{"id":2037,"date":"2025-05-26T11:43:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T11:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pennysmiles.org\/?p=2037"},"modified":"2025-09-19T21:21:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T21:21:46","slug":"smiles-of-health-hearts-of-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pennysmiles.org\/index.php\/2025\/05\/26\/smiles-of-health-hearts-of-care\/","title":{"rendered":"A VISIT TO VILLAGE OF HOPE ORPHANAGE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On the 6th of September, 2025, five(5) representatives from PSF, namely: Ernest Ayensu ,&nbsp; David Okomeng Nkansah, Razak Hamidu,&nbsp; Godfred Baah and Janet Impraim visited&nbsp; Village of Hope orphanage. We took off around 7:00am, from Katamanso to the village of Hope, and we returned around 7:20pm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;It was an exciting journey, and the children and families of the village of Hope were more than happy to receive us. They gave us warm reception and told us the history of the village of Hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Activities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Presentation of items was made by David Okomeng Nkansah. The children, together with the families, sung beautiful songs and offered prayers for PSF members. Ernest Ayensu advised the children and encouraged the families to keep up the good work they are doing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"2055\" src=\"https:\/\/pennysmiles.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-06-at-7.08.39-AM-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pennysmiles.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-06-at-7.08.39-AM-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pennysmiles.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-06-at-7.08.39-AM-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pennysmiles.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-06-at-7.08.39-AM-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pennysmiles.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-06-at-7.08.39-AM-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/pennysmiles.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-06-at-7.08.39-AM.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"2058\" src=\"https:\/\/pennysmiles.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-06-at-7.08.40-AM-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2058\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pennysmiles.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-06-at-7.08.40-AM-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pennysmiles.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-06-at-7.08.40-AM-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pennysmiles.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-06-at-7.08.40-AM-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pennysmiles.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-06-at-7.08.40-AM-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/pennysmiles.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-06-at-7.08.40-AM.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"2056\" src=\"https:\/\/pennysmiles.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-07-at-9.29.39-AM-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pennysmiles.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-07-at-9.29.39-AM-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pennysmiles.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-07-at-9.29.39-AM-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pennysmiles.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-07-at-9.29.39-AM-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pennysmiles.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-07-at-9.29.39-AM-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/pennysmiles.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-07-at-9.29.39-AM.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"2057\" src=\"https:\/\/pennysmiles.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-07-at-9.29.46-AM-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2057\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pennysmiles.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-07-at-9.29.46-AM-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pennysmiles.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-07-at-9.29.46-AM-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pennysmiles.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-07-at-9.29.46-AM-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pennysmiles.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-07-at-9.29.46-AM-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/pennysmiles.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-07-at-9.29.46-AM.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>An amount of<\/strong> <strong>Ghs<\/strong> <strong>8049.46  was spent on the project<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CHALLENGES<\/strong>:<br>The car used was relatively smaller for the items we sent , so emissaries had to keep some of the items on them throughout the journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RECOMMENDATIONS<\/strong>:<br>From our discussion with the leaders of the village of Hope, it came out that a baby uses five days to finish consuming one full container of Aptamil. We recommend that our next visit, we kindly buy more aptamil 1 and aptamil 2 for our babies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are also to get a bigger car on our next trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 720;\" width=\"1280\" controls src=\"https:\/\/pennysmiles.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Video-2025-09-07-at-9.29.46-AM.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 720;\" width=\"1280\" controls src=\"https:\/\/pennysmiles.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Video-2025-09-07-at-9.29.44-AM.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CONCLUSION<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This visitation was an interesting experience. We all had fun with the children and the families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We thank all members of PSF for making this visitation successful through your penny and prayers. As the saying goes; &#8220;we make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give. &#8221; (Winston Churchill). God richly bless as all for remembering these children. Thank you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the 6th of September, 2025, five(5) representatives from PSF, namely: Ernest Ayensu ,&nbsp; David Okomeng Nkansah, Razak Hamidu,&nbsp; Godfred Baah and Janet Impraim visited&nbsp; Village of Hope orphanage. We took off around 7:00am, from Katamanso to the village of Hope, and we returned around 7:20pm. &nbsp;It was an exciting journey, and the children and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finished-projects-2025"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pennysmiles.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pennysmiles.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pennysmiles.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pennysmiles.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pennysmiles.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2037"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pennysmiles.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2063,"href":"https:\/\/pennysmiles.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037\/revisions\/2063"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pennysmiles.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pennysmiles.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pennysmiles.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pennysmiles.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}