What would your childhood have been like without books?
Computers for Orphans and Vulnerable Children Thanks to the quick response to the fundraising for our GeoDiscovery Center (below), we are fully funded and the center is in full operation. For the most up-to-date information on our progress, please visit www.RyanFlahive.com and visit our blog. Also, please watch the video to the right.
While building the walls, we wired the lab to support a future computer
lab. Working with my good friend Paul Crocket, we have now uncovered
an opportunity to purchase 100 computers for $50/each. The first 20
computers will go into the GeoDiscovery Lab and the remaining 80 will
support a pilot program by Orphanaid Africa to provide access to
computers and IT training to orphans and other vulnerable children in
80 of Ghana's 160 school districts. Moreover, these computers will be
used by local Social Services counselors to populate a recently
constructed database of vulnerable children throughout Ghana. This
will help provide better service while fighting child abuse and
traficking, ensuring that no child is lost in the system. For every
$50 donated, a computer will be donated in your name.
It will cost $5000 to purchase 100 computers for Orphanage Africa in Ghana. Every person who donates $50 or more will "adopt a district" and have a computer named after them. Will you join us? IMPORTANT: Please be sure to hit "UPDATE AMOUNT" when using this PayPal "donate" function.
GeoDiscovery Lab The stresses of HIV/AIDs, malaria & tuberculosis compounded by the increase of rural–to-urban migration have caused an explosive increase of orphans and vulnerable children in need of care in Ghana. We've found an impressive organization, OrphanAid Africa, that has launched a number of programs designed to help these children build the skills and self-confidence to make them self-sufficient, educated and healthy adults.
I believe that the Geosciences offer a unique perspective and toolkit that equip students become happier and more responsible "Earth Citizens". Because of this, I have worked with OrphanAid Africa to build and open a new GeoDiscovery Lab full of maps, atlases, globes and computers. The children love it and I have seen first-hand how it has opened up new ideas and concepts for them about the world and their role as responsible Earth citizens.