People
Joseph, a grateful beekeeper
Joseph did it
Joseph Gana, a skilled carpenter from the Kongo community in the Nabdam district of Ghana, had always been fascinated by beekeeping. Before receiving training, he would venture into the bush to harvest honey from wild bees using direct fire, a traditional method passed down through generations. However, this approach not only harmed the bees but also yielded limited honey.
Everything changed when Joseph received training from the Amediewu Honey Foundation, implemented by CoDA, with financial support from the Schmitz Foundation. He learned modern beekeeping techniques, including how to construct hives, colonize them, and monitor the bees' health. With his newfound knowledge, Joseph constructed five additional hives three months ago, adding to the five he received, and was thrilled to see a [...]
Thina, a happy cambodian kid
Thina from Cambodia
Thina was born in 24th February, 2012 in Klaeng Kong village, Sena Reach Otdam commune at Preah Sdach district. Now she is 9 years old and is at grade 3rd of Kamrieng primary school.Thina lives with her grandparents. She has one sister Raksmey and two brothers Raksa and Thivorn. Thina is the 3rd child in the family. The family lives in a narrow and small cottage zinc roof with 8 family members. Thina’s parents are farmer and they moved to work at Phnom Penh as construction worker and chef to support children's study and family livelihood due to their family living condition is so hard and her family also got poverty card from local authority.
Thina shared some challenges and difficulties of her life and study. Her family is so poor, so she more often could not live together with her parent [...]
Philip (in the foreground) during swimming lessons
Philip´s story
"My name is Philip Kobena Blankson and I am from Cape Coast in the Central Region of Ghana.
I joined ANOPA Project Swimming lessons in 2012 when I was only 10years old.
At the time I didn’t know how to swim even though I was staying closer to the sea. All my friends didn’t know how to swim too. One day we were playing around my neighborhood when we saw some kids learning how to swim with some European instructors. We got interested but we had to seek permission from our parents with a consent form before we would be allowed to enroll on the program.
For me it wasn’t easy to convince my parents because there were so many drowning cases of especially children so my parents wouldn’t allow me initially. It took the intervention of the ANOPA Project Managers one year to be able to convince my [...]
Best, a brave boy from Bangkok meets Sebastian in March 2024
"Safe and sound", Best´s story
A 14-year-old boy, “Best” who lives with grandma in a building next to “The Hub Saidek”. He has been accessing our services since he was 11 years old. From the first day that he ran from domestic violence to meeting friends and places, he finally felt safe.
Best has been showing up at The Hub with a friend who usually comes to The Hub for meal services during the day. A small boy has a fear in his eyes, never looks at anyone, and always shows up with his friend for a year. He shared with us the reason why he felt uncomfortable while he was in the HUB. It's because he was scared of another children. Other children have strong behavior, is noisy, and is older than him. We found a clue and fact about domestic violence when we worked on him, everything made sense and made us understand why th [...]
