Eric Peasah Came To New York!

Eric Peasah recently came to New York to spend some time with us. Eric Peasah is from the IOM and he is the man who performs the rescue missions to save the enslaved children in Ghana. He updated us on the IOM's current operations and gave us even more detailed information on the process of the rescue missions, as well as information on our children. Eric stayed for dinner and we spoke to him about slavery in Ghana, as well as the life of children in Ghana. He also told us about the Ghanian culture and he even taught us two songs! One song is called “Da Na Si”. The words are:

Da Na Si Da Na a si. Da unya me na si

The lyrics literally mean “Thank Him. Thank the Lord” and it is a very popular saying in Ghana. He also taught us another song that is popular in Africa, particularly in Kenya:

Jambo
Jambo bwana


Habari gani?
Mzuri sana


Wageni mwakaribishwa


Kenya yetu


Hakuna matata

We are very fortunate to have such a close relationship with the three organizations that we support. It’s hard to believe that we have been able to accomplish so much in such a short amount of time. Three years ago, none of us would have imagined that we would be close friends with a man who lives halfway across the world, let alone saving the lives of children halfway across the world!

It was such a great and memorable night.