Help with Food
I met little Paul on a visit to the village of Gomoa Domainase, Ghana in 2008. He lives with his parents and younger sister Linda. Dad Kwabena and mom Esi are farmers and operates normally other landowners farms and as salary they get to keep a third of the harvest, the other two thirds goes to the landowner. In southern Ghana, they usually get two crops per year, depending on what they grow.
Like many others who try to survive as farmers in Ghana the work gives poor income and the family lives by "from hand to mouth." They find it hard to get to it financially.
The family lives in a small room in a ruined school. A single room of 15-16 square meters is the family's home. A bed, a TV, a closet and a larger bucket is the family's possessions. With the bucket, they fetch water from a well in the yard. Cooking is done outdoors in a small campfire.
Paul goes to preschool, in the outskirts of the village, supported by Star of Hope. He thinks it's fun to learn letters and numbers. He is shy and somewhat reclusive but is diligent and take part in the activities in the classroom according to the teacher.
Thanks to dedicated teachers and support from the Star of Hope and its sponsors Paul and his classmates get a good start in life. The parents are very grateful for the support and do everything they can to keep Paul in school as long as possible so he an get a good education.
