40th Anniversary Celebration

[Isabella Agra]

Dear Norviwo,

Our anniversary is drawing closer.

I reckon all of you are making plans to be a part of the big celebration.

Reminder:..Thursday 21st September trip to Wli waterfalls and Tafi Monkey sanctuary. Friday 22nd on Mawuli school campus to outdoor our project and return to Accra. Saturday 23rd Borborbor Dinner Dance. Sunday 24th Thanksgiving Service at Adenta E. P. Church

The latest welcome twist is that, we would be hosted in Peki on Thursday night by our mates.

Those who need accommodation in Accra should contact us so we make provision as early as possible. We want to keep our expenses down as much as possible so we can save funds for Mawuli School and have a lot of fun in the process.

Watch out for more details as we go along.

 For those not on WhatsApp,you are missing some of the conversation. I will do my best to fill you in when I can.

Mrs Isabella Mansa Agra Ag. Deputy Chief Executive Head, Food Inspectorate Division Food and Drugs Authority, Ghana

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Do we really want to hold the Thanksgiving service at Adenta EP Church? There only few Mawulians worshiping there (even if Pastor is old Mawulian) with most of them coming to First Service (English).  The First Service is rather short (about 1 hour) and is very early (7 am). So, I wonder if this will be effective Thanksgiving.

Why don't we (77 and other invited year groups - at least year group leaders) meet at Bertha's Place (the usual meeting place) at 10 am and hold a special church service there with some fund raising as well. There are  quite a number of powerful preachers/pastors among us that can reflect on our 40 years journey. 

Anyway, just thinking aloud!!

Kosi Adiku  

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[divine]

It seems to me that every thing seems to be in Accra from Wli to Ho to Accra. Why don't we end everything in Ho, Those of us around Ho don't have to travel to Accra and back.

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Efo Kosi, 

That is a good idea but unfortunately Bertha does not have access to her place.

Grace Kafui

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[Isabella Agra]

Is it only my mail that has missed some portion of the conversation? Kafui, Can we have the benefit of what you are responding to?

 

Mrs Isabella Mansa Agra Ag. Deputy Chief Executive Head, Food Inspectorate Division Food and Drugs Authority, Ghana

[Grace Kafui Annan]

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[Isabella Agra]

Now I've got it. 

We gave other options. Legon campus is a good location. I go to church in LIC. We can ask for the chapel and have a service after the main service. The other option is to be part of the main service.

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[Isabella Agra]

Osofo Divine,

Anything is possible. It all depends on us  The discussion begun a while back till we settled on the timetable. If you want a review you have to work hard to lobby everyone else. You might some supporters who are now coming on board.

Isabella

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[Kwaku Amexo]

Thanks for the organizers,

Even though majority of people are in Accra, going out of Accra for a change for celebrations is not a bad idea.I believe holding the church service  in Ho or Peki should be considered. We do have a lot of Peki’s in our group. I think we should spend some time in Ho, visit Tarso and OLA. We can ask OLA to host our church service and I hope they will be proud to have us.

Cheers,

[Isabella Agra]

Efo Kwaku, thanks for your suggestions. It appears to me some of you missed out on the discussions several months back. 
If we reopen the debate, we need to consider the cost implications.

The fact that most of us are in Accra was a factor then and will still be significant if we choose to move to Ho. If had the offer of free accommodation in Peki at the time, the Planners may have been inclined to shift the venues. Unfortunately, contributing money has been a serious problem. So to cut our collective expenditure, the choices were made. 

I am not suggesting that we cannot change. I would also enjoy the chang e out of Accra but I thought that I would like to save money on 3 nights in a hotel in Ho and invest it in the reason for the celebration Mawuli School.

It all depends on how much money individuals and hence collectively we can mobilise. As of now, we have made a deposit  GHS2100 on venue for dinner dance. Are we going to come to Accra and go back to Ola?? for the church service or we forfeit the deposit? 

The choice is ours.

Mansa

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[Isabella Agra]

Dear friends,

There's an active discussion on WhatsApp. This is about the details of our plans for the anniversary. I will attempt to give you a daily update on decisions but you can also prompt any of us. Need I say if you are not on the chat group, you are missing all the fun.

