Deviwo Projects Awards High School Scholarships to Eight Female Students from Madina

Bushiratu Abubakar

Memunatu Jumada

Victoria Adisenu

Selina Apeke

Stella Apeke

Aishatu Tijani

Dorcas Amatepe

Patricia Asantewaa

Exhibition at the E-Cong in Atlanta

September 29, 2007 6:00 to 9:00 pm
The event raised over $3,000 for the Deviwo Projects Scholarship Fund...
Prints and books were for sale...
Thanks to all who attended
Photos by Alex Cullen

Upcoming Events in Atlanta, GA

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-- Thursday 9/27/07 --
Book Release @ Charis Books in L5P. 7:30-9 pm

---Saturday 9/28/07 --
Exhibition @ the Existentialist Congregation 470 Candler Park Dr. 3-6 pm

Deviwo Projects Scholarship Fund Application in Progress.

J.S.S. graduates of the Gina International School

This Scholarship, generated from book and photo sales, supports "brilliant but needy students" in Madina, Accra to attend Senior Secondary School. Scholarships are awarded as partial-assistance, whole-assistance, or in-kind support (books, materials, etc.) Graduating Junior Secondary School (J.S.S.) students from the Gina International School in Lybia Quarters are invited to apply in 2007.

The application proccess includes --
1. Review of students' academic history, teacher reports, and B.E.C.E exam scores.
2. In-class essay exam
3. Referrals
4. Meetings with families to assess financial need and committment continuing their child's education beyond J.S.S.

The essay exam was held at the Gina School on Friday August 28th from 8-10 am. This year's questions reflect Ghana's 50th year of independence from Colonial rule.

1. What does Ghana's independence mean? How do you understand independence and what is the impact on your generation?

2. What are some of the issues facing Ghana and what are some of the solutions you have to offer?

The scholarship committee is panel of five. It consists of Gina International Scool teachers and administrators as well as foreign and local representatives from Deviwo Projects. Scholarships may be renewed annually based on academic and social conduct reports.

Scholarships and certificates will be awarded on Friday September 14, 2007 at 10 am in the Gina International School compound.

Exhibition and Book Release at the Bogardus Mansion in New York

On July 25th, 2007, we held an exhibition of Ghanaian students' photography from the Zongo Junction Youth Photo Program in Madina, Accra 2005-2006. The event celebrated the world release of "I am the only one who saw", a book of photos and essays by a twelve year old boy in Ghana. Proceeds from book sales and prints in the silent auction went to the Deviwo Projects Scholarship fund in Madina, which supports dedicated students to continue their education.



We passed around disposable cameras, the same ones that the students used in Ghana, and guests documented the event.






The Bogardus hall was made available to us by the Aprile family. We hung the student's photos with their writing on clotheslines....





The silent auction was a huge success.




Thank you to all who attended and a special thank you to those who helped me remember what I wanted to say by yelling it out when I got stuck in a long pause during my speech.



My dad worked the bar while my mom , the daughter of a traveling sunglasses salesman, was in charge of selling the books.



Live music from "Living Traditions" cultural group, also known as "Grasscutter."



Special thanks to
the Andrew Aprile, George and Christiane Aprile, Will Swofford, Jesse and Richard Bathrick, Tiffany Iung, Sam Franklin, Marnie Andrews and Jeff Jacobson, Brian Mckenna, Brendan Bathrick, Lauren Gertzman, and Sheila Aminmadani for helping to make this event so wonderful. It was a room full of amazing people. And big thanks to all of you who took pics at the event and then sent them back to us...
-Sam B.