Food
The Akwakwaa Community Foundation provides three meals a day for students and staff who live at the orphanage, and lunch for day students and teachers, but funding is stretched so thin that basic nutrition needs are not being met.
Education
Schooling for toddlers through middle-school is provided at the children’s home, for nearby village children, as well as for residents. However, there is only enough funding to pay teachers 1/10th of what starting government teachers make.
Health
Although the children are in surprisingly good health, malaria is a constant threat. Government health cards are very inexpensive, but half of the home’s resident children, and all of the day students live without them.
Water
The stream that was the orphanage’s water source dried up due to climate change. A temporary water supply from a neighbor was arranged while the Akwakwaa Community Foundation works to build a pipeline to the children’s home.
Computer Lab
A computer lab was built and equipped by another organization, but the computer keyboards were incompatible, until the Akwakwaa Foundation stepped in to replace them. Now that the computers are usable, funding is needed for instructors.
Sanitation
Septic pits are the only sanitation option for the children’s home, as the soil is hard and dense. The pits are expensive to pump out. When they become full, the children use the jungle. This is not only unsanitary, it carries the risk of snake bites.
Smoothway Afrifaith Foundation School
The Afrifaith Foundation Preschool is a non-government school with no fixed space. The headmaster funds food and transportation for the children from his rapidly dwindling pension.
Housing
The residents of the children’s home live in single-gender dorm rooms, in the church on the orphanage property, or in village foster homes. They sleep on concrete floors, without mattresses or bedding. The dorms leak in heavy rain.
Workers
Eight people besides teachers work at the orphanage, taking care of the children, cooking, cleaning, driving, and managing property and financial matters. There is volunteer housing, but no volunteers have visited yet.