Following completion of the toilet block at CAROSS, the 5PM team began to consider another project, and thanks to the generous donations, we still had money left, as well as a willing foreman in Mr. Solmann.
We'd long notices that the the children's sleeping accommodations at the Accra Psychiatric Hospital were less than ideal. As there were no proper beds or mattresses, the children were often cold and prone to sickness - a situation we wanted to remedy.
With that in mind, we decided to provide each of the kids with their own bed and mattresses as well as a general cleaning and fresh coat of paint for the bedrooms.
With some advise from Mr. Solmann, we decided to go for it! At least....with the painting. It seemed that new beds and mattresses would exceed our budget, and with our time in Ghana coming to a close, we had little time for fund raising or to collect materials. However, Mr. Solmann's boss (at his day job) heard about the work at CAROSS, and decided to take care of all the costs concerning the beds and mattresses!
Last month, 24 brand new, custom build beds, including mattresses were delivered to the Children's ward. And before that, the rooms were painted in a lovely see blue colour. The children realized quickly that their sleeping conditions had changed, and were very excited they entered their new rooms for the first time!
We, the 5 PM team, would like to say a big, big thanks to Mr. Nuama for his big financial contribution which made much of this possible! Second of all, we would like to thank Mr. Solmann for making all of this happen! Thanks to his effort, hard work and vision, we were able to obtain our goals!
