Recap of 2013
I have just finished writing our year-end newsletter. This annual exercise gives me a chance to reminisce and reflect on all the crazy...
GFC Expands to Denver: Thanks to Molly
Three years ago when I was in Ghana, I very briefly met another volunteer who was just finishing up a month-long stay at the orphanage. ...
Technical Difficulties
Over a year ago our website “host” shut down, sending me into a complete technological tailspin. It has taken me a full year to figure...
My Summer Vacation
Remember those days in Elementary School when, after a long summer, you would come back to school and be asked to write about your summer...
"Hope 4 Ghana" Supports GFC
Last fall my daughter, Julia, started a new club at New Canaan High School to help raise money for the Ghana Children’s Fund. She had a...
Health Insurance for All
I never cease to be amazed by the compassion and energy that some children have to help others. This past weekend was a stunning example...
High School Scholarships for Twenty Students
FINALLY!!! We have been waiting for over two months to get the results of the high school entrance exams in Ghana. Due to computer...
Reason to Celebrate
Last week in Ghana we celebrated the graduation of the first class to ever complete the Good Shepherd School… 35 students completed Form...
A Win-Win-Win Solution
One of the greatest parts of my work with the Ghana Children’s Fund is to witness, again and again, how the prayers of the children in...
A Little Help From My Friends
For the past four years I have been raising money to help the kids in Ghana. I have had many wonderful, generous donors... more than I...
