EDMUND LAWERH AMANOR

Edmund Lawerh Amanor is my name. I am a second year Computer Engineering student at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).

I became a beneficiary of the Gaede Foundation sponsorship aimed at helping brilliant but needy students go higher in their academic pursuit. During the third term of my first year at Keta Senior High Technical School, I was faced with a very serious financial challenge which had to do with my fees, books and other stuffs I needed as a student because both parents were unemployed. But little did I know that God had a wonderful package in store for me.

While we were approaching the end of the term, the then Chaplaincy Prefect, Mr. Gagbe Bismark who was also the Scripture Union president asked me to see him because the Patron of the Union, Mrs. Edith S. Agbale had asked him to get someone whom she would recommend for the Gaede Foundation sponsorship.

So when I met him, he sent me the Scripture Union patron who then interrogated me concerning the finances of my parents and my academic performance. So at the end of my discussions with her, she told me to go and pray because she was going to recommend two of us (students) to Gaede Foundation so that they could select one of us to sponsor.

During the vacation after that term, I was at home going about my normal duties when my mum told me someone wanted to speak to me on her phone. Lo and behold, it was the Volta Regional Manager of Scripture Union, Mr. Nyadro John Jnr. who broke the bombshell that I have been chosen to be a beneficiary of the Gaede Foundation sponsorship. Upon hearing this, my heart was flooded with joy because school was resuming and there was no hope as to how I was going to pay my fees and get a few provisions.

So Gaede Foundation took full responsibility of my needs as a student from the beginning of my second year till I completed high school. The Foundation always provided me with enough funds which catered for my tuition (including PTA Fees), living expenses, books and transportation cost to and from school every term. Therefore, I am very much grateful to God and Gaede Foundation for being of such great help to me. By the grace of God, I completed my high school education in the year 2016 and came out very successful. Nevertheless, I was not able to purchase any of the tertiary admission forms that year due to financial constraints.

So through the assistance of Mr. Nyadro John, I made an appeal to Gaede Foundation to help further my education at the tertiary level too. In response I was told that the Gaede Foundation does not sponsor students at the tertiary level because of the high cost involved (since that same Fund can be used to sponsor two or three high school students.) however, they did not turn me down but asked that I send my results, admission letter, fees and other particulars so that they could see how best they can be of help. After some time, I had a message that Gaede Foundation has agreed to again take full responsibility of my academic fees throughout the pursuit of my four-year degree programme. And Gaede Foundation has kept the promise till now.

I therefore want express my sincere gratitude to Gaede Foundation for their immense support to me and other needy students at various levels of their academic ladder. Without the support from the Foundation, I can’t imagine how life would be for me and where I would have been in terms of my academic pursuit.

It is my earnest prayer that the Lord will enlarge the coast of the Foundation to reach out to more children who need such support to be able to fulfill their ambition.