Der Verein "D'onipa - Für besondere Kinder in Ghana" wurde im August 2023 in Gütersloh gegründet.
Zusammen mit unserer ghanaischen Partnerorganisation "D'onipa - Special Love For Special People" betreuen wir Hilfsprojekte für Kinder und Jugendliche mit physischer und psychischer Behinderung im Osten Ghanas. Seit 2021 setzt unsere liebe Freundin Ernestina mit ihrer NGO "D'onipa - Special Love For Special People" alles daran, den Kindern in Ghana, die mit Cerebral Parese, Down-Syndrom, geistigen und körperlichen Behinderungen geboren wurden, eine bessere Zukunft zu ermöglichen. Ernestinas Einsatz vor Ort ist bewundernswert, und sie hat bereits viel erreicht. Nun möchten wir ihr zur Seite stehen, um noch mehr bewirken zu können.

In 2020 I traveled to Ghana a second time for two months. I volunteered there in an NGO called "My Age My Help Int." with the two people you can see in the photo above. Venessa is a nurse and comes from Tafo. George is a male nurse and lives in Kukurantumi. Most days the three of us did our tour together and visited our clients. During this time, of course, I lived with my host family, whom I was able to get to know during my first stay in 2014. I was also in contact with Judith, who originally lives in Koblenz. Now she has been at home in Maase, near Koforidua (E/R) for what feels like an eternity, where she is the founder of the NGO "All Smile Together". At 2015, the NGO was still called the "Children We Care Foundation". Tina also lives with Judith, her full name is Ernestina Boateng. If I remember correctly, she's from near the Kwahu Mountains. Tina is a wonderful young woman, about my age, who started her own organization in 2021. It's a CBO called "D'onipa". Since then, children with mental and physical illnesses in their families can be supported. Every donation, no matter how small, helps. In the future I would like to visit Tina regularly and try to collect donations, organize orthopedic aids and make sponsorships possible. I know very well what the conditions are like in Ghana and what the situation is like, especially under these circumstances for people with disabilities. I have seen that 100 percent of the donations go where they are needed and the lives of many children have been greatly improved. If you think that a euro doesn't help, that's not true. Many individual drops eventually become the sea and cause something extraordinary.
If you are interested in more information, do not hesitate and if you would like to help in any way, contact me without obligation.

Yours Abena Navodaya Jacqueline

Aims 

1. To integrate PLWDS (persons living with disabilities) into full social participation 
2. To empower the PLWDS to live a maximum independent life
3. To help building the self esteemed and self acceptance of the PLWDS 
4. To strengthen families to accept PLWDS as a full members of the family 
5. To give PLWDS the needed assistance in their day to day activities