It’s impossible to ignore that diet, has a lot to do with your immune system, and your immune system has a lot to do with Covid 19. After taking a 5 weeks break, due to a possible outbreak of Covid at B.A.S.I.C.S. (see founders story) and loss of funding , B.A.S.I.C.S resumed its food package […]
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July 19, 2019. Click here to read full story… This past weekend, the Year of Return team joined Maurice Cheetham and his group Africa Greek Week at BASICS International in Chorkor for some community service activities with the youth. BASICS is a non-profit organisation in the USA and an NGO in Ghana. They are a social […]
Read more stories from our May newsletter: http://basicsinternational.org/may-2020-newsletter/ CAMP PROMISE , a fresh air sleep away camp; a home away from home; for children during long school breaks and holidays. An eco-friendly serene, refreshing and welcoming environment which will offer 150 children an experience of a lifetime over and over. Promise CAMP/CAMP PROMISE will expose children […]
By Mary Barnor, a grade 8 student. Read more stories from our May newsletter: http://basicsinternational.org/may-2020-newsletter/ To prevent myself from getting the virus, I must not stay close contact with people. I must cover my mouth when coughing so that if I have the virus I will not share it in my community. I must stay away […]
An article by Samuel Kotey; A Junior Intern and a beneficiary of B.A.S.I.C.S since the age of 7. Read more stories from our May newsletter: http://basicsinternational.org/may-2020-newsletter/ Before the era of COVID-19 pandemic , life in the community has been quite cool, normal day to day activities like school, market, church and all other social activities […]
With help and assistance from individuals and the international community, we are able to supply food items and clean drinking water to senior citizens and children in the Chorkor community. At the beginning of each week, our team prepares food bags by sorting and packaging them for delivery. On the day of delivery which is […]
Since March 16th, when schools closed, school lunches ended also; and children were left hungry. Under the B.A.S.I.C.S sponsorship program, we ensure every child receives 2 meals a day, through paying for school lunch and providing dinner after school. However when all social gatherings including schools were ordered to seize, families struggled to fill the […]
Working on the frontline to keep Ghana safe.. When the pandemic hit Ghana, and things shut down, the 5 ladies of Hedzole (our social enterprise) started making face masks to distribute to our children, staff and community members. But the reality hit, and they realised they were also unemployed because, there were no bazaars or […]
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