U.S. College Students Raise Money to Build a School in Ghana

Before and after photos of the village school.

Seven students who participated in Semester at Sea program of the University of Virginia in the fall of 2010, came home to the United States determined to help a village they had visited while in Ghana. The students found a dilapidated school building in the village of Senase that was exposed to the elements and where farm animals roamed inside the building. The students at the school were not motivated and had no hope for the future. Traveling to a nearby village, the American college students found youngsters in a new government constructed school building were bright, energetic, and had a thirst for learning.

Returning to the U.S., the college students founded The Senase Project. The initial goal was to raise funds to refurbish the village’s school. They held fundraisers on college campuses and constructed a website where people could learn about their effort and make donations. The efforts have led to the construction of a new school building and the project hopes to raise enough funds to build a medical clinic in the village.

Here is a video about the Senase Project.

Related Articles

Leave a Reply

Get the JBHE Weekly Bulletin

Receive our weekly email newsletter delivered to your inbox

Latest News

Dillard University to Expand Opportunities for Film Studies Students

The partnership between Dillard University and E. Ross Studios School of Film & Television in New Orleans will be an academic enterprise that integrates technology and creativity that drives innovation and amplifies culture.

The Next Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of South Florida

Levi Thompson has been serving dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Delaware. He previously served as a faculty member at the University of Michigan, where he was associate dean for undergraduate education and director of the Hydrogen Energy Technology Laboratory

UCLA Teams Up With Morgan State University in a Student Exchange Program

The UCLA-MSU collaboration is part of the UC-HBCU Initiative, a statewide program designed to address the underrepresentation of African American students in graduate studies through partnerships and research opportunities.

Nneka Dennie Receives National Book Prize for Outstanding Bibliographical Scholarship

Dr. Dennie's award-winning book, Mary Ann Shadd Cary: Essential Writings of a Nineteenth-Century Black Radical Feminist, examines the works of North America's first Black woman newspaper editor.

Featured Jobs