DONATIONS

At Beacon House, families and friends are constantly asking Romana and Mary what would be helpful to donate. After long consideration, the staff has put together a list of a few essential items that would benefit the children and staff. 

Since the children’s education is one of Beacon House’s top priorities, educational DVDs are greatly appreciated. We also need DVD players that are multiregional/system and preferably work on 220V. 

In our office, each child (whether living at Beacon House or sponsored in schools) has a file. We are always needing to print and photocopy documents. We need ink cartridges for our printers (HP 98 or 45).

Diapers, diapers, diapers ... we have new babies and are in need of diapers.

 

Disposable and kitchen gloves and toilet paper are always needed. 

If you’re in Accra, Mercy, our cook, could use donations of protein foods - fish, chicken, goat, beef and eggs. These items would be helpful when preparing nutritious meals for the children.  We give our children daily vitamins ... so we're always in need of vitamins.

 

Soap ..... if you stay around Beacon House for a few days/a few hours, you will inevitably see children and staff washing ... washing clothes, washing dishes, etc.  We always need washing powder/soap for clothes and bar soap for bathing.  Bleach and disinfectants are needed for general house cleaning and dishes.

We need backpacks and lunch boxes, since we have 5 new children starting school this year. 

We appreciate all the help and feel very blessed to have such caring families and friends at Beacon House. 


Thank you for everything!

Go to this link for further items we can use: http://beaconhouseghana.org/?page_id=56

Happy Easter

During the Easter break a group of children and teachers from British International School came to Beacon House to celebrate Easter with our kids!
 
They brought lots of presents (donations) as well as decorated Easter eggs for the kids to eat.

After some delicious snacks, the BIS kids sang some songs, and the Beacon House kids followed.


We all enjoyed the party very much!

Playground Project

Thank you to all that participated in the Beacon House Beaded Bracelet project raising funds to build a play area for the toddlers. The play area is being used even while we are waiting for the gate and paint. The toddlers look forward to playing in their safe area where their toys await them. House mothers can now monitor them as they wash clothes and diapers.
Along with the play area the baby house has a new clothes line and a drain and soak way for the water tap. When I return in July we will bring some new toys for the play area with the remaining funds. Kayla is still making Beacon Bracelets to fund other projects to build much needed baby beds.
To help with the ever growing laundry needs a new clothesline was erected. Laundry is a constant just like eating that takes a huge part of the day to do. If more loads can be hung out then more can be done at one time. A new washing machine is expected soon and that will indeed be a huge blessing!


Remember, the minimum donation for bracelets is only $25, necklaces with up to 25 beads is $30. The bracelets are great gifts as many were purchased this past Christmas. Impress a friend or loved one with an authentic African bead bracelet or necklace.

Time to get started! No more worries!