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  • January 26, 2024
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Adding Becky’s Orphanage Home (Ghana) to our mission

On July 12, 2023, Henry and Linda, Inc. visited Becky’s Home, an orphanage home and school run by Becky’s Foundation. After touring the facility and interacting with the children and staff, and armed with information gathered about the facility prior to the visit, Henry and Linda, Inc. donated a cash sum of $USD 5000 as well as clothes and shoes for the kids. The organization intends to make this a long-term collaborative partnership.

According to Seth Asiedu, a local school teacher and founder of Becky’s Home, the proceeds from the donation would be used to fix and upgrade the girls’ bathroom, build more wardrobes and storage units, replace some of the wooden beds as well as transform an unused dining space into an additional sleeping area for some of the boys.

The visit, interest and current partnership with Becky’s Home, was prompted by the great work being done for the children in need. The sudden untimely and unfortunate death of one of the home’s main benefactors and donors, Ghana’s international soccer star Christian Atsu, created a void that will be difficult to fill.

In 2012, Seth decided to set up an after-school program in Senya-Beraku (Ghana) for children who lacked basic needs such as food, clothing shelter and education as well as emotional care. His action was driven by his observation that an increasing number of his pupils were dropping out of school due to neglect, teen pregnancy, child slavery and extreme poverty.  Thankfully, his effort was supported by friends, family and a list of well-wishers and both for-profit and non-to-profit organizations around the world. Today, we are all happy that we have Becky’s Home serving the needy and abandoned in Senya-Beraku, Ghana.

Visit Becky’s Foundation website here

A resident pupil thanking Henry and Linda, Inc. for the donation
A resident pupil thanking Henry and Linda, Inc. for the donation
The new school that the late soccer star, Christian Atsu, helped build
The new school that the late soccer star, Christian Atsu, helped build
Homage to the late Christian Atsu
Homage to the late Christian Atsu

 

Founder Seth Asiedu (seated Left) with pupils in the background
Founder Seth Asiedu (seated Left) with pupils in the background