Eban Project (formerly known as The Ripley Foundation) is a licensed Non-Government Organization in Ghana, West Africa. We have been assisting orphaned and vulnerable children, and those who love them, since 2010. While our volunteer team is always growing, we would like to introduce you to our core team.
Joha Braimah
Joha Braimah is a well-respected individual of the social work community in Ghana. As a Master's level Social Worker, Joha was elected by his peers as the Vice-President of the Ghana Association of Social Workers in 2011. Joha also has a teaching degree. Additionally, he is an experienced NGO director, having worked with an HIV/AIDS outreach NGO before starting Eban Project in 2010. He has a strong passion to assist families and children that are in vulnerable positions. His work with Eban Project is largely volunteer. His personal income comes from other sources. Eban Project is his heart work. As a 30-something single man, Joha is able to work many hours each day for the betterment of Ghana's vulnerable society. Joha's role at Eban Project is as Co-Director, with a focus on counseling vulnerable families and processing adoption paperwork. Joha works very closely with Social Welfare.
Muna Saeed
Muna Saeed is a married mother to two who has sacrificed much the past six years to care for Ghana's orphaned and vulnerable children. Muna holds an associate degree in administration, and much real-life experience directing a small children's home. She is Eban Project's co-director, focusing on the humanitarian work we do. She also the administrator of EP's sponsorship programs. Like Joha, Muna's income is not dependent on Eban Project. She and her husband Joe feel that caring for orphaned children is a call on their life. They are currently building a home brick by brick that will allow them to foster more children personally.
Catherine Zawi
Catherine Zawi is EP's Project Assistant. Catherine joined the team around two years ago, and helps wherever requested. She may assist Joha to pick up documents from Social Welfare one day, and Muna in checking with families in the sponsorship program the next day. As a married mother of one, Catherine feels strongly that Ghana's orphaned and vulnerable children deserve every chance given to them in life. She sacrifices much of her own family time in order to preserve as many families as possible in Ghana.
Anita Gillispie
Anita Gillispie is Eban Project's stateside coordinator. As a mother of four children through international adoption (two from Ghana), she has seen first-hand the long-term sadness that is within children who lose their first family. Anita has a degree in education as well as several years experience as an adoption coordinator. She has been to Ghana over 15 times, having spent almost a year of her life (in total) in the country. Her hope is that no child would lose their first family due to poverty, and that every child already orphaned would receive loving care. Anita's role within Eban Project is to assist with building our voice within America--coordinating fundraisers/donations, running the blog, assisting adoptive parents, finding sponsors, and any rallying other stateside volunteers.
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