We announce with excitement the new Program Director of PAMBE Ghana, Majeed Salifu.

Majeed with PG Board Member Steve Reid who recently visited LLC.

Majeed hails from the Northeast Region of Ghana and completed his primary and secondary education in Gambaga and Nalerigu. After completing a Diploma in Basic Education and a Bachelor of Education degree at the University of Cape Coast, Majeed joined the staff of La’angum Learning Center (LLC) as a classroom teacher in 2012, where he often taught the upper elementary students. Majeed was appointed to the position of Head Teacher in 2020, a leadership position that involved the daily oversight of school operations as well as providing guidance to teachers and students. After a national search involving the school Local Advisory Council, the PAMBE Ghana Board of Directors selected Majeed to be the new Program Director of PAMBE Ghana beginning in September 2025. With his deep knowledge of school operations and curriculum, strong rapport with the teachers and staff, and passionate commitment to the students, Majeed is well poised to assume leadership of PAMBE Ghana.

The job of the PAMBE Ghana Program Director has many facets – ranging from strategic leadership to program development and implementation and encompassing oversight of LLC as well as other PAMBE Ghana initiatives. At LLC, Majeed will build team capacity through curriculum development, teacher and staff mentoring, and continued training in Montessori and learner-centered methodologies for basic education. Majeed also will work with the OKC Board of Directors to manage budgets and to mobilize financial resources to support infrastructure and educational initiatives. To foster PAMBE Ghana’s mission to promote child-centered education in northern Ghana, Majeed will partner with local community stakeholders and advocate for PAMBE Ghana educational initiatives. "I'm excited about the opportunity to collaborate with all stakeholders to elevate PAMBE Ghana to new heights," Majeed states. "I look forward to working cordially with you and achieving great things together."

Majeed will work with two other newly appointed members of the LLC leadership team. Mary Azure, the first teacher hired at LLC, is the new Head of School. Robert Issahaku, an experienced LLC teacher, is the new Assistant Head of School. This team works closely with the Program Accountant Fidelis Yirdong.

Majeed in his 5th grade classroom.

In 2017, Majeed wrote to then Board president Tom Temple about his experience teaching at LLC. “Thanks to God who brought me here to LLC, because before I deliver a lesson, I will consider the age, interest, and cognitive development of the group of pupils I am going to present the lesson to. It is here in LLC that I have learned that children can be in the same class but receive different lessons. Before I deliver a lesson, I have to plan considering the objectives of the lesson, putting the child in the center. After delivering a lesson, I observe those pupils who have not understood and plan another lesson for them. I have also learned that children need to be respected just like we adults. Being part of or contributing to shaping a child's future is what is paramount.” Majeed’s perceptive nature and understanding of child-centered learning will make him an ideal Program Director.

We wish Majeed well in his new endeavor and look forward to working with him!

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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.”