LAST QUARTER PROGRESS REPORT ABOUT
GLOVO
We
updated you on the happenings about GLOVO in August this year, more
particularly on the celebration of our 5th Anniversary. Since then
much has been done and as loyal partners, we need to inform you on the progress
and developments that had taken place spinning from the latter part of August
this year till now. Glory and honour be to the Most High God for his constant
support and direction in circumstances where the human mind could not find
solutions. He paved way for Management and through thick and thin a lot of
progress has been recorded.

As
part of her annual visit to Africa, and Ghana in particular, the Executive
Director of Morningstar Family Ministries visited GLOVO in connection with her
Personal Secretary, Crystal. As part of their working schedules, they furnished
the newly constructed GLOVO clinic at the GLOVO Village. In fact, the clinic is
fully stocked with drugs, equipment and gadgets which are needed in every
modern clinic. Management in collaboration with the Municipal Health
Directorate is in the process of getting a hardworking trained nurse to manage the
facility. In the interim, the clinic will operate as a Sick Bay and will later
be upgraded to a standard clinic by the government. Dr. Carmen Ferber visited the Maristan Home to check on the well being of
the kids and the caregivers. She was impressed about what she saw and pledged
to raise support to build more of such facilities to accommodate homeless kids
and orphans. The Director of GLOVO led Dr. Ferber to visit some of the GLOVO
kids in the remote areas where she made some donations to the kids. Some of the
villages visited include Domokyi, Brahabekum, Kwasikum, Fante Bawjiase,
Otwekrom to mention but a few.

Another
historic event that took place was the clearance from the Tema Port a
consignment of some school furniture and computers and accessories to set up a
computer lab for the Academy. However, there is no permanent room where these
computers can be set up. It is therefore a matter of urgency for management to
make this passionate appeal to all friends of GLOVO to come to our aid to build
a facility to enable us set up the lab so that the purpose for sending them
will be realised.

GLOVO
chalked another success in the period under review. We organised a wonderful
GLOVO Kids’ Camp, first of its kind in the annals of the organisation. All the
GLOVO kids, far and near were invited to join their friends at the Maristan
Home for the celebration. Management in connection with volunteers designed
memorable programmes which included fun games, clean up exercises, colour work,
health talk, learning German language, weaving and others. The programme lasted
for four days. Management wishes to make this programme an annual event and
will include non GLOVO kids to also participate and benefit from the good
things the programme offers. Mobilisation, feeding and lodging come with a cost
and we therefore open our doors for donations and sponsorship of the camp so as
to make it bigger next year.
The
organisation hosted one of its best friends and donors, Judith, in September
this year. In fact, words cannot describe our gratitude to Judith for the
selfless moves she has taken to support GLOVO in diverse ways to ensure that
the organisation expands rapidly. She was like an Administrative Secretary to
the Director of GLOVO and suggested many important things to help develop
GLOVO. She was very much impressed about the development she saw at GLOVO and
pledged to strive to get donors to support GLOVO project. She and the Director
of GLOVO were interviewed on Crystal TV in Ghana on the activities of GLOVO and
this has really helped in publicising GLOVO nationally and globally.

Thomas,
the Director of World View, a non-governmental German volunteering
organisation, also paid GLOVO a working visit in September to familiarise
himself with the activities of GLOVO. A memorandum of understanding was signed
between GLOVO and World View on ways of partnership in volunteering services.
Thomas was so happy and impressed about GLOVO’s activities and considered it a
viable partner in the volunteering work. He pledged to work assiduously to
ensuring that his organisation sends volunteers to work for GLOVO in Ghana.
After his departure, two volunteers from World View were sent to work for
GLOVO. Tommy, we say thank you for considering us a worthy partner.

GLOVO
Academy re-opened in September after the long vacation to begin a new academic
year. Few admissions were made; new teachers were appointed to replace those
who have got the opportunity to volunteer in Canada, Tanzania and elsewhere. We
also received more volunteers to serve as Teaching Assistants in the school.
The school is growing but it faces infrastructural challenges. Two classes were
temporarily housed under canopies inside an uncompleted building. It was
through the effort of Franzi, a volunteer who is working in the school, that
funds were raised to roof the rooms which are now habitable. Franzi is so
passionate about her work and wishes to go extra mile to support GLOVO project.
Indeed, she is a real team player and we wish other volunteers will emulate her
shining example to support their project areas. The school’s Soccer Team
emerged overall winners of the Municipal Private Schools’ Soccer Competition
where they thrashed their opponent 3-0 to lift the golden trophy at stake. We
would be glad if you could donate some sporting kits to our team to boost their
training and morale.

We
cannot end this quarterly report without mentioning anything about the
reception of our first ever Welt warts volunteers on 29th August
this year. It was all joy when they met at the arrival lounge at the airport.
Prior to their coming, GLOVO management organised series of workshops for
mentors, Project Supervisors and host families on how to handle the volunteers
with care. The five GLOVO volunteers received are Marie, Kira, Lena, Sophie and
Franzi. They were given a one-week orientation on different subjects to enable
them adapt to the Ghanaian ways of living. The seminar was informative and
educative though there could have been some pitfalls. You can also give it a
trial and GLOVO will orient you to feel at home and your volunteering
experience will be thrilling and cruising. We
wish well in this festive season and would be grateful if you could charitably
donate something in cash or kind to brighten the faces of these teaming less
privileged kids in our care. God bless you!
GLOVO
TEAM 2014