programs

ACEF INC is currently running 2 active programs: [1] student sponsorship and scholarships program, and [2] international adoptions program.   A future program in the planning stages now is the construction of a modern K-12 elementary school at Old Town Offinso Ashanti.  This school will be a twin school called Leadership Academy for Boys and Girls.   ACEF INC’s accomplishments to date in these operations are as follows:

1. Sponsorships and Scholarships:

ACEF Representatives in Ghana have recommended approximately 50 orphaned and needy children who will definitely become school dropouts if they do not get sponsors to keep them in school.   The criteria for selection include:

1. Orphan status
2.  family poverty status
3. high academic performance status, with grade C or better in all subjects
4. 3 satisfactory character references
5. Potential for future leadership
6. drug free status
7. satisfactory police background check
8. no history of fatherhood or motherhood

ACEF INC places higher selection ranking for orphans.  Children who have police or criminal record, a history of pregnancy for girls, and a history of fatherhood for boys are not eligible for sponsorship.

ACEF INC currently has 25 American citizens and 2 churches sponsoring the education of 35 children in 2 orphanages and various elementary schools and colleges in Ghana.   Sponsors make monthly, quarterly or yearly contributions, which are then transferred directly to orphanages, schools and colleges in Ghana.  ACEF staff members in Ghana monitor the orphanages, schools and colleges to ensure that the funds received are being used for the intended students and purposes.  End of semester grade reports are sent to all sponsors. 
Correspondence between sponsored children and sponsors in America is encouraged.  ACEF INC issues an IRS Form 1099 at end of each financial year to all sponsors for tax deductions.  Average cost to sponsor a child in orphanages or Ghana’s K-12 schools is $50.00 per month or $600 per year.  This contribution covers tuition, transportation, uniforms, school lunch, furniture fees, computer user fees, bed user fees, examination fees, etc.
Sponsor a child >>

2. International Adoptions:

ACEF INC is registered as a not-for-profit charitable organization in USA and Ghana to sponsor the education or adoption of orphans and needy children.  From June 2009 to December 2010, ACEF INC facilitated the adoption of 10 Ghanaian orphans into loving families in the USA.  For more information on how you can adopt an orphan child from Ghana, please contact us at www.childofafrica.org.   Please be advised that, since the international adoption process for Ghana could take up to one year from beginning to end, advanced planning is necessary.
Adopt a child >>

3. Orphanages:

ACEF INC supports 2 orphanages in Kumasi Ghana:  Ashan Children’s Home and King Jesus Orphanage in Kumasi Ghana.   Sponsorship of one child in the orphanage is $50.00 per month.   This contribution covers meals, school tuition and uniforms, salaries for housemothers and housefathers, books, utilities and building maintenance.
Sponsor the orphanage >>

4. K-12 Leadership Academy:

In 2000, ACEF INC acquired 5 acres of land as a future site for A Leadership Academy for Boys and Girls.  This school will have state of the art high tech dormitories, kitchens, dining halls, classrooms, libraries, computer labs, playgrounds, a deep well with uninterrupted water supply, a church, a nursing clinic, 2 school buses, electrical generator for uninterrupted electricity supply, and an auditorium.

Current estimated cost for construction of the school is two and a half million US dollars [$2,500,000].  Contributions to this effort may be made to ACEF Inc through this web site and marked as “contribution for Leadership Academy School project”.  Estimated annual operating budget when in full operation is $200,000 which includes teachers and staff salaries, building and vehicle maintenance, meals, library books, computer equipment and supplies, utilities, fuel expenses, travel and conferences for staff, etc.

Class size is estimated to be on average no more than 20 students per class. Estimated teaching staff required when in full operation is 25 teachers including the Principal.  Students will be prepared for entrance to colleges or universities in and outside Ghana or for vocational training, leading to self-employment upon graduation.  Sponsorship of one student in the Leadership Academy is estimated to be $60 per month or $720 a year.  Contributions may be made on this web site towards school construction or student sponsorship.
Sponsor the school >>