This morning I received this beautiful letter of appreciation from Ryvanz-Mia Orphanage:
I just returned from my most recent journey to Ryvanz-Mia Orphanage in Ghana, my third trip to the village of Kpando in the last 12 months. It was New Year’s Eve last year when I first met the 28 children at the orphanage that have changed the course of my
In 7 days I will be arriving back home to the village of Kpando where I will reunite with the beautiful children at Ryvanz-Mia Orphanage who stole my heart exactly one year ago. I came home from my first trip to Kpando with a vision and a dream. It is
Hope for Ghana’s mission in Kpando hit the newsstand in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania just less than two weeks before my leaving for Ghana to launch The Learning Centre. On December 15, 2011 Pittsburgh Tribune-Review beautifully featured “Shadyside doctor answers Ghana’s call.” On behalf of the children at Ryvanz-Mia Orphanage I am
What began as merely a vision upon my return from Kpando 10 months ago will become a reality around Christmas for orphans at Ryvanz-Mia Orphanage in the Volta Region of Ghana. The Learning Centre will come to life in just over a month as the first phase of the library
I just returned from spending over 2 weeks with my children at the Ryvanz-Mia Orphanage in Kpando, Ghana. I was reunited with the beautiful children that only 8 months ago had changed my life forever. The welcome for “Uncle Steve” was truly overwhelming. It felt like I had never left. Two and a half
It’s been just over a month since I returned from Kpando, a small village in the Volta region of Ghana, where I had the privilege of working at Ryvanz-Mia Orphanage. It was here that I met 28 beautiful children that have changed my life forever. The needs of the orphanage
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Inspirational Feedback
You are changing lives with your love and your hope and your financial support. Your life and their lives will never be the same again. And truly if you touch the heart of one person for one second and make a difference in their life, your life had meaning. I feel that if you look in the face of someone "truly" in need and help them in any way, even with a hug or a kind word, you are never the same. And I do believe that is our life's purpose. God is happy with you. You are doing all he asks of us and with kindness and gratitude. He is who we please when "whatever you do to the least of my brothers, you have done unto me." -Michelle Locke, Pittsburgh, PA
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Thank you for your role in restoring faith in humanity. -Noorah AlSabah, London, England
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Reading each email nearly brings a tear to my eye. Not only the benevolence that you have bestowed but the passion that you have to do more makes you truly a humanitarian. Thank you for continuing your tireless work but also for proving that there are great people in this world doing amazing things for others. Too often that is lost among the stories of prejudice, hate and tragedy. To the people of Ghana, you are saving lives with each drop of water, textbook and block of a schoolhouse. -Aaron Salyards, Pittsburgh, PA
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When kids prefer to run to the library during a school break instead of playing with the other kids, when kids are willing to sit on the floor to read in an already overcrowded library during that break, then you know that Hope for Ghana is doing exactly the right thing in that community. -Christian Haasen, Hamburg, Germany
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What a magnificent job you are accomplishing. I can't believe what has been done in the weeks you were there. This is why we are here and you have really been inspired to carry on with this work. God bless you and I do pray for you every day that God continues to enlighten you and protect you in this most beautiful project you have undertaken. The children seem so grateful they have Uncle Steve. God bless you and may he hold you in the palm of his hands. -Dee Paiano, Pittsburgh, PA
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Thank you for sharing the pictures and videos. Your speech was very touching, sweet and straight from the heart. What you are doing is amazing. Not many people are able to help out as much as they would like to. Thanks to your efforts, you've made it possible for others to help out where they can too. Hope for Ghana is a way for others around the world to pitch in and make a difference for the kids of the future. Thank you for all your hard work. -Ezgi Muderrisoglu, Cork, Ireland
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Wow!!! Seeing the pictures, the smiles, the work being done, the bracelet, is extremely touching. It is absolutely incredible what can be accomplished in such a short time when faith, hope and love are involved! -Susan Chikalla, Pittsburgh, PA