The Young Apostles International School

The Young Apostles International School

Location: Daban-Panin, Kumasi-Ghana, West Africa

Number of students: 120

Number of teachers: 8


"Holistic or Holism is the belief that anything natural is in some way related to everything and that each natural creation, such as a person, is a whole, which is more important than the parts that make the person up. At The Young Apostles School, a consistent attempt is made to develop the child in Body, Soul/Mind, and Spirit."

- Gabriel Amoateng-Boahen, Proprietor


The Young Apostles International School was established in 1995 by Gabriel and Agatha Amoateng-Boahen and currently enrolls 120 students from Pre-School to Primary 6. The school primarily services local children, but hopes to expand its reach. The Young Apostles International School is currently working to increase their capacity for enrollment as well as build and staff a library for its students.

Click here to view pictures of the Young Apostles International School.

 

The Young Apostles International School hopes to:

  • Construct and staff a library for its students
  • Increase enrollment of students
  • Acquire a school bus to aid the travel of students to the school

    Building and Sustaining a School

    Over a three year period the Building Fund will donate at least $6,000 to The Young Apostles International School to aid in the construction of a library. After the completion of the current construction project The Building Fund will continue to support the maintenance of the school by donating at least $1,000 each year thereafter.

    The YAIS Community Library

    The Building Fund is happy to announce the completion of the temporary library at the Young Apostles International School. With a donation from TBF the Young Apostles School of Daban Panin was able to construct tables, chairs, and shelving to house the large donation of books from Books For Africa. The library officially opened on Friday, July 16, 2010.

    To celebrate the opening of the library the students, parents and community of Daban Panin gathered for a ceremony. The school will not be one of very few in the Kumasi area with a library. The library will not only benifit members of the school, but also students, teachers and parents of the larger community who wich to further their education. Please click here to view pictures.

    The YAIS Community Center

    In cooperation with Architecture For Humanity (AFH) and The Young Apostles International School (YAIS), The Building Fund is embarking on an ambitious project to build and furnish a community center in Daban Panin, Ghana. Serving over eleven thousand people, the community center will house a health clinic, library, computer lab, and space for social and educational programs. The project will benefit twelve townships as the sole space dedicated to community programming and provide much needed health and learning services. To view plans for the community center please click here.

     

     

    In the area served by YAIS, HIV/AIDS is prevalent, leaving many orphaned children without the resources needed to attend school. Nearly 50% of the students attending YAIS are orphaned or low income students needing financial assistance to afford an education. Challenged with decreased enrollment of these students, and with many students leaving school mid year because they are unable to afford their school fees YAIS needs increased support and services to maintain enrollment and benefit the community as a whole. A community center at YAIS would provide the school with the resources needed to maintain and increase the schools enrollment while ensuring that students have access to educational services and health care. The community center will provide important services such as HIV/ADIS education, classrooms, a library and a space for the community to come together to celebrate its accomplishments. It will be the first and only space of this kind in the area, and will help improve the lives of thousands. To find out more about the community center, or how you can help us with this project please contact us at info@thebuildingfund.org or 312.246.3787.