Reflecting the “Source” of Light . . . When it’s Dark
SLM Ghana
By Dr. Ron Barnes
Address to the Nation
UPDATE No. 2:
Measures Taken Against Spread of Coronavirus
All Universities, Senior High Schools, and basic schools, i.e. public and private schools, will be closed Monday, 16th March, 2020, till further notice. The Ministry of Education in collaboration with the Ministry of Communication has been tasked to roll out distance learning programs. However, BECE and WASSCE candidates will be allowed to attend school to prepare for their examinations, but with prescribed social distancing protocols;
This was the message SLM Ghana Director Daniel Sappor and the rest of Ghana woke up to in mid-March as the government did its best to respond to the COVID-19 crisis. Daniel was unsettled with this response as he pondered the effect this would have on some of his own students from the SLM schools in Ghana. He realized the students who would still be required to attend schools for their exam preparations would be at great risk, due to the government and school’s inability to provide even the most basic of preventative measures.
The Lord began to put on his heart a vision for SLM Ghana to partner with donors from Ghana and the United States to provide what the government and schools could not. After some research into local suppliers and available resources, he sent out the following proposal and prayer request:
“Source of Light Ghana wants to provide humanitarian help to Senior High School students as well as Junior High School students who are in the final year and are preparing to write their end-of-school exams. The government has permitted that they should continue coming to school to prepare for the exams, which will start in April and end in June. Most of the schools we are working with in the villages outside Accra, the capital, need to be helped with: hand sanitizers, liquid soaps, Veronica Buckets or Tippy Taps that will store water. The government has not made any provision for these things.
“The Evangelical Christian Academy which we run is about a two-hour drive from Accra on the Accra Afloa Road. It is situated in a small town called Tefle. Tefle is located in the Volta Region of Ghana in the South Tongu District with Sogakope as its District Capital. The District has 90 Junior High Schools and 10 Senior High Schools.
“We are initiating this Project to provide these urgently needed items for children who will continue going to school due to their exams.”
Daniel estimated that $100 would provide the resources for one school. His desire was to provide resources for all 100 schools. As of this writing, God has provided for all 100 schools.
We praise God that he has allowed SLM Ghana to be a reflection of the true Source of Light when it seems darkness has prevailed. We know there is no darkness too dark for the True Light of the World.
