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AOA collects books, pens, pencils, notebooks, backpacks, crayons, scissors, flash cards, etc. throughout the year and prepares a shipment to Ghana every November. AOA travels to Ghana every February to distribute the supplies to our schools.




PHOTOS FROM PAST GROUP TRIPS TO GHANA VISITING SCHOOLS, ELMINA AND CAPE COAST SLAVE DUNGEONS, W.E.B. DEBOIS CENTER, KWAME NKRUMAH MEMORIAL AND OTHER CULTURAL SITES IN ACCRA, GHANA

Albums 1 - 15 out of 15
AGE OF AWARENESS HOLIDAY MARKETPLACE AGE OF AWARENESS HOLIDAY MARKETPLACE
Raising money for schools in Africa
110 photos
GHANA SCHOOL VISITS 2012 GHANA SCHOOL VISITS 2012
GHANA SCHOOL VISITS 2012
40 photos
PREPARING SCHOOL SUPPLIES TO SHIP TO GHANA PREPARING SCHOOL SUPPLIES TO SHIP TO GHANA
Getting the school supplies ready to travel to Ghana
13 photos
Ghana Nov. 2010 Ghana Nov. 2010
23 photos
Age of Awareness Holiday Marketplace Fundraiser Age of Awareness Holiday Marketplace Fundraiser
45 photos
Ghana King David School visit November 2010 Ghana King David School visit November 2010
98 photos
CAREER DAY 2010 CAREER DAY 2010
34 photos
AOA PROGRAM AND ACTIVITIES AOA PROGRAM AND ACTIVITIES
18 photos
who we help who we help
6 photos
Ghana school visits 2010 Ghana school visits 2010
43 photos
GHANA 2010 GHANA 2010
18 photos
SLAVE DUNGEONS 2010 SLAVE DUNGEONS 2010
40 photos
KWAME NKRUMAH KWAME NKRUMAH
Kwame Nkrumah became the first prime and later president of Ghana. He was born on September 21, 1909, at Nkroful in what was then the British-ruled Gold Coast, the son of a goldsmith. Trained as a teacher, he went to the United States in 1935 for advanced studies and continued his schooling in England, where he helped organize the Pan-African Congress in 1945. He returned to Ghana in 1947 and became general secretary of the newly founded United Gold Coast Convention but split from it in 1949 to form the Convention People's party (CPP). After his 'positive action' campaign created disturbances in 1950, Nkrumah was jailed, but when the CPP swept the 1951 elections, he was freed to form a government, and he led the colony to independence as Ghana in 1957. A firm believer in African liberation, Nkrumah pursued a radical pan-African policy, playing a key role in the formation of the Organization of African Unity in 1963. As head of government, he was less successful however, and as time passed he was accused of forming a dictatorship. In 1964 he formed a one-party state, with himself as president for life, and was accused of actively promoting a cult of his own personality. Overthrown by the military in 1966, with the help of western backing, he spent his last years in exile, dying in Bucharest, Romania, on April 27, 1972. His legacy and dream of a "United States of African" still remains a goal among many. Nkrumah was the motivating force behind the movement for independence of Ghana, then British West Africa, and its first president when it became independent in 1957. His numerous writings address Africa's political destiny.
12 photos
FUN IN GHANA 2010 FUN IN GHANA 2010
15 photos
TRAVEL IN AFRICA TRAVEL IN AFRICA
6 photos
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