Tales from Ghana 2010: The Village Part 1

Maire gets down to work with daughter and Yaarah Operations Manager Ramat

By Maire Tejani, Founder and CEO of Yaarah Schools

On the 17th September, Rob Atkin and I (Maire Tejani)  went off to Ghana to continue the project with the money we had raised in the last few months.  At Heathrow, our luggage was so over the limit due to us taking some tools to workers in the village of Aziedukope in the Volta Region of Ghana. On arrival in Accra, Ghana our luggage took about 30 minutes to arrive. Read more >>

Update from Ghana

This weekend Maire Tejani – Founder of Yaarah Schools returned from a great trip in Ghana. She travelled with another member of the Yaarah Schools Team Rob Atkin, who will be remaining in Ghana for the next 6 weeks.

While there, they helped begin the building of another three classrooms, sorted orders for tables, doors, and chairs for the classrooms and much more!

Community spirit comes alive at FUSIONITE

Nayo Hunt a long standing friend and supporter of Yaarah Schools gives her take on FUSIONITE 2010!

Yaarah Schools first major entertainment and fundraising event, FUSIONITE, went underway on Monday 6th September proving to be a successful night filled with fun, fashion and good vibes.

Friends, family and supporters turned out to support the event and enjoy a show case of exclusive live fashion, entertainment from this generations freshest wordsmiths, vocalists and DJs and of course wholesome African Cuisine. Radio presenter Remel London hosted the night.

As a spectator (and a friend of one of the Yaarah Schools team members) I was very impressed by all of the hard work and perseverance that went in to make the night a success. Read more >>

Maire and Rob go to Ghana to build more classrooms!

On Friday the 17th of September 2010, Maire Tejani (CEO and Founder of Yaarah Schools) and Rob Atkin began their journey to oversee the building of  some more classrooms in the village of Adaklu Aziedukope.  They managed to get all their luggage which included tool kits that would be distributed and some of the donated school books on without a problem.  The image above shows the two of them with their boarding pass looking very excited to be getting away from the cold spells we’ve experiencing over here in the UK.  They have now arrived safely and have started working on the project! There is no Internet access in the village but when they get back to Accra on weekend they are going to send us a big update of what they have been up to!  So watch this space for more update coming soon!!!

TalkTime on BEN interviews Yaarah Schools!

Last Friday, the 10^th of  September I was invited down to the BEN TV studios to talk about Yaarah Schools and share my opinions on their ‘Cultrural Values’ show.  I was joined on the sofa by Edith the Founder of All Thingz Nice a luxury brand that creates bespoke tshirts.  I was very nervous before it all got started but the wonderful hosts of the show Lems and Letitia did a good job calming me down and making me forget that the cameras were even rolling! Thanks ladies! Read more >>