The Education Council of the Toronto Ghanaian SDA and the Heritage Ghanaian SDA Churches has been awarded $44,500 by the Ontario government in Canada through the African Canadian Christian Network (ACCN) to continue its after school program/community computer literacy in the Jane/Finch and Rexdale neighborhoods of Toronto.
The Council's project- PREVENTING BLACK YOUTH FROM FALLING TROUGH THE CRACKS- was funded by the ACCN during the past 18 months for $67,000. It was as a result of the good management of the funds by the Council and the continuous good and hard work of the project organizers at the Brookview Middle School in the Jane/Finch area and at 285 Attwell Drive (computer literacy program) that the Ghanaian SDA Churches in Toronto have been given another $44,500 for one more year to continue the good work in the community. This brings the total grant received by the Education Council from ACCN so far to $111,500.
The official presentation of the second grant was done by Hon. Deb Matthews, Minister of Children and Youth Services, Ontario at a press conference held in Toronto on Wednesday, June 18, 2008. Also present at the ceremony was Hon. (Mrs.) Mary-Anne Chambers, former Ontario Minister for Children and Youth Services.
Over 50 students in the Jane/Finch area of Toronto have so far benefitted from the project. The Education Council will be organizing a Summer School program at 285 Attwell Drive, Toronto for students this July as part of its project. To God be the glory
Elder Joe Kingsley Eyiah (Chair, Education Council of Ghanaian SDA Churches in Toronto)
