Twerebo

VILLAGE OF TWEREBO
Adopt-A-Village Keep Hope Alive By Rev. Fr. Cecil A. M. Williams
"God invites His church to participate in His Kingdom, calling us to 'go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything [that Jesus has commanded]. Matthew 28:18
We are called to mission to reach out in the name of Jesus Christ to transform individuals, families and villages as servant ministers. Prayerfully consider joining Branches of the Vine, the Anglican Diocese of Accra-Ghana by Adopting-A-Village providing base needs; clean water, education, medical / dental assistances improving the quality of life and advancing the Kingdom.
"If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other" Mother Teresa. "
In 1997 St. Margaret's Episcopal Church partnered with the Anglican Diocese of Accra adopting the village of Twerebo. The Rt Rev Justice O Akrofi Arch Bishop of the Province of West Africa and Bishop of Accra wrote, "The overseas friends from St. Margaret's have been faithful in the provisions of funds since 1997 to date and what we set out to do is almost accomplished namely, provisions of wells, church, and school buildings."
Twerebo is a small Ga Rural Community with a population of about 600 predominantly present farmers. The community had no electricity, good drinking water, school, clinic or health post, church, etc.
About 80% of the populations belong to the African Traditional Religion. Twerebo was well noted for training fetish priests and priestess. The founder of the community was called Okomfo Ago.
The Anglican Diocese of Accra Mission Committee heard about Twerebo from Mrs. Mercia Laryea about the spiritual of the community and charged the newly commissioned evangelists, Cecil Williams, Daniel Ashitey, George Ayesue, Steven Nartey and the Diocese Prayer Warriors Outreach Team to go to Twerebo on an Evangelistic mission.
By the Grace of God a few converts were mare and having prepared them for baptism the Rt. Rev. W. B. Thompson the then Bishop of Accra, mandated Ven. Richard Ajaayi to baptize them. This was the genesis of CHRIST THE KING ANGLICAN CHURCH TWEREBO.
"Evangelist" Dan Ashitey a pharmacist (now an ordained Priest) and his wife Dr. Gladys Ashitey made two medical outreach trips to the community to help meet the community's medical needs. Through the effort of His Grace Dr. Justice O. Akrofi some overseas medical teams also came to help in this direction.
By the Grace of God the church has made an impact on the community, which has affected the spirituality of the people. Many have been converted to Christ and the church is reaching-out to others, children of school going age through the classroom and adults through personal and holistic Evangelism.
Through the efforts of the church, some members of the community have got the hope for the future that their children are being educated. They now have two bore-holes to supply them with good drinking water 'Kevin Well", a Christian church to cater for the true spiritual needs.
The vision of the church of the community in term of education is to help provide basic school education up to Junior Secondary and Technical. In this direction the Church has constructing six classrooms, an office, a storeroom and K.V.I.P. toilets. Out of these three classrooms, an office and a store are near completion and will be ready for use as from 2005/6 academic year. The church will continue to depend on the financial assistance from well meaning Christians to achieve this noble and godly goal.
The school was first established during the 1996/97 academic year by the Diocesan Evang. Committee under the chairmanship of the late Sis Berther and some of the following as members Evang. Cecil Williams Co-coordinator, His Grace Rt. Rev. Justice O. Akrofi (then provost of the Holy Trinity Cathedral Church, Ven, R. J. Agaayi (the Archdeacon of Accra), Mrs. Marcia Laryea, Mad. May Ankrah, Mrs. Meddleton Mends, Mr. Christian Ashong ?Äì secretary to mention a few.
After the establishment of the church with 149 baptized members ?Äì about 49 adults, 65 children of the school going age and the rest below 6yrs. The committee realized there was the need to establish a school in the community to cater for the educational needs of the children, since there was none to follow the tradition of the church in the area of education.
The school was accommodated under a shed roofed with palm branches where the church also met for worship. During this time the weather determined the vacation of the school. The situation created a lot of problems for the smooth running of the school. As a result the school was temporally closed down.
The committee requested the Co-coordinator, Mrs. Marcia Laryea and Rev. Fr. Daniel Banafoe to approach the Ministry of Education, Amasaman District for assistance.
The approach was made with a letter from the Regional Head-office to the District director at Amasaman for help. The effort was a failure. After several attempts the committee decided to meet with the Bishop through the late Sister Betha to brief him about these developments. It was from this meeting that the diocese, His Grace the Archbishop and his overseas friends came in to finance both church building and school projects.
Pupil Teacher's Stipend - The committee engaged the services of two (2) members of the community as pupil teachers the children ?Äì kindergarten and class one (1).
Parents of children were asked to pay ¢1,000.00 (one thousand cedis) per month to supplement the communities effort to mobiles funds to pay the teachers. If is sad to say that the parents could not afford it. This situation led to the approach of the Bishop for help.
Present Enrollment - The school has a population of about 120 pupils ?Äì from kindergarten to class 4 with three teachers. There will be a rise in population because of the new classrooms.
Estimate Of The Remaining Project - The church will need about (¢200m) Two hundred millions cedis to complete the school project including tools for the Junior Secondary and Technical workshops.
Yours in the Service of the Church
Rev. Fr. Cecil A. M. Williams ?Äì Director of Evangelism, Diocese Evang. Committee
"Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier" Mother Teresa

Today there are over 200 children's in grades 1 through 8 receiving an education. There is still a lot of work to be done.
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