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A few weeks ago the printMAX team headed to our local Village Hall for a presentation on a charity in Ghana – TEABAG (The Education And Book Appeal for Ghana), run by a businessman local to us he is helping to build and support the Mankoadze community, near Accra Ghana.

We are strong supporters of local charity Treloars and the MS Society but the support of Ghana with TEABAG really struck a chord with us as one of our good customers run his business out of the Ghanaian capital – Accra – a mere 1.5 hour drive from the Mankoadze community where TEABAG’s work is centred.

We’ve had a strong relationship with our Accra based customer – Romarong for about 2 years now, he has visited us at least 6 times in Selborne. Romarong are a digital print shop who work a lot on signage and outdoor advertising. They’re a relatively big business out there and run 2 VS640s, a 5M NUR Fresco, a 5M Agfa Jeti along with a vivid laminator and other finishing equipment. To assist in installing and training with the majority of this equipment our technical consultant Simon Coff has been out to Romarong’s print room twice.

It is for this reason we decided to get involved with TEABAG, whilst the charity is run only miles from our offices, the effects are seen just a short distance from a customer who we have a great relationship with, he has done a fair amount of business with us and it just seemed right to give something back to his country with it being so easy to do.

The charity itself does fantastic work, started rather surprisingly by a British undertaker only 6 years ago they have increased levels of education by 300% in that short time. In a community where there is a limited level of water and electricity, TEABAG have developed a school, opened a Vocational skills college and built a fantastic park. The college itself is a really nice touch, where you see a lot of charities focusing on school education for underdeveloped communities, this college is truly unique. The courses offered are such that there are job opportunities opened to those that study there. From tourism, art, catering, hospitality to IT, computing and construction. The courses are practical and will lead to developing skills that are desired and usable in the nearby city of Accra.

If you’re interested in the work TEABAG have done and continue to do with much needed support please visit www.teabagcharity.org.uk