Supporting the Village beyond Education

Jack Academy also provides clothes, books, reading glasses, basic medical supplies from visiting nurses, new well, and a soccer program for girls and boys

The Village

The Village

Fodome Amele is a village located outside of Hohoe, Ghana. There are roughly 200 families living there with over 800 children. Villagers live on less than $1 per day and 40% of the people are illiterate. 

Tragically, 5% of Fodome Amele’s children die before their 5th birthday.

We have been working with the village since August of 2012. Our efforts include:

  • Distributing more than 500 outfits
  • Fixing the village well to provide clean drinking water
  • Distributing basic medicine
  • Starting a soccer program for the kids with 5 teams, 2 of which are all girls. In Ghana, girls are not encouraged to play sports, and we are changing that mindset.