INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

The Intervarsity Christian Fellowship in California has been very instrumental in the development of the Amazing Grace School. Students from UCLA, USC and other colleges in California have visited the school from 1995 up to date. The first batch of students was led by Jon and Jen Ball. The team members were Yii Shyun Lin, Sarah Riggio, Christopher Harry, James Perero and Margaret Cheng. Before arriving in Ghana, the team raised money to build the first wall around the school. This first visit launched the beginning of a lasting relationship between the Adom Foundation, Ghana and the Intervarsity Christian fellowship. They started the building of the primary block, and each year the teams that visited continued building. All the buildings of Amazing Grace School have been the work of our donors abroad, particularly students from the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship in California and our directors in Ghana.

The students mixed mortar, carried concrete to the work sites, carried roofing sheets and nailed roofing sheets on the rooftops.  We are grateful for their dedication, and hard work that has helped us to have the Primary and Junior High Blocks and the kitchen. It has been amazing that after the day’s hard work they still went to the classrooms to interact with the children. The children adored the time with them and we are always happy to share the love of Jesus Christ with the children at the school through our friends from Intervarsity. As of 2015, we have an Adom-Intervarsity Alumni family of over 100 students and we look forward to many more years of such a strong partnership.

BEREA COLLEGE

Adom Foundation, Ghana has a study abroad program which aims at bringing students and Professors from all over the world to study and experience the Ghanaian culture in diverse ways. The program has been made to fit into the academic curriculum of Universities and Colleges in the areas of African History, Music and Literature. One important aspect of the program is to re-introduce Africans living in the Diaspora to the roots of their history and culture.

Over the years, the Foundation has hosted Berea College, Kentucky on a monthly intensive study abroad program. There have been deep transformations in the intellectual and social thinking of students and faculty members who visit this country and especially under the Adom Foundation

Programs activities are designed in accordance with the curriculum and course requirements of the University or College involved. However, these are some of the activities held under the program:

a. African Drumming and Dancing lessons: students are taken through intensive classes in drumming and dancing lessons with instructors from the University Of Ghana School Of Performing Arts in Accra and the Arts and Cultural Center in Kumasi. Under this activity, students learn the African history behind the various cultural music and dances. Students also get the opportunity to learn new African beats and rhythms.

b. African History and Literature lessons: Seasoned Professors with strong research backgrounds in African Studies take students through the deep roots of  African history, literature and artefacts.

c. Ghanaian Family Integration: The peculiarity of the Adom Foundation study abroad program lies here. Students are hosted by Ghanaian families in a rural area of Ghana for a particular number of days depending on the duration of the entire trip. Here, students engage in the economic activities of their respective host families. The host families have the responsibility of teaching their ‘children’ the traditions and culture of their society and they in turn learn new things from them.  This has been intentionally included in the program to bring into practicality the Ghanaian way of life before modernity and urbanization. Students have received love and acceptance as a result of this and have brought deep transformational changes in them.

 d. Tourism: The program is noted for its intensive tourism activities. Notable among the places visited are the Slave castles in Cape Coast and Elmina, Assin Manso Emancipation Centre (where slaves had their last bath before being taken out of Africa), Kakum National Park and many others.  

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN, POMONA

 

We are grateful to the First Presbyterian Church, Pomona, California for visiting the school during the summer (2023) holidays under the leadership of Lisa Engdahl and Pastor Robert Adam Donner.

With the help of the team, there has been a face lift of the nursery playground, an ASTRO turf playground has been constructed and playing equipments have been installed. Their project included, drawing of murals on the nursery walls. They also, donated some computers, stabilizers, WIFI for the computer lab, storybooks, basket ball stand and other playing items. They spent time visiting the classrooms to teach and to interact with the staff and the children.