The objectives are to provide skills training and formal education to vulnerable children, women, and to connect orphaned children with families that have the capacity to meet the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of a child. This will allow the children to grow healthfully into strong and independent adults.

The Nkabom Centre

As part of Okurase will be The Nkabom Centre which is an NGO started by director and master drummer Samuel Yeboah aka ‘Powerful’ in 2000. Nkabom’s mission is uniting artistic talent to share skills and give training to children creating environmental/health awareness and education through performing arts, and building a platform for talent development in the arts.

The Nkobom centre is being designed to consist of 16 buildings: an Administration Building, Accommodation Buildings, Workshops, School, Dinning, Indoor Recreation, Way Forward Homes, Recording Studio. The centre is being built by local labor by the people from the village of Okurase who wish to make a better life for their children and people in their village and to leave a legacy.

 Friends of The Calabash Hub

As part of the Ghanaian tour friends of The Calabash Hub visit Okurase village to see the Centre site, village children and community elders. We also sponsor children with art and school supplies, as well as take part in drumming and dancing workshop.

If you are in the UK and wish to support a village initiative in Okurase in the way of donations, equipment or volunteering please inform The Calabash Hub or visit http://www.projectokurase.org/ways_to_give/ for more information.
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In November 2011 The Calabash Hub took 15 diasporians to visit project Okurase – we were hosted by the local children who had made a welcome banner. The building shown is being constructed as part of the Nkabon centre.

The children performed traditonal drumming and dancing and sang from their hearts under the African skies.

We presented the children with gifts from London – for their art and craft sessions

Sponsor or Donate: If you would like to support Project Okurase please contact The Calabash Hub for more information.