine, that with the gift of a simple reading books or exercise books, pens, pencils, computers, shoes or clothing opening the doors of hope, knowledge, self confidence, self development and prosperity for future generations. And your simple giving would also provide a good and positive learning environment for education for little Johny or Suzie and a whole community. Each little effort on our part will result in potential changing of a young beautiful life for the better, which in turn will impact a community and a nation. FAMILIES OF TODAY FOR TOMORROW offers you the opportunity to become part of "A CHILD'S SMILE PROJECT" with your support and contributions that would bring a smile to an impoverished Africa child face. YOU ARE THE DIFFERENCE! OUR TOMORROW BEGINS TODAY, LET US TOGETHER BUILD TODAY FOR TOMORROW. EVERY GIFT YOU GIVE IS A SMILE OF A CHILD!

What to Give (Please click on link to see list)

Immediate target community: The organisation is currently targeting these community schools in Tema, Dodowa Region, a suburb of Tema and the Eastern Region in Ghana West Africa where these children are forgotten. These children have beautiful dreams; unfortunately, growing up in poor homes and poor environment yet they look forward in attending to school everyday with bare feet and most of the time without breakfast, and still have hope for a bright future.

Our Goal:

Bringing a smile to an impoverished child face.

Early priorities include ;

Establishing learning centres -- providing computers, books and libraries
Putting shoes on each child feet and clothing for needy child.
Giving them hope, strength and self confidence to go on in life.
Providing a good and positive learning environment for education by reconstructing the uncompleted school buildings and sanitary facilities

We thank you for joining us giving whatever you can to invest in the future of the human family and making a difference. Empowering an Africa children today, transforming their condition, giving them good Tomorrow from Today with simple good education and basic things in life.

"A CHILD'S SMILE"