Just A Little Help
Ruth A. Amponsah
Sometimes we look too far away to identify people that need our help and support. But most times, the people we need to support are closer than we can imagine. Growing up in an extended family system where our parents were parents to their nieces and nephews, it has become impossible not to do the same when there is a need. Ruth is the daughter of Amy, the 3rd Koha Girl. A few years ago, when Amy got sick and was unable to walk and work, it became the responsibility of the rest of us Koha Girls to ensure that Ruth continued to attend school and that Amy received the medical care needed to recover. With our help and support, Ruth graduated in 2019 with honors from the Orkolili Secondary High School in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania East Africa. She will be attending the University in Tanzania when schools reopen this year 2020. Amy’s health has also improved. This is what Koha Girls, Inc. is all about, helping girls and women thrive to reach their goals despite the obstacles they encounter along the way. ~Ruth Koha James
Update: Just a Little Help
Ruth A. Amponsah
Hello, my name is Ruth A. Amponsah, daughter of Amy Koha. I am a student at the School of Pharmacy Springs Institute in Tanzania, East Africa. I have just completed my first year with the help of God and my family. I want to appreciate Koha Girls, Inc. for their great investment in my education. They go the extra mile just to make sure that I am in school. Their hearts are full of love for their family and for the needy. May God bless and continue to empower them financially.
Dress A Girl Around The World
Ruth K. James
Koha Girls, Inc. recently collaborated with the Dress A Girl Around the World Program in Bridgewater/West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, to ship about 121 sundresses to the Effort Baptist Church in Paynesville, Monrovia, Liberia, West Africa.
The dresses arrived and were distributed to girls in the Girls Auxiliary of that church. Thanks to the Girls Auxiliary (GA) leaders of the Effort Baptist Church in Paynesville, Liberia, for receiving and distributing the sundresses to the girls.
Many thanks to Dr. Gloria Moran from the Bridgewater United Methodist Church for ensuring that dresses of varied sizes with the Dress A Girl logo were ready for shipment. It is believed that girls wearing dresses with the logo on them are less likely to be harassed by molesters who feel that someone is watching them.
Thanks also to Rev. David Shim ( Pastor of the Bridgewater UMC) for blessing the dresses before they were sent.
In the photo, Ruth Koha James (Koha Girls, Inc.), Dr. Gloria Moran (Dress A Girl Bridgewater, MA. UMC), and Rev. David Shim ( Pastor Bridgewater, MA. UMC) are in the top left, and girls and leaders from Girls Auxiliary (GA) Effort Baptist Church Liberia are in the bottom right