Current Project: Pampaso Ningo M/A Basic School, Ghana

For more than 50 years, the children of Panpanso Ningo have started kindergarten under a shelter built from palm fronds and tree branches. When it rains, classes stop. When the wind picks up, classes stop. For a 4-year-old just learning their letters, school can disappear with the weather.

Panpanso Ningo M/A Basic School was founded in 1971 and serves 114 students today. In all that time, the school has never had a permanent kindergarten classroom.

What we’re building

Working alongside the Panpanso Ningo community, Schools of Dreams broke ground in 2025 on a permanent kindergarten block — a real building with a real roof, designed to give the school’s youngest students a steady, dry, dignified place to learn every day of the school year.

The project is being delivered in partnership with our IYIP (International Youth Internship Program) interns and the local community, with leadership from the Chief of Panpanso Ningo and the school’s head teacher.

Where we are right now

Phase 1  —  Underway

• October 2025: Excavation complete; foundation concrete poured
• November 2025: Carpentry framing in progress; second concrete pour complete
• 2026: Walls rising, ceremonial groundbreaking with community leaders

Coming next

• Roofing
• Plastering and finishes
• Doors, windows, classroom furnishing

Before

Current

The community behind it

A school is more than a building. The Chief of Panpanso Ningo, the head teacher, parents, and local tradespeople have all played a role in bringing this project to life. Our IYIP interns — young Canadians working alongside Ghanaian counterparts — have been on the ground throughout construction. ABOVE LEFT: Project Assistant Mr. Ebenezer Odouro, Country Program Manager Doris Darkwah, Project Manager Mr. Alexander Sarpong, SoD VP Barbara Anie, Country Program Assistant Afua Peprah, BOTTOM LEFT: SoD President Ann-Marie Anie, Nsawam Education Director

Kids of Pampaso Ningo M/A Basic School

How you can help

We’re actively fundraising to complete construction and furnish each classroom with the desks, books, and supplies students need.

Naming opportunities for individual project elements (classrooms, the kindergarten block, learning spaces) will be announced shortly for donors and partners interested in a deeper level of support.

Donate to Pampaso Ningo →
Contact us about partnership:
Simonerobinson@schoolsofdreams.com Fundraising Chair