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Community Wings

11 years ago written by

During the Summer of 2011, Wings took six to Ghana for a volunteer adventure trip. Two of these and their media teacher (and Wings member) shot this film about the troubling social issue of the Kayayo. The Kayayo are any teenage kids from the rural northern regions of Ghana who travel to the larger southern cities to work as laborers and/or porters in the busy markets.

Wings are based of , but their development work has, so far, been in West Africa. They have focused primarily on Northern Ghana and, to a lesser extent, Mali, and looking at future projects in India, the Philippines, and always here at home in the United States.

Their mission statement: We believe that people working together foster and create a positive impact on the social climate of the . We fulfill our goals on a project-by-project basis as we work with business owners, schools, neighborhood associations and organizations.

 

 

 

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