The Students

Angeline Penhun, 19

Angeline puts her education first: "I spend a lot of time on my lessons." She also enjoys playing with children and "teaching them lessons they don't understand." Above all,  she says, "I love doing things that make people happy." 

Claude Noel, 18

Claude tells us his life changed when he "started researching new and current events on the internet." Passionate about international studies, Claude hopes to pursue a political career and become "a great leader" of his country. Claude's teachers all agree he is a "hard working individual who is very diligent and respects other people."

Frankly Yosain Penhun, 21

Frankly says he enjoys living on the refugee camp with his mother, father, two brothers and two sisters. His teachers say his is being modest when he refers to himself as "a good student and kind." Frankly tries to carry a spirit of kindness into his work and hopes to become a medical doctor helping to save lives "in my country and all over the world."

Henry Smith, 22

Henry  has been in Ghana with his three brothers and two sisters ever since the war began. Henry loves Math and English. He wrote to us and said, "I wish to give thanks to One Million Ways for the great opportunity that I have received from them."

Victor Dawley, 15

Victor shared with us that he almost went insane after his mother was killed in Liberia. But, he was taken in, cared for, and eventually brought to Ghana by a kind soul. Once in Ghana he was miraculously reunited with his father and twin sister after eight years of seperation. 

His amazing story is paralleled by his spirit and determination. Victor tells us "every day I picture my future, because vision accomplished mission." Victor's current mission is to graduate high school, attend university, and one day open a school, orphanage and church with his father.

Aisha Yakubu, 18

Aisha is a quiet and diligent student. When asked how she maintains her strong academic record she says "probably because my mother always tells me to do well in my education." She describes herself as "short and slim and four feet tall. My face is narrow with small tribal marks on my cheeks." In her spare time she loves to read books, play table tennis, go to mosque on Fridays and dance.

Edward Sumo, 22

Edward tells us that he was "born unto the union of Mr. and Mrs. Sumo, in the year 1986 in the grand golden country of Liberia." When his father passed away in 2005 he says he "dropped out of school for sometime before continuing again." He stays with his mother who works to feed him and his siblings their "daily meal." In response to receiving this scholarship he said, "I hope in the future I will be a help to someone too." Edward is a positive and energetic part of the school's community. 

Alimatu Samari, 16

Alimatu says she used to be "among the dull pupils" in her class. She tells us "my father used to insult me and refuse to give me money for school." Instead of giving up, Alimatu studied harder and is now at the top of her class. Her  favorite game is net

ball (basketball). She smiled as she told us "I am the best player at my school."

Victoria Dawley, 15

Victoria and her father traveled to Ghana because "we didn't have any house to live in or food to eat, we came to also search for peace." Victoria has flourished in her new environment. She is a kind and hard working student whose ambition is to "become a medical doctor." Victoria

 lives with her father and twin brother Victor. When asked what she wanted out of her education she said, "I want to become a woman of substance."