Dreamland School in Ghana was created to provide education and shelter to impoverished children. It allows students to dream about their futures and helps them achieve those dreams. The Book of Dreams profiles the 8th and 9th grade students through pictures and letters about each child's background and dreams. Readers are encouraged to sponsor students to help overcome economic barriers and allow the children to accomplish their goals, as many do not have the means to continue schooling after 9th grade without support.
2. Dreamland School is exactly what its name represents:
First, it is a school whose very existence is the product
of an incredibly ambitious dream of a few individuals to
build a place where impoverished children in Akumadan,
Ghana, could learn, live and grow in a safe and pro-
tected environment. Second, creating this environment
allows the students to dream about what they would
like to be when they grow up, and tries to help them to
achieve those dreams. This collective dream and the
individual dreams of the students cannot be realized
without your help.
The Book of Dreams is an annual ongoing project spon-
sored by the non-profit organization American Friends
of Dreamland School, whose founders were the first
volunteers of the school in 2009 and who also share
the dream of helping the children of Dreamland School
to fulfill all their dreams.
The book contains real pictures of all the current 8th
and 9th grade students, accompanied by copies of
the letters each student has written, which gives the
reader an idea of what each one is like and what their
dream is for the future, hence “The Book of Dreams”.
Since Dreamland School only has the capacity for
levels Nursery School through 9th grade, the focus of
The Book of Dreams is on the students who will soon be
leaving. For that reason we decided to make the book
is an E-Book, which could be modified each year, allow-
ing the incoming 8th graders to be a part of it.
Since there are significantly less high schools in Ghana
than there are primary and middle schools, many stu-
dents fall through the cracks after 9th grade, as they
don’t have the resources to travel to high schools in
other areas, or perhaps they drop our earlier, know-
ing that there is nowhere for them to go in the future.
That number dwindles even more at the University level,
as the number of universities is quite low. This is where
you, the reader, become a part of this project. We
encourage you to look at the pictures and read the let-
ters and choose a child or children to sponsor. It may be
how they smile that captures you, or perhaps that they
aspire to do what you do now.
Imagine if you were one of these children, full of hope,
passion for learning and with dreams of achieving some-
thing that perhaps no one in their family or even their
village was ever able to accomplish. The only barrier to
achieving their dreams is an economic barrier, which
you, the reader may be able to move out of their path,
so that they can achieve their dreams.
We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for tak-
ing the time to read The Book of Dreams and we hope
you will join us in this collective effort to make dreams
come true for the wonderful children of Dreamland
School Ghana.