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Peace & Blessings, Readers:

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My name is Nana Zakia,CEO of Proverbs 8 Empowerment International, LBG.  We Are A Registered NGO And Non-Profit Organization On Both Continents Of: Africa And America.  From 1995 – 2006, for many years, I traveled back and forth to Ghana taking your donations of school supplies, clothes, medical/arts & crafts supplies, toys, etc. to the village of Assin Kruwa.  I left America in December 2001 and I re-located to Ghana to fulfill my duties as an Ankobiahene Chief, the first African-American woman in Ghana’s history to be ‘Enstooled’ with this honor in January 1995.  I remained in Ghana from December 2001 – December 2006, implementing programs/projects for my village and global community in general.  Assin Kruwa is a remote village located in Kakum National Park rainforest. The people of Assin Kruwa are subsistence farmers of cocoa, oranges, palm, coconuts, cassava, plantains, bananas, tomatoes, etc.  Many of the adults have only an 8th grade or high school education and are poor, under/un-employed.   Assin Kruwa residents are overwhelmed with the caring of their farms and most don’t/can’t participate in political process of civil responsibility other than vote for their party. Therefore, it was my mission as Nana Ankobiahene and President of The Women of Proverbs 8 to advocate on behalf of the village to ascertain governmental appropriations for ‘Rural Development’ needs/project/programs.  I often spoke at public assembly meetings on record and met with many members of the local Assin North/South members and Ministers of Parliament to inform them of our town’s needs.  See Our Listed Accomplishments Attached.

 

For 17 years, (from 2007- 2024) I was unable to return for personal/family/financial reasons, but, I remained in touch with my village, extended family members & Board Members.  When I returned to America in December 2006, I continued our projects and fund-raising efforts in The USA, producing Cultural Shows, Women’s Spiritual Healing Circles, Conducted  Business Workshops and Networked with other Women’s  & Other Community Organizations, including participating in many of The United Nations Conference of The Status of Women. We coordinated many events, and I financially supported our village improvement projects, sponsored education for many youth and sent money raised for various programs/projects/causes to Ghana.  Our NGO was formerly named Women of Proverbs 8 Council, Inc. from 1997-2023.  In 2024, we had To Re-Structure and Re-Name our organization, as many of our Women of Proverbs 8 Council, Inc., were elders council members & died and therefore, we needed to Re-Structure & Re-Register under a New Title, yet, we kept our same projects/goals. We formed new By-Laws, Constitutions and Recruited New Board Members.  We’re legally registered in America and Ghana since June 2024 – Present- (November 2025.)

 

 

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     NGO/Non-Profit Registration Information

 

The USA Corporation/Organization Proverbs 8 Empowerment, Inc.  is established within the meaning of IRS Publication 557 Section 501 (c) (3) Organization of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code") or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code.  EIN# USA Tax ID: 33-3545547

The Ghana Corporation Register:  Proverbs 8 Empowerment International LGB

Certificate of Corporation TIN: C0064113264

License #: NPOS/GR01/LN01950/24 - GRA Registered.                                

 

WE ARE ON OUR NEW PATH TO IMPLEMENTING OLD & NEW EMPOWERMENT PROJECTS OF PROVERBS 8 EMPOWERMENT INTERNATIONAL, INC. IN BOTH GHANA & USA. WE HOPE THAT YOU & YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY AND THE MANY ESTABLISHED GRANT GIVERS, BUSINESSES/CORPORATIONS, GHANA MINISTRIES, & INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATIONS, & INTERFAITH ORGANIZATIONS ETC. WOULD SUPPORT OUR EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS/ENDEAVORS FOR THE RURAL FAMILIES IN ASSIN KRUWA, & THROUGHOUT GHANA & OUR USA CULTURAL PROGRAMS -FUNDRAISERS.

 

Here is a list of the projects/programs we’re accredited in establishing From 2001 – 2007.

 

1. The improvement of feeder roads from Empiro-Ausani-Assin Kruwa. (re- shaping of the feeder roads making it safer). 

2. The completion of a new 3- classroom block for primary students in class 4 - 6.

3. The promotion of our village’s cultural dance troupe: Etsi Kusum Agoromba. Our dance troupe has performed at numerous events which include: Panafest- 2003, 2005, & 2007 and at the Emancipation Day Celebration 2005 and AIDS Awareness Days: 2003-2007, and other known festivals in Ghana:

 

 The Booknor Black History Arts Festival at W.E.B. Dubois Center in Accra in February, 2005 and other villages/towns/cities in Cape Coast and Assin districts.  They are registered with the Assin North/South Center for National Culture.

 

1. We received funds for building 2 new boreholes and the repairing of 2 existing ones.

2. The Assin Kruwa Bread/Pastry Workshops training sessions and income generating project.

3. Solicited village volunteers for the donations of 650 books for school children and families.

4. The recent building of a new 6- Teacher’s Living- quarters in April 2006.   

 

 

 

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                                   Proverbs 8 Projects Past & Present

 

These projects/programs were made possible with the cooperation of concerned village elders/Nanas/residents/businesses/individuals, and members of Women of Proverbs 8 Empowerment Projects and government representatives. Upon my return to New York City involved friends, businesses, corporations, government representatives, various councils/organizations in raising funds for Assin Kruwa’s Development Projects. 

From 2007 – 2025, we Networked with many other community groups, produced & participated in many events: Parks/ Community Concerts, Stop The Violence Campaigns, Birthing Awareness Campaigns, senior/youth forums for jabs, community activism, Housing & Job Fairs, etc.

 

Listed Below Our Recent Years Fundraisers /Programs From 2010 – 2024.

 

2010- Educational Fundraiser for Assin Kruwa Youth @ P.S. 127 Harlem NY, 

 

June 2012- Music Is Spice of Life Fund-raiser @ Riverside Church, NYC.

2016- Tribute For Soweto Massacre 20 year Anniversary @ International Faith Center 43rd St. NYC.

 

The Years 2021 - 2024 Sankofa Park Concerts Series Programs in New York City.

A Return Thru The Door of No Return Tribute of The Middle Passage Ancestors In Ghana June 2024.

 

Check Out Our Main Projects/Goals for 2025- 2028; (Our Three Year Plan). See Attached information. Won’t you please help and become involved today! Contact us: womenproverbs_8@yahoo.com and our New Email Address: proverbs8Empowerment@yahoo.com  Call Us Internationally On:

Whats’s App Number USA: +13479465998

For More Information:  +1233243663470 – Ms. Vida Asem, V.P.

Contact: Nana Zakia N.Alston:+1233547015278

 

THANKS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. GOD BLESS US ALL, IN OUR DAILY LIVES/ENDEAVORS. WE HOPING TO HEAR GOOD NEWS SOON.

 

SINCERELY YOURS

 

NANA ZAKIA N. ALSTON-CEO

PROVERBS 8 EMPOWERMENT INTERNATIONAL