Page 9 - GO Fund 10 Year Program Report

Education

Programs Pathfinder students enjoying a photo opportunity / Ghana

prepares students for high school
qualifying exams, with all June 350 Students
2017 graduating students passing educated per
the exam! We are proud to note year
that Ghana?s Education Service
ranks Pathfinder as 4th out of 20 0 SCHOLARSHIPS FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS
public and private schools in the
district (and 2nd out of the 87
PARTNER private schools). Pathfinder has a
ORGANIZATION holistic and progressive

AYD - GHANA educational philosophy, using
unique teaching strategies and
PATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY providing for complementary
physical education programs
Founded in 2012, a
(there too the school has enjoyed
partnership between AYD and
Musunkwa clinic dedicated to GO Fund / Ghana success, winning trophies in
Blue Kitabu, Pathfinder
sports such as soccer and Delphine's senior picture / Kenya
International Academy was
volleyball, among others!). Since 2015, the GO Fund has
named by the children at the
However, even as the school been providing scholarships to
For over eight years GO Fund Home for Hope. Funded in
continues to grow, it faces women and girls to complete
has been supporting children recent years by GO Fund funding shortfalls as the
living with HIV who's parents support, in 2017 it celebrated their higher level education. In
were unable to afford medicines government does not give any recent years we have given out
its fifth anniversary. The first
and treatment. AYD helped financial support. The GO Fund eight scholarships to women and
enrollment consisted of 80
identify the families that needed continues to support this girls in Tanzania, Ghana and
support the most and GO Fund students from primary school successful school, helping to Kenya. One young scholar is
financed their medicines and grades one through four. The Maggie from Ghana, who
create the next generation of
food supplies monthly to ensure school has since added Ghanaian scholars. received support through Senior
these children had the best preschool through High School and is now applying
chance possible to lead healthy
kindergarten, and classes for teacher training college.
and productive lives.
through middle school up to Delphine from Kenya
One such boy who began
grade nine. As of September graduated with a teaching
receiving support at age 11 is
2018, there were 350 students degree from University in 2018
now at University pursuing a
enrolled, with 19 teachers, one and we are speaking to her
technical degree. His sister who
is also HIV positive is now headmaster and four running about programs in
finishing senior high school. non-teaching staff. The school Kenya.

Pathfinder student with text book / Ghana 9