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EDUCATING STREET CHILDREN FOR LIFE

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JOIN US SUPPORT POOR CHILDREN

Jaynii Streetwise Organisation (JSO) is a charity and non-governmental organisation (NGO) with registration number G-23,946 in Ghana with its aim of improving the lives of children and youth. Jaynii Streetwise is borne out of the Jaynii Cultural Troupe, a twenty-man group founded in 1997 at Jamestown, Accra, which has performed at countless functions locally and internationally.

Since its inception, StreetWise has single-handedly funded and supervised the education of fifty (50) needy but brilliant children.
Jaynii StreetWise funds the care of these children. Part of the proceeds generated from our public performances goes into the support of the Streetwise Project.
On daily basis, we help them with their homework, feed and offer them sports, drumming and dance lessons as their recreation.
Unfortunately, the rising cost of living and the increasing challenge to rescue more children from the streets make it almost impossible to fulfil our objectives effectively.

BE PART OF THE SOLUTION
We therefore write to you with the appeal to help support StreetWise get Ghana’s gifted children off the street and into the classroom.
Your outfit has a laudable reputation for caring for the educational and social wellbeing of children and youth who are our target. You have endeared your brand to the hearts of many school-going children through your association and support of many educative programs for primary and tertiary students alike. We are confident that collaborating with you will yield a future of promise for the uneducated children and youth.
In this regard, we will be most grateful if you could assist the Jaynii StreetWise team and the hundreds of children and youth still prowling the streets and beaches in search of hope – to sustain our efforts by supporting any of the following Projects:
•The Streetwise Project with cash or kind donations
•The Streetwise ICT Centre with computers
•The Streetwise School Building (a well equipped Primary, JHS and SHS block) with cash, books or logistics
•The Beach Sports Project to unearth and develop the sports talents.

Do not add your voice to the complaints about ‘the increasing numbers of armed robbers, teenage mothers, prostitutes and street children’. Be part of the solution - give to our future teachers, doctors, inventors, marketing managers and C.E.Os. You will be giving these innocent little children a CHANCE and therefore, a CHOICE in life. Help us to help them. Our children are our future!
Yours sincerely,

Emmanuel Quartey Naa Borkor Borquaye
President Vice President
Jaynii StreetWise Team
Tel - 00233 277 117 286 Tel - 00233 249 47 40 28
jayniibeach@yahoo.com joynii@yahoo.com


Our Objectives
All the members of JayNii StreetWise are committed to:

1 Improving the quality of lives of young people
2 Getting children off the street/social vices and putting them into the classroom
3 Empowering children and youth
4 Providing children and youth with skills
5 Enabling Africans to appreciate their cultural values
6 Exposing the rich culture of Ghana to the world
7 Using music and dance to entertain, educate and preach peace, love and unity

All members of the group have their areas of specialty in dealing with children and youth, sports, music and dance.
There are executive members made up of the president, vice president (operations), vice president (administration) secretary, coordinator, financial secretary, treasurer, and P.R.O. Other members are the facilitating team and the JayNii Cultural Troupe.

For the past years, Jaynii has used various means to send our message across to our audience/populace through

1 Drumming, dance and folk music
2 Interactive Theatre
3 Story telling
4 African cuisine
5 Crafts and artefacts
6 Cultural tourism
7 Batik / Tie & Die hands-on workshops

Jaynii offers workshops for street children to tap into their talents and encourage them to channel their energy into meaningful activities.


Touching Children, Touching Generations

Over time, Jaynii has identified the need to support ongoing efforts by government and civil society to keep children off the streets and in school. As a poor, marginalized and deprived area, many children are found walking on the beach and in the streets during school hours when they should be discovering their talents and learning the skills to impact positively on their generation, others hawking goods or performing on street corners for spare change without even enough money for pens or paper.

Most of these children come from deprived homes. Their parents are mainly fishermen who rely on the fishing season to net in a good catch. During the lean season, there are no alterative sources of income, and innocent children are left to fend for themselves. Moreover, many of these parents are themselves illiterate and do not appreciate the value of investing in their children’s education now to harvest an improved standard of living in the future.

So far, Jaynii has identified fifty (50) children aged between 4 to 16 years who have been enrolled into our Streetwise Project. These twenty-seven girls and twenty-three boys, who were hitherto spending their childhood walking aimlessly on the Jamestown Beach, are now enrolled at schools in the communities- Accra Sempe Primary School in Classes 1 to 6 and St. Thomas Day Care Centre. Jaynii, without assistance from parents, bought school uniforms, shoes, bags and exercise books for all thirty children and registered them in school. After school hours, they come to the Jaynii Beach for lunch as well as extra classes and entertainment.
With a panoramic view of fishermen bringing in their catch, against the historical James Fort and the monumental Lighthouse is the Jaynii Beach resort, the only nice beach in the heart of the Accra city- Situated right behind the James Town Light house, where turtles are often found ashore.



PAST PERFORMANCES OF JAYNII CULTURAL TROUPE

Jaynii Streetwise is borne out of the Jaynii Cultural Troupe, a twenty-man group founded in 1997 at Jamestown, Accra, which has performed at countless functions in Ghana including Ghana Tourist Board Excellence Awards, Ministry of Tourism, KSM’s Thank God its Friday show on Metro TV, MNET and Studio 53 television of South Africa. With McTontoh of Osibisa band (U.K. based) performed on the great show dubbed "Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP led by Kumi Naidoo, U.S.) alongside great artistes like Salif Keita, Orlando Julius, Fela Fumi Kuti, South African Dancers, Ethnic Productions of Kenya and numerous artistes from the African continent. At grand Durbar of Chiefs and Queen mothers, Pan African Festival (PANAFEST) and Emancipation Day Celebration chaired by H.E. the Vice President of Ghana, Minister of Tourism, Chairman of Commission on Culture, Jaynii performed for the massive audience from all over the world alongside Rita Marley, 2-face Idibia, Smile Africa(U.K.) Nu Black Art West Theatre, U.S based solo drummer Okyerema Asante, Ras Kobi, Makeda Thomas dance Project, Bahamas National Children's Choir and many more. Jaynii performed at the British Council in Accra for Tecky Kids International school (British Institution), On national televisions like GTV and TV3 which covered the group with American Gospel Superstar, Kirk Franklin of "storm" fame at the International Conference Centre, Accra. Also, Homowo festivals organized by the Vibe Fm Radio.
The group made the opening ceremony for the West African conference (WACIPAC) led by Keiku Uchiumi, a Japanese Information & Communication Expert in Ghana. Jaynii has trained people who now perform professionally at national and international events.