GCAO homework club in Toronto

By Joe Kingsley Eyiah, OCT, Toronto

The need to set up a volunteer-based homework club in our Ghanaian-Canadian community within the Greater Toronto Area has become very crucial as the population of children in the Ghanaian community is growing astronomically over the years. Also, for the fact that most of our children joining us from Ghana in recent years battle with the Canadian style of teaching and learning at schools! The learning environment here is overwhelming to some of them. Our children definitely need community help and mentoring by some role-models among us. This resource project/program therefore aims at ensuring students success in our community.

The community-based homework and mentoring program nicknamed "GCAO Homework Club" has already began at10 Belfield Road, Etobicoke (Apostles Continuation Church), a location which is well-known to many Ghanaian parents in the Greater Toronto Area. It is spearheaded by Joe Kingsley Eyiah, a veteran Ghanaian-Canadian educationist ably supported by Emmanuel Duodu who is the Executive Secretary of GCAO. Volunteers from the Ghanaian Canadian Association of Ontario (GCAO) including young adults-Vivian, Melissa, Pricilla, nd Gifty spend time from 3pm to 5pm each Sunday to assist registered students between the ages of 6years and 18years mainly in the areas of literacy and numeracy plus mentorship. As at present about 15 kids have registered with the program.

Interested parents can still register their children in the program by calling the organizers on 416-357-7237 or 647-283-3865. Enthusiastic, community-minded people with clean police report who will like to get things done are also welcomed to volunteer at the program!