Hi, I'm Alex. Picture above.
In February 2016, I had the great opportunity of volunteering on an education program with VSO ICS in a small rural community called Balungu, in the Talensi district of Ghana for three months. There I lived with a local family in the community, ate the traditional food and lived the life of a true member of the Balungu community during my stay there. My role in Balungu was to identify areas of their school that needed extra support that I could get involved and help make sustainable change to better their in the long term through the power of education. Myself and three other volunteers made great sustainable change during our time in Balungu and the work we carried out truly made an impact to the young lives in Balungu. Schools in remote areas like Balungu have a severe lack of teachers and teaching resources and many families struggle to meet their daily needs.

Now as part of my aspirations in life, i am carrying out a project which aim at providing academically at risk students in rural communities with books and other school materials. It's easy to forget that books are prohibitively expensive in economically struggling countries and the door to economic prosperity remains closed for many..

It's not enough to remember the less fortunate in thought alone. Let's remember them by our deeds!

Money raised will go directly to schools in local communities in the form of school resources, stationary, books, sports education and teacher training for the locals and also providing them the necessary equipment to help better their education.