https://www.hopeforchildrenacademy.org/our-people daily 0.75 2025-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6766e2fff9c139031db56a5a/2569bcf0-e56d-40b8-a4d9-51e7c55c76cf/IMG_9293+%281%29.jpg Our People - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6766e2fff9c139031db56a5a/32563e9e-5ea5-4e04-b87d-16cc4ce825d8/Lyn5.jpg Our People - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6766e2fff9c139031db56a5a/68633ab6-e9e2-4e68-b1a7-f8e5647edb8e/unnamed.jpg Our People - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6766e2fff9c139031db56a5a/771ad456-5b08-4bcf-9703-a9c93e0791eb/IMG_8363.jpg Our People - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6766e2fff9c139031db56a5a/8752a670-e3cf-4291-8fca-7123a93297c3/IMG_0507.jpg Our People - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6766e2fff9c139031db56a5a/c93a4bc5-8846-47cb-bbe8-1b8ca667c7d2/IMG_2924.jpg Our People - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hopeforchildrenacademy.org/ourstory daily 0.75 2025-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6766e2fff9c139031db56a5a/d0ba68e3-a0f8-425d-80cc-725a140cb398/IMG_0251.jpg Our Story - Make it stand out Sibri (on Lyn’s immediate left) with Lyn in a meeting to discuss girls’ education in Bimbilla, 2011. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6766e2fff9c139031db56a5a/52ecbd1c-2798-4cc3-9466-8180c784641f/IMG_0214.jpg Our Story - Make it stand out Azindow Naa’s letter with his thumb print https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6766e2fff9c139031db56a5a/bb5e4588-4ffb-4d8b-8e3a-bbe92e67bb4f/Teachers.JPG Our Story - Make it stand out Lyn (1st row far right) with Fulbright colleagues and teachers at a Muslim school in Tamale, capital of the Northern Region, 2000. Abdullai, Fulbright translator and Sibri's husband, front row beside the African American teacher in blue dress. Driver, Francis, on top of the bus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6766e2fff9c139031db56a5a/cd2ebe0b-ba50-4bdf-af69-6deaf9f39d7f/50332e84-0969-4e4a-ac22-c150e802a110+%281%29.jpg Our Story - Make it stand out Lyn Burr Brignoli and Rahinatu Sibri Nantogmah, October 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6766e2fff9c139031db56a5a/ff9b0146-5c02-4f16-a6e0-15d27c314326/emerge.JPG Our Story - Make it stand out Lyn emerges from the ceremony holding “the tail” (made of horsehair) and a walking stick—symbols of authority. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6766e2fff9c139031db56a5a/4138aa5f-1904-4ac5-a471-fab95ffb0f9f/Sibri+college.jpg Our Story - Make it stand out Sibri’s registration photo at the University of Cape Coast, 2007. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6766e2fff9c139031db56a5a/491adb65-5518-4762-b646-873a4596901f/20241012_162558%7E2.jpg Our Story - Make it stand out Kpatihi Naa Azindow Nantogmah https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6766e2fff9c139031db56a5a/af3eb7f4-6021-43ac-9f29-72ae89b861c6/dark.jpg Our Story - Make it stand out Lyn seated on sacred animal skins inside the shrine. The traditional Nanung priest robes Lyn with the royal garments, then bestows her title: “You are Kpatihi Maligu Naa, Bimbilla Queen of Development.” Sibri, on far right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6766e2fff9c139031db56a5a/b53d228d-3cab-4baa-a86d-7a89770795f2/IMG_2307+%282%29.JPG Our Story - Make it stand out In 2017 the school opens with 88 pupils, 2/3 are girls. Headmistress Sibri far right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6766e2fff9c139031db56a5a/95f9d58e-f4b8-4b96-880e-8d5939833cbf/friends.JPG Our Story - Make it stand out Somed instructs Lyn to wave the tail over the crowd to ward off juju (evil spirits). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6766e2fff9c139031db56a5a/7edb3132-936f-4cf1-9d18-64595b064e67/sisters.JPG Our Story - Make it stand out Sibri’s older sisters, who were denied schooling in Bimbilla, are so proud of their little sister Sibri, the university student, 2008. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6766e2fff9c139031db56a5a/f67c476d-5e12-48a4-a8f5-2d9edfde60e4/blocks.JPG Our Story - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6766e2fff9c139031db56a5a/8ed74c64-f8c0-4842-9a53-74af77086532/somed.JPG Our Story - Make it stand out 2008, Bimbila: Sibri (on Lyn’s right); Alhassan Somed Dasana, Sibri’s nephew, guided Lyn through the Queening rituals, translating from Dagbani. