The GCA Schools project has connected UK groups of primary school children with children from the country of Ghana in West Africa. It is a initiative to connect children through greeting cards and help practice their handwriting too.
This initiative was launched in September 2022 as part of Thinking of You Week and so far, 9000 cards have been written by UK and Ghanaian children. We’re seeking more UK schools to participate in the project.
The project enables youngsters to exchange cards, which actively promotes empathy, helps with emotional communication and conveys the value of doing something special for others, as well as being a fun way to practice writing.
GCA members getting involved
Participating schools are provided with greeting cards for the children to write their messages. Award-winning greeting card publishers Lottie Simpson and Afrotouch designed the cards for the project.
Graphite Creative printed the cards for this project with G.F Smith supplying the board. ENVECO supplied the envelopes, The Art File donated notebooks and Ohh Deer donated pens to the Ghanaian children to use to write their cards. Thank you all; this really is a GCA team effort!
“Ohh Deer were really keen to support this incredible project and we were delighted to be able to offer the pens for the children to use in Ghana. Card sending and receiving is always very special and being able to link up during a commonwealth games year is even better.”
Mark Callaby co-founder of Ohh Deer
How can you get involved?
We need to recruit UK primary schools! So please contact your local primary school and encourage them to take part! Download and share the presentation below, this provides the school with all the information on the project and how to register. We have also included a template email. Please contact adriana@gca.cards if you have any questions.
For more information on Thinking of You Week!
See our Thinking of You Week blog which details more about this occasion and how to get involved.
Visit our consumer facing Thinking of You Week website to learn more about this annual event.
To find out how to feature and promote your company and brand on our Thinking of You Week website see Feature in our Thinking of You Week Gallery and Blog
