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Mrs. Pamela Lewis

Ghana School Aid is very sad to announce the death of one of its most lively and valued founder members.  Mrs. Pamela Lewis “just slipped away” on 18^th November 2011 after a short illness.

 Eric and Auriol Earl have known Pam and family since 1956, in Accra; and Pam came on both Ghana Visits, 1990 and 1995.  She worked closely for many years with all the other founder members of Ghana School Aid.  GSA was founded in 1986, and Pam was its very efficient Hon Sec until she moved to Wales.  It was Pam who started the AGMs, which were not provided for in the Trust Deed.  She kept us on the straight and narrow, always mindful of GSA’s prime objectives.  She will be very much missed by all who knew her.

Penny Sewell. 1.1.12

I'm not sure what the AGM item "Website" is intended to cover but here are a couple of observations about the current situation.

1.  The website exists.  It works.  A couple of brave souls have actually posted articles or comments.  It is entirely an organisational issue now whether GSA actually wants to use it.

2.  Unless there is a good reason for something to be kept private, I'd suggest that any news/ discussion etc is posted on the website rather than by email.  That way we have a complete record of discussions and people have only one place to check.  So I'd encourage the 14 email recipients of the AGM to read and indeed post on this site.  By registering, the system automatically sends you an email when there is activity on the site, so you're kept informed and it is easier to manage people's email addresses (it is self-service).

3.  I'd ask all the recipients of grants to post progress reports on the site.  Any time there is construction, for example, ask them to post photos (I'm sure there will be at least one camera phone available) each week/ month.  I'd make continuous reporting a requirement of any grant.

4.  You have the oppotunity to re-think the newsletter.  Instead of a mad annual rush to create a newsletter, why not post articles on the website throughout the year?  Then the newsletter - if you still want it - becomes just a matter of collating the already written articles into a paper version.  If you view the newsletter as a source of income, you could address tis by having an annual subscription drive.

The above are just some ideas.  Anyone who's currently using email could use the website.  It's up to you.

Congratulations to Colin for completing the Great Scottish Run 10K and raising £964 for Ghana School Aid.

Photos here.  JustGiving page here.

The title says it all, really.  See here.

I've added a link to the Support Us page as well.

Here are a few re-sized photos from last month's AGM. I have plenty more and at a higher resolution which I can email to any members who want them.

Anna

Someone - I'm sorry I can't remember who - asked me for a large Ghana School Aid logo.  I've converted the original small image into vector artwork so I can scale it up to any size.  Let me know what size you'd like or just download the one below (right click in most browsers).

If you have got this far then my brief update about the website hopefully made sense.

Everyone can contribute with pictures and posts.  All you need to do is register with Posterous (that's the company that provides this website) by clicking on the link labelled Posterous in the top right hand corner of the page.  Then click on the green try it now button and sign up.  Good luck!

Building works for a new classrooms and a water tank.

(download)

Click here to download:

mount-mary-school-at-ofankor-greater-accra-2001-hdmbltIIsunzsbHJocda.zip (896 KB)