Star Child Care Foundation · Ghana
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The help that works is steady, and it is specific.

We are a small organisation and we say no to a lot of offers. Here is what genuinely helps, and what we will politely decline.

Partner with us

A partner takes on a whole community, from the first meeting under the tree to the day we hand the files to the district.

Companies, churches, diaspora associations, schools and foundations fund a community for three years at a time. A community of roughly 50 children costs GH₵ 94,000 a year, and the commitment ends when the handover conditions are met — not when the money runs out.

  • What you get

    A named community, two field reports a year with the figures that did not work as well as the ones that did, and a direct line to the social worker who runs it. Not a logo on a wall.

  • What we ask

    Three years, paid annually in advance so that we can commit to school fees a year ahead. And agreement to our photography and child protection policies, which are not negotiable.

  • Who to write to

    partners@starchildcarefoundation.in.net — the director answers partnership enquiries personally, usually within three days.

Volunteer

We take qualified professionals on placements of six weeks or more. We do not take visitors.

Short visits by strangers are damaging for children who have already lost people, and they cost us staff time we do not have. What we do need is specific professional skill, for long enough to hand it on to somebody Ghanaian.

  • Who we need

    Qualified teachers (literacy and numeracy intervention), registered social workers, community health nurses, paediatric dietitians, and accountants for our annual audit preparation.

  • How long

    Six weeks minimum. Most useful placements run three to six months. Remote placements are possible for accounting, data and fundraising support.

  • What we require

    Proof of qualification, a police check from your country of residence, two references, and a signed child protection policy. Nobody works alone with a child.

  • What it costs you

    Volunteers cover their own flights, visa, insurance and accommodation. We do not charge a placement fee, and we do not accept one.

volunteer@starchildcarefoundation.in.net

Fundraise where you are

Most of our income arrives in small amounts from people who asked other people. Here are the three that work best.

Easiest

A term of fees

Ask twelve people for GH₵ 150 or £10 each and you have covered a child’s books, bag and examination fee for a whole year. We will tell you which community it went to.

For a group

Adopt a savings group

GH₵ 36,000 capitalises a savings group of twenty caregivers — roughly sixty children — and the money keeps circulating after the group stops needing us.

In your will

A legacy gift

Legacies fund the part nobody else will: the two years of home visits after a child is reunified. Write to us and we will send the wording your solicitor needs.

What we politely decline

Saying no to these is part of the work, not a failure of gratitude.

  • Shipments of used clothes, shoes and toys

    Freight to Tema costs more than buying the same goods in Koforidua, and it takes trade away from the caregivers in our own savings groups. Send the freight cost instead.

  • Volunteer trips and school visits

    Any offer that involves a group of visitors spending time with children, however well-intentioned, however short.

  • Funding tied to naming or photographing a child

    You can fund a child’s costs. You cannot be sent their photograph, their full name or their school.

  • Money to build a children’s home

    There is no version of this we will accept, including for a building that already exists.

Contact us

A real person in Koforidua reads this. Expect a reply within three working days.

This form is not yet connected to an inbox. Until it is, please write directly to info@starchildcarefoundation.in.net. We never share an address with anyone.

Or simply keep a child in school

GH₵ 400 a month covers fees, uniform, a daily meal and a social worker’s monthly visit for one child.

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