The latest news about our students and graduates, annual auction, new applicants, and more!
Here is a sneak peek at the items that will be for sale at this year’s auction in Portland. There will be additional items for sale at different price points, as well as opportunities to make a donation of any amount. We hope to see you February 1st! Fertility doll (value: $125.00) Ashanti fertility […]
Bob McDonnell is a long-time Anansi sponsor and supporter. He recently visited Ghana with a new friend to Anansi, Linda. He wrote this summary of his visit. Ghana, August 27-September 8, 2019 Last month I enjoyed a marvelous, deeply enjoyable trip to Ghana and Anansi Education. It fell naturally into three parts—before the Anansi academic […]
We are grateful to the Almighty God for his protection and a successful end of the fourth and fifth sessions of the Anansi Host and Teach. I am personally grateful to Kathryn Roe for her outstanding and awesome supports and sacrifices towards Anansi. I know sometimes it’s hard for her to accept some of the […]
The school year is well underway in Ghana, and we have a new class of students who have entered high school thanks to support scholarships through Anansi. Check the “Meet Our Students” section to see the new class of Anansi scholarship recipients, who are slated to graduate in 2022. Here we have […]
We held our graduation party for the 2019 graduates Friday, June 7th, 2019. Ten of them attended the party. We used the opportunity to advise the new graduates and shared some after school stories. We discussed parents, family and friends expectations now that they are done with high school. We also encouraged them to always be in touch […]
We had our third event hosting Anansi students for vacation classes from the 24th of May to 3rd of June, 2019. We had twelve students in attendance, with six male and six female students. The aim of the vacation classes is to instill in our students some values and certain character traits that are […]
Here is a preview of the live auction items for sale at this year’s Anansi Education annual auction. Remember, many more special items will be priced for sale at the event. We look forward to seeing you there! LIVE AUCTION ITEMS: Contemporary Bee Mask 25 inches high This is a contemporary replication, by a Ghanaian […]
Trust you are doing well. First of all, I would like to Thank You on behalf of TeamAnansi Ghana for giving out your residence to be used to host some of the Anansi students. The benefits and impacts we are making in the lives of these vulnerable and dire need students are awesome. We hosted […]
Notes from Anansi Director Kathryn Roe: On Wednesday last Daniel and I traveled to Kumasi via bus to check out the accommodations for our Anansi Safari next September. It was a good trip. We found the Tumi Hostel to be all we had heard and more. The founder, a young woman from the Netherlands named […]
Kathryn has collected these charming Yacouba dancers, and they have been very popular at our annual auction and among Anansi supporters. They depict the dancing masks of the Yacouba people of Cote d’ Ivoire, and Kathryn, along with volunteers from the YES organization in Ghana, have given them all Ghanaian names. So each doll represents a […]