Here is a little glimpse of what Freedom Stones in doing in Ghana, shared by Marcel Koppejan, Freedom Stones’ Regional Operations Director of West Africa.

Freedom Stones in is a place of expansion. Recently we have been engaging new partners around Ghana as we prepare for a large order from a jewelry company in the US. In the month of June FS worked with two new partners: Krobodan and the Village of Hope. Krobodan is a Danish based NGO that works with single mothers and other vulnerable women in small villages around the town of Kofiridua. FS was able to train 19 women who are very excited to start production in August. Our order will give these women a meaningful income and help them to break the cycle of poverty.

Also, in the month of June FS worked with the VOH. We are partnering with the Village of Hope’s street children program. The VOH bring together a group of youth who come from the streets of the larger cities in Ghana to a rural location for a nine month skills training program, teaching them such vocations as auto mechanics, tailoring, local kente weaving, and Ghanaian tie and dye. Through the upcoming FS jewelry order they will be able to earn an income that will help them to save for a seed fund that will enable them to be successful in their transition from the training program to being productive citizens of Ghana. The pictures below are from our time at the Village of Hope trainings.

Fabri Joseph (studying auto mechanics). Really skilled with his hands.

Isaac (studying auto mechanics)

A guy named Bless working on one of the samples.

Emmanuel, serious with his work

Isaac

Emmanuel showing Gideon how to tie the knots.