ONE STEP LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES CENTRE
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Mission Statement
Making Early Childhood Education Affordable". OSL Mission is to provide the elements of nurturing care for children using Learning-through-Play. Support education for impoverished children in Entumbil, Ghana with your meaningful strategic gift giving and tax credit. The affordable daycare opened on October 18, 2021, with 11 children and in a span of five months February 2022, there are over 80 children being served to become lifelong learners of tomorrow. It has become a successful community resource, a big relief for parents, and in February employed 14 people.
About This Cause
One Step Learning (OSL) is a Canadian charity creating early childhood education opportunities for impoverished children in Entumbil, Ghana. OSL provides affordable daycare for 1 to 4 year-olds. Our Message One Step Learning (OSL) believes in the strategic integration of: a. Philanthropy b. Early Childhood Education (ECE); and c. Impact Agents for social good The founders of OSL actioned an affordable daycare by donating the building and outdoor spaces of the Centre. Over $281,000 has been contributed. The daycare opened October 2021. Make an impact by joining the cause with your strategic meaningful gift giving. The children will become lifelong learners of tomorrow in your name and legacy for social good. The purpose of OSL charity is • to advance education by establishing, operating, and maintaining a learning through play daycare Centre in Entumbil, Ghana; and • to undertake activities ancillary and incidental to the attainment of this charitable purpose. Our Goal OSL goal is to collaborate and open avenues for donors, partners, and philanthropists to make meaningful strategic gift giving that makes early childhood education affordable for rural children. The October 2021 daycare opening was preceded by two years of preparation activities. That included building modifications appropriate for a daycare, volunteers’ solicitations for new and used items, cleaning, packaging, shipping materials and the various licensing/registrations in Canada and Ghana. The affordable daycare opened on October 18, 2021, with 11 children and in a span of five months February 2022, there are over 80 children being served to become lifelong learners of tomorrow. It has become a successful community resource, a big relief for parents, and in February employed 14 people. Development Challenge Entumbil is an impoverished farming community in Ghana. Majority of the population are girls and women who are mostly illiterate and unemployed. The challenge is rural children have potential, but rural towns like Entumbil lack the means to elevate children’s talents and abilities so that the children can acquire lifelong learning skills. Their parents get opportunity to seek employment or careers, and the daycare creates employment in the community. External donor stakeholders get an avenue to shine. Impact Actions The founders of OSL actioned an affordable daycare by donating the building and outdoor spaces of the Centre. Over $281,000 has been contributed. The daycare opened October 2021. Parents pay $11,600 annually and projected expenses are $42,200. OSL needs new sources of funding for the $30,600 or $2,550 monthly shortfall for daily operational needs. Long-term items & a playground needed will cost $97,000. To accommodate affordability for the predominantly lower income families, OSL charges: • one-time registration fee of GHC20 (twenty Ghana cedis, i.e., $5 CAD or $4 USD), • daily attendance fee of GHC3 (three Ghana cedis, i.e., $0.75 CAD or $0.60 cents USD). The Future is Bright • The innovative kids learning garden uses the nature world around us to solidify learning • The innovation of planting claimable Teak trees on-site symbolizes our supporters’ and OSL longevity. Donors may claim a symbolic legacy Teak tree for memory. Claim one • Over 80 children served will benefit from a variety of indoor educational materials, please help. • OSL children pray for outdoor playground equipment and bus/van transportation Capacity and Resources OSL founders as philanthropists initially planned to support and accommodate 32 children and six staff within their limited resources. Upon opening in October 2021 with 11 children, in five months the enrollment has surpassed 90 children. OSL has been able to handle the influx due to the two years of fantastic preparations work done by volunteers. Volunteers in Canada and Ghana solicited and collected educational items, furniture, food, and clothing that was shipped once the building modifications was completed. Now OSL can service some 80 children and there are 14 employees. The demand for early childhood learning in the community is huge. The facility has space capacity for 120 children if additional external resources can be secured. Capital items like a bus/van and playground equipment in addition to educational materials will enhance the quality of learning for the children. OSL needs you, please give. Operating Licences The Canadian charity is an incorporated non-for-profit organization headquartered in Edmonton Alberta. As a community-based organization (CBO), it runs an early childhood learning daycare located in rural town Entumbil, Ghana. The charity is a qualified donee and issues Canada Revenue Agency tax receipts to donors for tax credit. Registration details include: Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) Charity Business Registration # 771608478 RR0001 www.canada.ca/charities-giving Ghana Department of Social Welfare Registration # D.S.W. CR/AEEM/079/21, - Category A Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam District Assembly Registration #s 665 and 666