Yaarah Schools Information

Yaarah Schools is a small, independent UK charity dedicated to building schools in remote villages in Ghana. Established in 2009 by Maire Tejani MBE, the charity is run entirely by volunteers. On a visit to her home country, Ghana, in 2009, Maire noticed that children and adults in remote villages did not have adequate education facilities or learning equipment. Maire grew up in the city and while travelling during this particular visit she became more aware of the educational inequalities. There are no school buildings in some parts of the country and children are being taught under trees or outside without proper shelter. According to Ghanaian national figures around 4000 primary schools outside of the cities are in the open or under trees and an additional 3500 primary schools are in temporary structures. It was estimated that it could take up to 25 years for the authorities to build adequate classrooms.