About Us
Two of the three co-founders; Fr. Joseph Boakye Yiadom and Fr. Michael Kofi Akowuah are brothers from the same parents. Their father’s first name is Anthony. The other co-founder, Mr. Daniel Adu-Amankwaah, has St. Anthony as his special saint from his infancy. Moreover, St. Anthony was very much concerned with the poor and the needy.
Education is a key to industrialization and modernization.
History
In 1983, a severe drought and famine broke out in Ghana. It lasted until 1985. Foreign aid (food) was given to the Catholic Church all over the country to ration to the people. The priests themselves were responsible for rationing the food to the people. Since then, the idea that “The Catholic priest can supply all our needs” is in the minds of many people. They now go to the Catholic priests whenever they need anything.
This belief has helped lead to numerous boys and girls flocking to Fr. Joseph Boakye Yiadom and his brother Fr. Michael Kofi Akowuah for financial assistance to attend school. The priest’s friend (Father Joseph’s former Altar server) Mr Daniel Adu Amankwaa, now a government hospital administrator, suggested the idea of forming a charitable organization to assist needy youth. He himself was once a needy boy who benefitted from the assistance of the priests in order to continue attending school. This idea by Mr Amankwaa brought about the birth of the Saint Anthony Charity Education Foundation.
Vision
The focus of the St. Anthony Charity Education Foundation is to solicit funds
from charitable individuals and organizations in order to provide educational services to underprivileged youth and thereby bring back hope to the hopeless.
Mission
St. Anthony Charity Education Foundation is to provide for the education of needy youth in the hopes of empowering them to become upstanding members of society. This opportunity for education will also give hope to the hopeless, while the education itself will help provide opportunities for jobs, good health care, family, etc. This will in turn make them feel important in life once again.
Values
- Help the powerless to empower themselves through education.
- Provide relief to brilliant but needy youth who desire to go to school but have no hope of any financial support.
- Provide educational opportunities to all deserving youth who are interested in pursuing their education.