Education

Our Contribution To Education

Student scholarships to University (Villages, poor urban areas):

Problem: Many students in poorer communities score well enough to get into university, but cannot attend because they are too poor and cannot afford tuition, books, transport, housing, etc.  In addition, they have no-one to counsel them on the process for getting into university.  

Social Justice Global begins to work with students who are rising juniors and seniors, educating them on the application process, providing information on the scholarship process, and ensuring that the brightest and most talented students with a strong sense of personal ethics are funded and supported throughout university.

2026:  Our two scholarship recipients for 2026 are Shaibu Bello and Zaidu Ibrahim. 

Shaidu was an exemplary high school student. He has always been passionate about all things aeronautical and says that people used to mock him about his passion because of the lack of opportunities in the aeronautical space in Ghana, West Africa.  However, his parents, poor and uneducated, encouraged him with his pursuits.  After getting excellent marks in math and science, Shaidu was admitted to the University of Science and Technology to study aeronautical engineering.  His written and oral interview reveal a remarkable young man, with strong ethics and a passion for learning and research. He would like to improve Ghana’s educational system by giving more opportunities to students to have hands on research opportunities.    We are pleased to offer Shaibu a scholarship for Tuition and Room and Board and congratulate him on his success.

Zaidu is a young man from northern Ghana, who is in a family of 5 children. With his father deceased, and his mother a peasant farmer supporting his 4 younger siblings, Zaidu could not afford to go to univeristy without outside assistance.  He made the grade into university of Ghana, to study accountancy, but was strapped for cash for tuition and living expenses.  The interview revealed a young man with a passion for improving the governance and transparency of how business transpires in Ghana.  To support his studies, Zaidu works in a local car mechanic shop in his free time.  We asked about his choice of field and he said quite simply that working with numbers made him happy. We are pleased to offer Zaidu a scholarship for Tuition and Room and Board and congratulate him on his success.

The program is still accepting scholarship applications from academically gifted students in the rural north (Upper West Region) of Ghana, a particularly underserved region and the Volta region.  The program focuses on building awareness of the scholarship program in rural, public high schools; tracking potential students from SS2 (Junior) into SS3 (Senior);supporting interested students in their efforts to apply to university; funding 4 year degrees in key sectors where there are likely job opportunities (e.g., health, education, science, engineering, business administration).

Libraries in underserved communities (books, toys and games)

Poor children in villages and urban areas have no access to libraries.  There is one large public library in the capital of Accra and a few small libraries set up by NGOs but mostly in neighborhoods within the city of Accra.  Outside of the city, there are no libraries in villages, or small towns.

To date: 1n 2020, we gave some minor financial support to the work started by two teenagers to establish a library in Kokrobite, a small fishing community (see pictures). The Library was established in the grounds of a local pastor, who donated one of the rooms in his outdoor building to use as a library.  It was a good location because many children visited there after church.  Boxes of donations (books and lego kits, and other construction toys) were shipped to Ghana from the USA and the first Library in Kokrobite was started.  The library attracts up to 40 or more children at a time.  Children read children’s fiction (age 5-15) as well as educational books (science, math etc), construct legos, and are also given snacks.  Children are allowed to borrow books and return them.

In 2026 We decided to  fund a library staff to organize and run the library. In addition, SJG funds library supplies, including books, legos, and construction kits.  The children love the robotics in particular and are quick to build complicated structures.  Each library session begins with an hour of reading, which allows the children to improve their reading skills.  After this, the children can choose any available activity.  Costs have been kept low due to donations of books, robotic toys, and legos. We would like to thank the Chevy Chase Library in Washington DC, and the parents of St. Albans School and by the residents of Chevy Chase for their kind generousity in supplying the needed books and equipment.
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