In Ghana, many vulnerable children face daily challenges in accessing basic needs, education, and personal development opportunities. Now, local humanitarian organizations — supported by international partners — are introducing sleepaway camps as safe, nurturing spaces where these children can learn, grow, and dream.
00:00Many children in Chokko, one of Ghana's deprived communities, are from vulnerable homes.
00:05They lack consistent care and have limited exposure to new skills, education, and life-changing opportunities.
00:13So, local organization Basics International is pioneering a unique initiative,
00:19Sleepaway Camps, designed to immerse children in nature and holistic learning experiences.
00:25It is for free.
00:26You know, we work in a fishing community, so children tend to be children of fisherfolk, and they only know.
00:33And now they're coming out to farmland.
00:35But they're coming out to, you know, bigger than agriculture.
00:39They're just learning about nature and mountains and just beauty.
00:43Founder Wilkins speaks from personal experience.
00:47I was given opportunity.
00:49I had a teacher that cared, that taught me about tunnel vision.
00:53I had a sleepaway camp.
00:55I had people, you know, whether we want to call them angels or we want to call them whatever it is.
01:03And that's just what I feel that I'm giving the children.
01:07Open during school holidays.
01:09These vulnerable kids between the ages of 5 and 17 get to stay at Camp Akloa near Esuchari.
01:16They are mentored and learn how to read, acquire ICT and leadership skills and take part in sporting games, music and dance.
01:26Children also develop a deeper understanding of ecology, sustainability and green living, skills and values they can carry into adulthood.
01:35I think we'll be pointing the way to, you know, change our realities, to change our sense of what's possible here in Ghana by creating this space.
01:51So I think this will be a place where people can come and discover what they never thought existed or dream about what they might do in their lives.
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