Larry's Sunshine House

Thirty-five minutes northwest of Accra, the capital city of Ghana, is a small village named Awutu Anomawobi. The friendly people of this village live in tiny, one-room, mud brick shacks. They have no running water, toilets or kitchens. All cooking is done outdoors over an open fire while chickens scratch looking for scraps. The people of this village, like most Ghanaian villages, are extremely poor. Chief Nai Tetteh Brang, the head man of the village sold us 15 acres of land where we have begun building the first Children's Home, and as funds are generated, will build a school. In Ghana, 49.9% of adults over 15 years old are totally illiterate. Our school will educate the abandoned children who live in the Home as well as the community!

The construction of the first Children's Home began in late summer 2004. The foundation, floor and walls have been completed but we had to send the workers home in October because of lack of funds. The walls stand erect, open to the sky, waiting for the floor of the second story to be poured. In the meantime, the children wait...