October 2020 – Anansi Education Update

Dear lovers of Anansi, It’s a known fact to you and many across the globe that Coronavirus has affected many economies and organizations. United States and Ghana weren’t spared. In Ghana, we had our share of the struggles and restrain during the crisis. Any occurrence in these two countries, US and Ghana, directly and/or indirectly […]

An Update on Coronavirus & Anansi

Dear friends of Anansi, I would like to use this opportunity to brief you on the state of the novel coronavirus in Ghana and how Anansi is managing. It was on the 12th of March, 2020 that Ghana first recorded two cases of the virus. This lead to the president’s public address on the 15th […]

Anansi Education in the time of Coronavirus

Covid-19 is affecting life all over the globe, including throughout Ghana where our students live. Managing Director Daniel Osei and site directors have had to think on their feet to find a way to help facilitate learning for students who are isolated at home, so they don’t fall behind in their studies. Here is Daniel’s […]

16th Annual Auction Preview

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 […]

An Anansi Sponsor’s Trip to Ghana

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 […]

2019-2022 Anansi Students

      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 […]

2019 Anansi Graduation Party

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 […]

Report on the Anansi Vacation Classes

  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 […]

2019 Live Auction Items Preview!

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 […]