WHO WE ARE
Smile on Faces Foundation is a non-denominational, charitable, Christian organization which seeks to spread the gospel of Christ through social interventions like capacity building programs, skills development, health education, food aid programs and scholarships. The foundation was started in October 2011 and it has grown from strength to strength with an increase in the households that are blessed with hampers and used clothing and shoes over the past five years. The main objective of this foundation is to improve the lives of the vulnerable and needy in society especially, women and children by giving them emotional, educational, health and financial support and also sharing the gospel of Christ with them.
Some of the main activities of the foundation include distributing used clothing and shoes to head potters (‘Kayaye’) and their children, distribution of hampers containing food items to needy families especially single mothers and widows. The foundation also undertakes hospital visitations, during which cooked food is distributed to in-patients during major festivities such as Christmas. Furthermore, we offer financial support to brilliant but needy students at the basic school through to the tertiary level and also offer women empowerment programmes such business management training programmes.
OUR HISTORY
Vivian Akyereh Ankrah, the founder of the foundation, had always had a desire to put smiles on the faces of the needy, from 2003, Vivian occassionally Visited Head Potters at Tema Station in Accra with clothes and cash.She did this for a number of years and in 2011 she invited a friend Rebecca Tettey on Board and since then they have been putting smiles on the faces of the needy and vunerable in the society through various social interventions.
OUR OBJECTIVES
Educating people on health and other social issues through awareness creation programmes.
Building capacity through skills development and business management training programmes.
Bringing hope to brilliant but needy children by supporting them through basic school to the tertiary level.
Distributing food items to needy families and ready-to-eat food to hospital in-patients during major festivities.