Efutu Mampon, Ghana

Efutu Mampon, Ghana, is a small rural village about thirty miles north of Cape Coast. The village had pipe-borne water, provided by the government, as well as an elementary school, but no electricity. Protection from poisonous snakes for the men who gather fruits and vegetables in the jungle is a high priority, especially inportant because the nearest medical facilities are in Cape Coast. The school, built by European Union, lacks books and other eductional supplies; electricty for the school is provided by solar panels. We are presently providing two scholarships: one for a male student who is studying at a university in Accra, the first person from the village to do so; and the other, for a female student to attend high school in a neighboring village and then to attend three years of nurse's training. Both of these students will return to the village after they complete their schooling.