Rhythm Monsters  Saturday, May 4th at 8pm All proceeds go to benefit the Kopeyia Ghana School Fund, Inc., and as such are considered a tax-deductible contribution.
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About The Rhythm Monsters
Since 1996, this group of Mr. Levin’s drumming students has captivated
audiences with the traditional music of the Ewe people, while raising
funds to help foster development of the Kopeyia School project. Many of
them have been to Kopeyia to live and study with master drummers.
The Rhythm Monsters are deeply respectful of the Ewe
people and their culture. Their (and the Fund’s) mission is to help
educate successive generations of children through secondary school and
college, who will then return to Kopeyia with the skills necessary to
maintain the school and foster development in their commnunity.
Come dance with us!
All proceeds go to benefit the Kopeyia Ghana School Fund, Inc., and as such are
considered a tax-deductible contribution.
About the Project
The Kopeyia Ghana School Fund is a not-for-profit charitable organization
that is helping to bring education to the community of Kopeyia, a rural
farming village in Ghana, West Africa. Through this education, the people
of Kopeyia will be able to bring the kind of development to their village
that they desire, including better health and nutrition, improved farming
techiniques, a more diverse and secure economy, as well as the basic
luxuries of electricity and running water.
Prior to the school's inception in 1988 (and despite an astonishing
culture and musical heritage), these villagers had virtually no access to
information from the outside world, spoke no English--the official
language of Ghana--and were largely illiterate.
Today, through the efforts of the project's founders, Robert Levin and
Godwin Agbeli, the Kopeyia community, and many American friends, the
school has grown from one thatched structure and a student body of 80
students to four permanent buildings with 22 classrooms and a library, and an
enrollment of over 750 students. In addition, the KGSF has sponsored more than 50 graduates from the Kopeyia School (Kindergarten through Ninth Grade) to continue their
education in private high schools in Ghana. One of the high school
graduates, Kofie Agbeli, is currently enrolled on a full scholarship at
the University of Northern Iowa. Two other high school grads have
earned full scholarships to attend Central College Business School in
Sydney, Australia.
Kopeyia has already seen improvement in its basic standard of
living, and its first generation of educated citizens is poised to break
the vicious cycle of Third World poverty and build a brighter future.
For more info about the project, visit:
http://www.KGSF.org
or write:
Kopeyia Ghana School Fund, Inc.
1056 Oakland Court
Teaneck, NJ 07666
or email: koblas@erols.com