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Welcome to OBey YouthCare

MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR:

Thirteen years ago I went to Ghana for the first time and instantly fell in love. I fell in love with the white sandy beach of Brenu Akyinim. I fell in love with the beautiful environment, the constant sounds of the ocean, and the warm welcoming energy of the people that live there. I had been searching for a home in Africa and my instant connection with Brenu confirmed that I had arrived at the right destination. I planned to build my home here.

The mission of OBey YouthCare (OYC) is to provide adequate housing, nutrition, education and medical care to orphaned, abandoned, and neglected children. We wish to empower these disenfranchised members of society and help them become independent, responsible citizens.

OYC is an international project sponsored by OBey Foundation, as a US-based 501 (c )(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1998. In 2004, under the direction of Executive Director, Kojo Bey, OBey Foundation established a chapter as a NGO (Non Governmental Organization) in Brenu Akyinim, Ghana, and has since sponsored nearly 200 orphaned and needy schoolchildren.

The Foundation will devote the year 2010 to expanding its current program into neighboring villages within Ghana to increase the number of children served by our efforts. A farming project will be initiated as a means by which to allow OYC to operate as a self-sustaining program and to support the expansion of our program so that we may positively affect the lives of a much larger number of children who are most in need.

MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN GHANA:

DRUM CIRCLES HELP RAISE MONEY

Kojo Bey organizes drum circles to help raise money for his nonprofit organization, which pays for social-service projects in his native Ghana. "I love my culture and heritage and I love teaching about it, but I went the next step, which was community development within Ghana," he says.

IN THE SPOTLIGHT:

Sanitary pads help Ghana girls go to school
January 29, 2010
From BBC News Online

The Oxford University research team found in a six-month trial that with pads and hygiene education, girls were more confident about attending school.

The research was conducted in four villages where the traditional method for period protection was cloth rags.

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