At this moment we are discussing Day 1 of the programme. Thursday 21st September is a holiday in Ghana. We take off from Accra, pick up others in the Volta Region and go to Wli waterfalls. on return stop at Tafi Monkey sanctuary. Then to Peki or Ho to sleep. Peki because we are being offered accommodation by some of our mates. We need your views. Mansa

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On Wed, 26 Jul 2017 at 7:00, 'Isabella Agra' via omsu-77

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[Isabella Agra]

Dear brothers and sisters,

I will endeavor to answer as far as possible, some of the questions that are being raised by some of us regarding our anniversary celebration. I am looking forward to a really fun-filled weekend and I hope you all are.

The discussion for the 40th anniversary celebration began as far back as 21st September, 2016. I recall appealing to all our mates in the diaspora to make a commitment to the period that will be suitable for their vacation. We in Accra would then plan the event around their home-coming. I remember that there were contributions even on where to spend the time together. Those who stood out for me were voices like Afenya, Danny, Ababio, Amexo and Amenuve. It is therefore a bit disappointing that Afenya has not confirmed that he will be joining us.

The clear decision we took then was the date, 21st September and also that we would have the celebration in Accra. It was during the discussions that we said we will by all means incorporate something that will take us to Mawuli School, our Alma mater.

Since then, a planning committee was put in place to guide our preparations. Andy Hlomador, Kenneth Konu Grace Akar Annan, Clement Adjei-Brown and Korku Adovor.

Discussions have been going on on Whatsapp with occasionally updates by email. We have exactly one (1) month to our BIG RE-UNION!!!

The conclusions arrived at by the planning committee, supported by Justice and my good self, have also been communicated quite well. In my opinion, it has considered the views of everyone and I do not see that it has been influenced by one particular crusader. The programme is quite interesting. To recap:

Thursday 21st Sept., we take off in Accra, pick up others in the Volta Region and go to Wli Waterfalls, via Tafi Monkey Sanctuary. Then we return to Peki where our mates in Peki have offered us accommodation with some interesting twists.

Friday 22nd Sept. off to Mawuli School. Outdooring of our project, electronic interactive board in the old library. Next, motivational speeches from several members to the students. Meeting of Science teachers with Clement on teaching skills. Lunch with students in the Dining Hall. Annual General Meeting-business session. Tour of Mawuli School. Departure to Accra

Saturday 23rd Sept Dinner & Dance preceded by borborbor. Side-event, Fund-raising

Sunday 24th Sept Thanksgiving Service at Lashibi E. P. Church

The Dinner/Dance has drawn a lot of debate. Let me explain that it started off as a party of sorts. Ideas kept flying in that we should open up to other Mawulians. The choice of venue, Aviation Social Centre, was influenced by the contributions from members. In order to ensure that we do not lose out, I went to pay the deposit for the venue as it is a highly sort after spot and is fully booked far in advance. The budget for the dinner is GHS17000. We are selling tickets at GHS50 for a 200-seater. We have 50 extra tickets we can decide if we sell or keep and figure out how to manage that. The logic is clear that the tickets alone will not pay for the programme. My response is this and I speak for others who prefer not to talk on any of the platform: Our quest to bring in a lot of people can only be realized if we keep the gate fee low. 2ndly, if we only planned the party, could be in one person's house, we would not be selling tickets. Yet we may be spending close to GHS5000 just among ourselves, that is, if we have DJ, borborbor and FOOD.

If we endeavour to sell all the tickets, we shall reduce our our expenses  by 2500. Besides, if everyone pays their levies, we definitely have more money in our coffers to wipe off all debt and start afresh. I suggest that whatever funds realized at the Dinner will have to go into a new project.

I wish you that you all join in and let's have a blast.
You ideas should keep coming. Korku Amexo, I miss you on the Whatsapp

Yours sincerely,

Isabella

[Regina Folorunsho]

Dear Tanor and organizers of the above subject area.

Compliments on a good summary of all the plans put in place over the months and a job well done. There is nothing to fault on the summary hence no comments. 

Keep up the good work and we will all sing a beautiful song together at the church service.

Kind Regards

Regina Asima

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[Kwaku Amexo]

Tanor

Thanks so much for the update. Wonderful job. Looking forward to seeing you all

Enye Amexo

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Dear Yao Ababio,

I hope all is fine. I heard your country is under waters. 800 mm of rain is Accra annual rainfall falling in 1 day. This is no joke. But I am sure the Good Lord will see you through this.

Kosi Adiku

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