For many children, in the schools we work with in Ghana, attending schools can be seen as a great achievement. Family poverty often means that they are sent to the local market to sell produce or are kept at home to look after sick or infirmed members of the family. So when the children do make it in SEPIA wants to make sure they receive the best chance of success. To that end we focus on providing them with exercise books, pens and pencils to ensure they can record their learning. Plus we try to make the schools as inviting as possible, within the realms of our budget, by providing sports and play equipment and renovating buildings to a safe and welcoming standard. All this is only possible with the dedicated support of our trustees in Ghana and the donations we recieve in the UK from people like yourselves who have taken the time to find out what we are trying to achieve. I am sure we all agree that a basic education is invaluable for all children and therefore should be seen as a human right. However, whilst the Ghanaian governement aim to offer this, demands on their expenditure often means that rural schools in particular run out of funds early in the school year. This then means pupils have to provide their own exercise books, pens, etc and as mentioned above this can be too much for some families and this is where we come in. I hope you are inspired to help us in this and if you would like to learn more please feel free to contact us.