Donor Update on Montessori Elementary Teacher Training for Mary Azure
and Majeed Salifu

Dear Friends and Supporters, I hope this message finds you and yours in good health.

I am writing with deep gratitude and appreciation, and with an important update, regarding the fund you helped create to support Montessori elementary training in the United States for two of our dedicated teachers.

Thanks to your generous contributions, we were able to complete the necessary applications, secure training placements, and prepare our teachers for this incredible opportunity which was to begin in early June. Unfortunately, despite our best efforts and thorough documentation, both teachers were denied U.S. student visas.

While this outcome is disappointing, we want you to know that your support is still making a meaningful impact. We are actively exploring alternative ways to achieve the same goal—equipping our teachers with high-quality Montessori training. This includes:

• Identifying reputable Montessori training programs in Africa or Europe that may be more accessible
• Exploring hybrid or online options with U.S. institutions
• Reallocating the fund responsibly to ensure your gift still supports professional development aligned with our original intent

We remain committed to honoring the spirit of your contribution and will keep you informed as we finalize the next steps.

On behalf of our entire staff at the La’angum Learning Center, and especially the two teachers who remain inspired and determined, we thank you once again for believing in this vision. Your support continues to be a source of hope and encouragement.

Warm regards,

Alice Azumi Iddi-Gubbels,
Interim Program director, PAMBE Ghana

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Meet Namawu Mumuni – La’Angum Learning Center Pioneer – Now a University Student

Namawu was in the very first class of pre-K LLC students in 2008. Namawu recently contacted us to update on her progress at the University of Development Studies (UDS) in Ghana. Namawu  is currently a political science major in the second year third trimester, and she aspires to be a lawyer. [Listen to Namawu in the video YouTube]

In her words:

“As part of our course schedule, we normally go to a village at the third trimester of the first year to collect data on health, population and all aspects of the  community, including the number of men and women, their natural resources and the problem they face in their community. In the second year, we go back and update the previous data and also write a proposal to the district to help solve their problems, This is our second term in the village, and we will be spending  one and a half months to complete the data collection and written proposal. The university has chosen a coordinator who will supervise and assess our work.

"Through our data collection from the community, my group members and I have found out that  the problems of the community include poor roads. The community members complained that their roads are very bad especially when it rains. They cannot transport goods and services from their farms to their homes. It is also difficult to move easily from one community to the other. The community also complained about the inadequate water supply in the community. The lack of market  in the community also makes the selling of their  farm produce less costly as compared to the prices of same farm produce on other communities with markets. They also complained about lack of agricultural support for farmers and inadequate toilet facilities. 

"As a group, we suggested possible solutions that could help solve their problems. We also suggested that the community should appeal to the district assembly to  support  them with finances so they can (1) drill more boreholes and water wells to solve the problem of the inadequate water supply, (2) construct roads, (3) establish a community market and provide them with infrastructure and resources, (4) provide agricultural training and resources to the farmers, and (5) build many toilet facilities.  We have compiled all of these ideas into a report.  We shall  print and share one of these reports for their assembly man, and the district as well, so that shall put it into action.”