The School Bus Project From Germany

One Germany BORGA, it means a traveller to abroad in Twi language, and individual Germany supporters realized the School Bus project for Chiraa in 2010. It is in progress now and JOCV networks help link between Germany and Ghanaian.

Mr. Ansu Yeboah, whose hometown is Chiraa in Sunyani, has lived in German for more than 25 years. Whenever he returned his hometown Chiraa for the holidays, he brought school items for children because it is his philosophy that education for children is the base for everything range from nation development to happiness in one’s life.

Last year he thought of a school bus for children in Chiraa to help their transportation and further convenient environment to study. The bus company which he works supported his idea, then it provided one big used bus, actually it is fine paaa! One eyeglass company also supported him and offered hundreds of medical and fashion glasses. Some teachers derived from what Ansu Yeboah was carrying out and organized the special week in the school to let students learn African environment, such as history, politics, culture, and so on. Then students gathered notebooks, balls for sports, many other school items and held a charity run event to collect money for fuel of the school bus. Their parents, grand parents, and neighbours supported their children and donated. This school bus project gradually became famous in German and their supports and contribution often appeared on the news paper.

One day, one of his supporter, a Germany teacher whose class had an African Project to support Ansu Yeboah, surfed the Net to know Chiraa, where the school bus is going to go. She could not hit anything about Chiraa, because it is too small town and information of Africa is often blocked. Except the diary of JOCV on the Web who live in Chiraa. She contacted JOCV and they came to know the project on going in German. On the other hand, Ansu Yeboah also let known about JOCV in Chiraa by Germany friend and his family in Chiraa.

On Thursday 25th March 2010, finally Ansu Yeboah and JOCV met. Mr.Kumih, a former Community Facilitator during JICA/FSD PAFORM Project, linked us together, who had lived in German for a long time ago and helped Ansu Yeboah when he arrived there.

This story has not finished yet and still in progress now. Ansu Yeboah is running to save the school bus from Tema port. Mr.Kumih organizes and coordinates the stakeholders in chiraa. We are going to have a welcome party of Ansu Yeboah at Chief Palace and hold the grand ceremony of the school bus with people in Chiraa.