About Us
KickStart Ghana is a UK registered NGO/Charity that aims to ensure that the
people of the Volta Region, in Ghana, can fulfil their potential and have every
opportunity to succeed. We focus on the promotion of education and physical activity
to do this. We use a mixture of grants and volunteers to achieve these aims.
Volunteers working in Ghana and the UK are crucial to the work we do. They
can take the form of football coach, play mate, teacher, mentor or painter! We
also have many volunteers in the UK who fundraise, promote the charity and work
behind the scenes in various roles.
Our vision is one where the people of Ghana can fulfil their potential
and have every opportunity to succeed.
Our mission is to enhance the sporting and educational opportunities
available to the people of Ghana. To achieve our mission we have five aims.
Aim 1: To improve the learning environments for Ghanaian school
children. We will do this by:
- Providing grants in order to develop the infrastructure
of schools in the Volta Region.
- Providing grants for and/or supplying additional
educational learning materials to schools in the Volta Region.
Aim 2: To increase the number and to broaden the experiences of
teachers in Ghana. We will do this by:
- Providing financial support for trainee teachers in
Ghana.
- Recruiting qualified teachers from other parts of the
world to volunteer alongside Ghanaian teachers.
Aim 3: To support Ghanaians in their pursuit of non-compulsory
and/or extra-curricular education. We will do this by:
- Working in conjunction with local educational bodies to
provide summer schooling for local children.
- Providing financial support for individuals pursuing
further/higher and/or vocational education.
Aim 4: To increase the number and broaden the experiences of
sports coaches in Ghana. We will do this by:
- Providing financial support for trainee sports coaches
in Ghana.
- Recruiting sports coaches from other parts of the world
to volunteer alongside Ghanaian coaches.
Aim 5: To improve sporting opportunities and facilities for
individuals to participate in healthy recreation. We will do this by:
- Providing grants to local sporting clubs/initiatives to
provide sporting opportunities for Ghanaians.
- Providing grants to be invested in sporting facilities
in Ghana.
- Supplying additional sporting materials to
organisations in Ghana.
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