ABOUT US
SANKOFA AFRIKA-HOME
free Children Education
Located: TAKORADI - Funko, New Amanful
GHANA - West Africa
I - JaWalker - founded the school 2016, because of my desire to give the fishermen's children in my hometown Takoradi a new future through education. Because of economic reasons it is difficult or impossible for many children to attend a school. Their parents cannot afford the school fees. From early age on, these children are forced to go fishing in the open sea – although they cannot swim. That’s the reason why yearly some of them drown.
I am also a fisherman's child and was in the same situation: I always had to work hard and unfortunately also watched as the children died in front of my eyes. These experiences have had a deep impact on me. Since then, I had the dream to help these children so that something like this doesn't happen again in the future. With Sankofa Afrika-home I want to support these children through education, so that they can stop fishing and have a better future. That's why my school project is so important to me.
Feb 2017 - SCHOOL OPENING
Dec 2022 - 1st GRADUATION STUDENTS
MEANING OF THE SANKOFA AFRIKA-HOME SYMBOL
Sankofa is a symbol of a bird with its head turned backward, carrying an egg in its mouth. That means we must continue to move forward as we remember our past. And at the same time we plant a seed for the future Generations that comes after us. Our school Sankofa Afrika-home is the seed for the future Generations - our students. Memory and the possibility of falling back on traditions should counteract forgetting and create new options for the present and the future. To teach that African knowledge of tradition is very important for us.
OUR TEAM
JaWalker
FOUNDER & CEO
Austria & Ghana
Phone: +43 676 9370613
E-mail: sankofaafrikahome@gmail.com
Web: sankofaafrikahome.jimdofree.com
Linda J. Mawuko
DIRECTOR & SCHOOL HOLDER
Ghana
Phone 1: +233 544 824242
Phone 2: +233 208 578115
E-mail: sankofaafrikahome@gmail.com
Web: sankofaafrikahome.jimdofree.com
David Odoom Jnr
MANAGER & MUSICDIRECTOR
Ghana
Phone: +233 245 288869
E-mail: sankofaafrikahome@gmail.com
Web: sankofaafrikahome.jimdofree.com