Young Andorfer founded “Girls Club” in Ghana

“Where every child counts”: The short but impressive motto of the “Little Flower School” is not a striking sentence, but has been lived every day in the facility in Okorase – a suburb of KOFORIDUA in Ghana – for 17 years. The project is the heart of the work of the Andorf aid organization ORA International in the African country. In the meantime, more than 250 children who come from poor conditions have the opportunity to maintain well -founded school training.

The school founders Bernice and Paul Otoo received active support from the Andorf native Maria Kierner that she was on the occasion of a traineeship for five months at the “Little Flower School”. The ORA offers the experience of a foreign service of several months, which has already been used by numerous young people in recent years.

“A friend of my sister also completed this voluntary service in Ghana and told about it. At that time I was twelve years old. Since then the topic has not let me go.

Systematic help

Support in homework, control of school exercises and always an ear for the concerns of the children. “If you once again had a hard time, I was there,” says Kierner, who reports on a “really nice time” in Ghana. “Apart from working at school, I experienced some interesting things and, above all, were able to learn a lot about the culture in Ghana,” says the 21-year-old. “The people there are so friendly, open and warm and made the work really easy for me.” This also applies to the restructuring of the kindergarten, in which Kierner was instrumental in addition to her work in the classes.

In particular, it would have been impressed by the community, the general cohesion at the school in Okorase, says Kierner. “Everyone helps each other. Even if people have comparatively little, they don’t hesitate to share everything together. All in all, it’s more like a big family than a school.”

In addition to the aid organization ORA and its donation and aid campaigns, Bernice and Paul Otoo, which founded the private school in 2008, have a decisive part in the positive development of the “Little Flower School”. A few years earlier, contact between the locals and ORA had been created, and the decision matured to systematically help neglected children.

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