Showing posts with label staff. Show all posts
Showing posts with label staff. Show all posts

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Meet Bernard Xorlasi Fianku

With over a decade of management experience in children’s organizations and ministries, Bernard joined Beacon House as Program Director in 2008. His responsibilities include supervision of historical research of children’s cases and seemingly endless paperwork in order to successfully cooperate with Social Services and the Ghana Courts. He often is responsible for planning and supervising outreach excursions that serve to bring aid to remote areas and assist in finding homes for abandoned children.  He is involved is all areas of Beacon House management and serves as Director in Romana Testa’s absence.

Bernard loves Ghana and has a passion for serving God in reaching the needy, the abused, and the forgotten children here.  His years of education in specialized training in clinical and Christian counseling, abuse and addiction counseling, organizational leadership and working towards a  B.S. Degree from University of Legon suits him well as program director.

He and his wife, Irene are also fostering a 3 year old from Beacon House with the hopes of someday making the little boy their son.  Faith in action is a fitting description of how Bernard lives his life.


Monday, May 10, 2010

Introducing Mercy

Mercy is Beacon House’s wonderful cook! She prepares all the meals every day for the children and the staff. (And sometimes for the volunteers if we are lucky enough to sneak some) IMG_8691 Mercy started to cook as a partime job next to school in 2004. After she graduated in 2006 at the Ghana Education Service she worked several different jobs before starting at Beacon House. The decision of what to prepare each day is mainly influenced by the stock available and the expiration date of the foods she has. Mercy rotates the different food items so that eating at Beacon House never gets boring. Mercys favorite food is banku with okro-stew, but she would not say no to good fufu with light soup. image Her favorite dishes to prepare for the children are vegetable foods like fried rice and jollof. The time needed to prepare the food varies with the dish. As rice is comparatively easy and fast to prepare, banku takes a lot of time and energy. IMG_8688 Mercy is a great cook and always has a smile on her face! We all love and appreciate the food she makes everday.