I got up very early this morning to beat the traffic and go west to Hope Christian Academy, near Fetteh. After the tumult of Accra, it was nice to be out in the countryside. I first learned of the Village of Hope and its school from Chief Operations Manager Araba Amuasi, an Ashesi University graduate who spoke about it a year ago at a World Council Affairs meeting in Seattle. Hope offers a full range of services to orphans and other vulnerable children in Ghana, and its outstanding school attracts students from across the nation as well as serving the children of the orphanage. In Ghana, as the rest of the world, it is rare for disadvantaged children to have access to an excellent education. The students range in age from two to fifteen and are extraordinarily focused. Araba, Managing Direct Roland Bulley, Head Teacher Michael Abbeyquaye, and other staff members were very generous with their time and are excited about the prospect of their students trading letters with those in the U.S. I can't recall ever being at a place where everyone was so uniformly warm and kind.
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