Kathleen Ismail (Ghana Scholarships)

Kathleen is a nine-time volunteer with Global Volunteers and also a former Board Member. In February, Kathleen traveled to Ghana for the first time and fell in love with the Senchi Ferry community. While in the community, Kathleen learned that 95% of the children attend school through eight grade, because there are no tuition fees. However, less than 10% go on to high school because of the annual tuition fee of $500, which most families simply cannot afford. As soon as Kathleen came home, she began working with Global Volunteers on a Ghana Scholarship Fund program. She has been working feverishly on raising funds that will allow all children of Senchi Ferry to continue their education on to high school, as stated in Kathleen’s Mission Statement: To ensure that all children in Senchi Ferry, Ghana who graduate from 8th grade can attend high school. For those who do not have the financial resources but qualify, the Ghana Scholarship Fund is there to help.

Kathleen created many fundraising tools to assist her in achieving her goal. One of these tools is a Ghana Scholarship brochure which can be viewed here: http://picasaweb.google.com/hubbard.ismail/UpdatedBrochure?feat=email#5357662827750279218
A touching video about the project made by Kathleen can be viewed at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mayBgdsTooM

You can view her website at: http://www.ghanascholarship.com/