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6766e2fff9c139031db56a5a/f102a900-1594-43e8-b087-504c39d302d3/20241015_074014+%283%29.jpg Our Story - Make it stand out Kindergarten girl welcomes Lyn to Hope for Children Academy, October 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6766e2fff9c139031db56a5a/30d4a364-2e68-4c17-9557-6c6b56b5ce09/cb7bdc4d-1153-40a3-97b3-a71690553e0a+%284%29.JPG Our Story - Make it stand out Headmistress Sibri Nantogmah, September 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6766e2fff9c139031db56a5a/0f0dde9b-4046-4820-bb56-3f435e982fa7/cheif+robes.JPG Our Story - Make it stand out Kpatihi Naa Azindow Nantogmah arrives for the Queening ceremony, Bimbilla 2008. https://www.hopeforchildrenacademy.org/donate daily 0.75 2025-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6766e2fff9c139031db56a5a/0be58830-3072-4b2c-94d8-1b3f89e78597/IMG_8324+%281%29.JPEG Donate - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6766e2fff9c139031db56a5a/968efe8c-7daa-443c-9b23-c6e16d8b3838/Africa+pics+%283%29.jpg Donate - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6766e2fff9c139031db56a5a/9724672b-71f2-4921-a671-4059d60a13bb/IMG_7780.JPEG Donate - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6766e2fff9c139031db56a5a/1fe24dc7-b3e8-4b96-9824-494843d69704/68ca6ac4-fcdf-4483-a547-40e809dbe6bf+%281%29.JPG Donate - Make it stand out Headmistress Sibri Nantogmah Opens Our New Computer Center https://www.hopeforchildrenacademy.org/home daily 1.0 2025-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6766e2fff9c139031db56a5a/91c996f5-99e4-49c6-9aa7-c5fdc6666888/IMG_7597+%281%29.JPEG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6766e2fff9c139031db56a5a/a799f010-cc14-4ec6-adea-104a67eff3ab/20241014_113225.jpg Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6766e2fff9c139031db56a5a/524af591-f26f-4124-9cd9-380b03942f3b/20241015_102035.jpg Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hopeforchildrenacademy.org/events daily 0.75 2025-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6766e2fff9c139031db56a5a/5f0654c9-c901-445c-8b15-a2f9f7235ace/IMG_0318.jpg Recent Events - Make it stand out A computer center, like this one at Hope for Children Academy, created with the support of our donors in 2022, is rare in rural Ghana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6766e2fff9c139031db56a5a/5a86c509-07aa-4643-9111-f7ffcd62c99f/b4720790-b220-47a0-9c58-f6c281ff06ca+%283%29+%282%29.jpg Recent Events - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6766e2fff9c139031db56a5a/f4882d73-4a24-479f-8937-1f01c21c281a/0296.JPG Recent Events - Make it stand out Headmistress Sibri introduces Lyn and Chris to students in each of the classes, nursery through 6th grades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6766e2fff9c139031db56a5a/2b8baf2e-9530-405a-9df7-0d6ebec29ed6/20241014_130654+%281%29+%281%29.jpg Recent Events - Make it stand out Teachers are enjoying the meeting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6766e2fff9c139031db56a5a/94bda715-4282-443f-9ac2-5bb6e450fbcc/20241015_102033+%281%29.jpg Recent Events - Make it stand out Headmistress Sibri invites all the parents to school to welcome Lyn and Chris. A strong PTA, unusual for a rural school, contributes to its success. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6766e2fff9c139031db56a5a/f0d5667c-6f3b-4756-8a9a-38fb3984172e/IMG_1399.JPEG Recent Events - Make it stand out Kpatihi Naa Azindow Nantogmah surrounded by his royal family, presides at the Durbar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6766e2fff9c139031db56a5a/cb98d0c3-9ea1-4ae8-9909-fe5b11b7a4fc/Lyn3.jpg Recent Events - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6766e2fff9c139031db56a5a/3b45579d-30ff-41a0-aeb6-e2b35adce458/IMG_0437+%281%29.jpg Recent Events - Make it stand out Sibri introduces Lyn and Chris to the parents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6766e2fff9c139031db56a5a/03c277f4-c9f6-437a-b0bb-fa12d624231d/20241015_113249+%282%29.jpg Recent Events - Make it stand out View of Bimbilla just outside Hope for Children Academy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6766e2fff9c139031db56a5a/f102a900-1594-43e8-b087-504c39d302d3/20241015_074014+%283%29.jpg Recent Events - Make it stand out Kindergarten girl welcomes Lyn to school. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6766e2fff9c139031db56a5a/9e8954f7-9237-48b7-b691-9743b70da827/20241014_130701.jpg Recent Events - Make it stand out Jacob Nantogmah, Assistant Principal (center, left) enjoying some snacks with fellow teachers and staff. Headmistress Sibri on the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6766e2fff9c139031db56a5a/68f39d96-ba29-4821-8b68-b5e28a7f817b/9ca2c32b-23d5-42dd-b7ed-0a373ae7e1f8.JPG Recent Events - Make it stand out These very young children can already write the English alphabet! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6766e2fff9c139031db56a5a/3fd5b7ea-0e7d-45b0-be5b-30dba255bbc9/0a43d500-513f-407e-8c56-4307e76d4d7e.JPG Recent Events - Make it stand out Maya Coggeshall-Burr: Painting with nursery and kindergarten students. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6766e2fff9c139031db56a5a/7610bd14-1e4b-448a-b518-59dec7a71c37/fa5a53bb-f11a-47cb-bf24-3b7fd57d372e.JPG Recent Events - Make it stand out Children are proud to display their art works, and to show them later to their parents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6766e2fff9c139031db56a5a/bd31ce56-0f3a-4f4e-8979-ec483e75269d/3cfbdbbe-f662-497e-b7f0-2e6a4e5b8f21.JPG Recent Events - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6766e2fff9c139031db56a5a/cc3666e1-ad71-4468-8e96-a5883075efbe/IMG_1626.JPEG Recent Events - Make it stand out The whole school - grades pre-k through 5 - participated in the “300 Hands Project”, where each child chose a paint color, added their handprint to a long scroll, and signed their name—symbolizing unity and collaboration.