This past week fellow Yo Ghana! board member Mr. Brando Akoto and I had the pleasure of visiting several Ghanaian schools within a three-hour drive of Accra. One of the high points was certainly Angels Academy. The school came highly recommended by Susan Addy, who had lived across from the school with her husband, the legendary musician Obo Addy. Yo Ghana! is always looking for schools that: have outstanding leadership; have done a lot with a little, serve many children from low-income homes. Angels Academy fits right in.
We had the great honor of meeting Mr. Ernest Opoku-Ansah, who founded the school more than two decades ago when he decided to start educating five local children for free. He only started charging tuition once he retired, and under the leadership of his very capable daughter, Madam Regina Opoku-Ansah, a large percentage of children attend on scholarship. We enjoyed listening to and talking with this remarkable pair, as well as the school's fine teachers, and we look forward to many more visits to and thousands of letters from this very special place.
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