WE ARE ORPHANS BUT ARE WE OFF YOUR HANDS?

WE ARE ORPHANS BUT ARE WE OFF YOUR HANDS ??

I am that child who saw other children being pampered by a woman they called mum.

I grew up not knowing who a father was.

I grew up and all I saw was myself with many other children around me.

Around me were children who have lost their identity, having their names as ORPHANS.

I wondered why we were referred as such.

Then I realized we lost the person whom we could have called mum.
And life took away the man we could have called father.

Today, on the same mat we lie.

In the same room we lay our heads to sleep.
It would not have been so if not for the cold hands of death.
Dreadful death that took away such loved ones from us.

Occasionally, we receive items from people.
And all our ears hear is DONATION.
Through this act of kindness we feed and clothe to live.

How we wish we could stretch our hands and mum will lift us up.

Oh how we wish!
That in moments of dilemma, dad will offer an advice.

How we wish, we would ask for new clothes and mum will be there to provide.

How we wish on daddy's chest we would lie.
And as the tears dropped, he will wipe and provide a shoulder to lean on.

But today, we are here.
In a place called ORPHANAGE.
With our names, ORPHANS.
Because if wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Let your hand of lifting not be far from us.
For it is not by our will that we find ourselves here.

You could have been us.
And we could have been you.
So if you have much today, remember we have none.
Remember our plight and be our light.

To you we say,
We are ORPHANS but never off your hands.

Joyce Ohenewaa Kwapong
+233(0)267968373
joycekwapong@gmail.com
Activist, Women and Children
University of Ghana, AccrbyCity Campus

                 INVITATION TO BE PART OF   

         WOMEN OF LEGACY FOUNDATION(WOLF)

An army of selfless women who will do exploits is emerging.

Women who will realize that, not for themselves alone are they born.
Women who will leave a legacy and make their impacts worth remembering and celebrating.
Women who will leave a legacy worthy of emulation.

Women of legacy are going to change the world and live the change they want to see in the world.

One day, generations will write about you and I.

Be part of the WOLF (Women of legacy foundation) family.

Contact Joyce Ohenewaa Kwapong on 0267968373 so that together, we leave outstanding legacies for generations.

Our maiden project will take place early this year
Do not miss out, leave a legacy.

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MY COLLECTIONS

 

There is a cry

THERE IS A CRY!!!

There is a cry!
A cry from the bosom of our nation, Mother Ghana
A cry of rescue!
Rescue from the hands of her own people

My sons and daughters
From my womb I bore you
And placed you on my laps
On these laps of mine were green vegetation, rich minerals and fresh water
What wealth did I not place you on?
But today, like the prodigal son
You've mismanaged and destroyed the wealth you received
And one day, you will return to me asking for PARDON
But it may be too late
Because by then, I may be BARREN
That is why I cry out today
And it is a cry for an IMMEDIATE RESCUE!

On this day, Your Mother
I cry out
I cry for rescue
Rescue from the hands of filth, open gutters and polluted environment

I bore you with a silver spoon in your mouth
But today, you have clothed me in debt
IMF is now your abode
And a place you run for rescue

My children,
In agony I suffer
Malaria, cholera and typhoid
Meant to be your foe, rival and enemy
Now your ally, companion and spouse
I am a mother of many, never barren
So I can't watch in silence for malaria, typhoid and cholera 
To take away my children
And leave me childless

Hear my cry my children
Today, my clear water bodies, sea, lake, rivers
Have all turned muddy
The seas roll carrying in its belly materials of all kinds.
For every net-catch of fish, is human excreta
For every rainy season comes flood, loss of lives and property

My children, give me back my GLORY!
Rescue me my children!
Because, nobody else can but you!  

My children have selfishly occupied positions
With their BELLIES, the Nations TREASURY!
And their pockets as vineyards
With the Nations currencies and wealth their harvests.
Leaving my lands for decades under developed

The poor are struggling to make ends meet
But their struggles reward them with little
Whilst the pockets of the greedy and selfish are bounty
Overflowing with milk and honey.

There is a cry!!!
An awakening cry
A deafening sound I make
To you the young and old
The rich and poor alike
To the government and the people
For you all to ARISE!

Arise and wipe away my tears
Arise and make me great again
Arise and restore my pride
Arise and make me smile

I sleep but have no rest
I await the new dawn
I await the day the storms will be over
For the sun to shine bright again

This is my cry
The sad cry of me
Your mother !
Mother Ghana!

Joyce Ohenewaa Kwapong
+233(0)267968373
joycekwapong@gmail.com
Activist, Women and children
University of Ghana, Accra City Campus

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    PEACE TOUR AT POPE JOHNS SHS, KOFORIDUA

A team of selfless student leaders who under the auspices of Face of GUPS 2016 (Shemimah Dapillah) took it upon ourselves to embark on a peace campaign tour to various senior high schools; a place where majority of first time voters can be found, to engage them on issues relating to the peace of Ghana, why they shouldn't allow themselves to be used as agents of violence and how they can settle their grievances without causing mayhem.

The students of Pope Johns were hence made to swear an oath of allegiance to protect the peace of Ghana; their motherland.

It was in all, a great and worthy exercise.

Long live Ghana!

Long live Pope Johns!

I am that somebody

               I AM THAT SOMEBODY

 

I wondered why somebody didn't do something,
Then I realized I am somebody.

I am that somebody that can make the needed difference.

I am that somebody that doesn't need to occupy a National position to touch lives.

Indeed, I am that somebody who doesn't need to have exceedingly abundantly above all I can imagine to make an impact.

Oh yes! I don't need to wear a huge pair of spectacles to see that lives are not at rest, lives are not at peace, lives are in anguish, lives are in need.

And It is because of that somebody that I am, that I count it all joy to sacrifice for humanity.

Join me and the entire Project Hope team as we touch lives.
Contribute the little you can to support a worthy cause.
God bless you

Joyce Ohenewaa Kwapong
+233(0)267968373
joycekwapong@gmail.com
Activist, Women and children
University of Ghana, Accra City Campus

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CAN A BULLET PICK AND CHOOSE?

DOES A BULLET KNOW PARTY A FROM PARTY B?

ELECTION DOES NOT MEAN VIOLENCE.

GHANA NEEDS PEACE AND NOT TO BE LEFT IN 

PIECES.

OUR FUTURE LEADERS, THE PRIDE OF OUR NATION, 

OUR NATION'S ASSETS, OUR

HOPE. THESE ARE THE CHILDREN WHO WILL DO

 EXPLOITS AND LIFT HIGH THE FLAG

OF MOTHER GHANA. THEY NEED AND WANT THE 

PEACE OF THEIR NATION. 

HELP SECURE IT!

 

BE A PEACE MAGNET!

BE AN AGENT OF PEACE!

WE ARE ONE PEOPLE AND WE HAVE ONE GHANA!



BY: JOYCE OHENEWAA KWAPONG
        +233(0)246234950
        joycekwapong@gmail.com
       Activist, Women and children
       University of Ghana, Accra City Campus