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GaDangme Heritage is organisation set up
by a group people who are concerned about
the lack of Action for promoting and
ensuring the self-determination of all
GaDangme people. GaDangme Heritage hopes
to play a role in preserving the
Traditions, Culture, Language and Lands,
and assist in promoting educational
opportunities for GaDangme children.
The Founding members of GaDangme Heritage
are:
Benjamin Amarkwei Amarteifio
Betty Amarteifio
Emelia Coker
Emmanuel Tetteh Doku
Ernest Tetteh
Nene George Teye Okletey
Gifty Tamakloe
James Nii Djan Lamptey
John Nii Nmai Acquaye
Nii Martey Korley
Reginald Ofei Darko
Rueben Oto Darku
Samuel Awuley Doku
Samuel Laud Nii Ashitei Ashitey
Our Aim: GaDangme Heritage
leadership and members pledge to seek,
promote, and protect the Traditions,
Culture, Language and Lands of the
GaDangme people.
GaDangme Heritage also aims to actively
promote and assist in providing good
quality education for GaDangme
children.
GaDangme Heritage does not aim to "cure"
the ills of GaDangme people. It merely
extends its hand and heart to a people who
are disadvantaged and in particular assist
in providing educational opportunities for
children in the region.
Philosophy: The leadership of
GaDangme Heritage is acutely aware the
popular quotes in the media and in
academic circles that some aid
organisations deliver as little as 20
pence per Pound or its equivalent in
Dollar to the people it was intended for.
The remaining amount goes towards
salaries, travel expenses, expert advice,
etc.
GaDangme Heritage believes there is a
better way to ensure that money,
contributed by the members and donations
by generous well-meaning people, goes
directly for the purpose and the to the
people for whom it is intended. To this
end the leadership of GaDangme Heritage
will take all available steps to ensure
monies donated by member through
membership dues and donations from other
sources goes directly to GaDangme
causes.
Strategy: In order to achieve its
aim, GaDangme Heritage hopes to work
directly with the local community,
schools, churches and other GaDangme
organisations with similar objects to that
of GaDangme Heritage. This direct working
relationship will avoid the dangers of
bureaucracy and eliminate unnecessary red
tape and ensure accountability.
Membership and Funding: Membership
is by fee paying only and is open
to all GaDangme and non- GaDangme
people.
A registration fee of Fifty Pounds
Sterling (£50.00) with
exception of African countries.
A monthly dues of Ten Pounds
Sterling (£10.00) to
be paid by all members and shall be
reviewed by the Executive of the Heritage
as and when necessary. For administration
purpose it is more convenient for members
to pay this on annual instead of
monthly.
In Ghana the registration fee is 50,000
cedis. Monthly dues 20,000
cedis.
GaDangme Heritage would aim to access
funds from other sources including funding
agencies, companies and international
agencies.
How Gadangme Heritage was Born?
For sometime a small group of subscribers
to the GaDangme Internet Forum became
disenchanted with the lack of Action by
subscribers to the GaDangme Internet
forum. Attempts to raise funds for
GaDangme projects such as Obonu received
very little interest from the
subscribers.
A couple of the subscribers felt that
certain members of the forum were prepared
to do more than just exchange ideas on the
net. Some members who were thought to be
interested in supporting GaDangme projects
financially were privately contacted with
the view to forming an organisation which
will specifically raise money through
membership fees and personal donations
from its members.
The result was the formation of GaDangme
Heritage which established it own Internet
Discussion Forum on the 26th June 2002 and
continue to use this forum to generate
ideas about how best to assist with
GaDangme issues.
Today GaDangme Heritage is well placed to
become operational with the aim to
recruiting as much GaDangmemei/ GaDangmeli
for the realisation of its objectives.
GaDangme Heritage was formally launched on
December 1st 2002.
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