DESO now has 1 ½ acres of land to construct a new school for the disabled. Already work has begun with the first building on the site near completion

With the help of local farmers the land has been cleared and a recycled bamboo fence erected around the perimeter

The foundations for the container which will be converted into a school are laid

The container kindly donated by TAYSEC arrives at the site

A crane lifts the container onto it new foundations

‘Canterbury Gate’ This gate was built to acknowledge the many people in Canterbury who have donated towards building the new facilities

The Salvation Army in Hadleigh organised a concert to raise money to purchase a water storage container which can be seen in the photo!

We are currently saving for a block maker, like the one in the picture, so we can make our own building blocks for our school

Here are the approved plans for the school which will be built around the container

The Accra disabled football team receiving their medical supply from DESO

After having her leg amputated DESO helped Becky pay for her new leg

DESO container inside kitted out with special disabled equipment along with its own computer room

Supplying The Salvation Army in Accra with equipment from DESO

Using recycled materials, DESO teaches the homeless how to build coal pots which can then be traded or sold to provide food and money for the homeless

DESO supplying the St Vincent de Paul with disabled equipment

DESO make use of everything, including converting the old broken down wheelchairs into farming tools. The old wheelchairs come from disabled people who are provided with better, more modern chairs by DESO

The container that DESO had donated to them by Taysec, located in Tema. We have sewing, computers and disabled people learning how to use them

Mavis and Karen (special needs nurse) on a beach at Tema

The Accra Football team who we have been supplying equipment to for the past 6 years to help and enable them to play

This is Kofi, a little boy who was unable to walk until Mavis supplied him with special shoes

DESO hand out 30 blind canes along with 30 pieces of African cloth to a group of local blind people

Mavis with a street person after giving him a new wheelchair in Accra

Deso Canterbury supplies crutches to disabled football team in Ghana

Deso Canterbury loading container for Ghana

Children in Afiyea Village receiving their bags and school resources

Eddie with disabled football team in Accra, Ghana, West Africa, presenting crutches etc. March 2006

Mavis taking disabled football team home after training at BlackStar Square, Accra, Ghana, West Africa. March 2006

The blind people of this school make beautifully crafted stools. including the carpentry and weaving. These are then sold, providing them with a living.

They also make these wonderful mats. Wouldn't it be great if these could be brought to the UK.

And what about these wicker baskets?

Mavis looks on whilst a blind girl works on one of the mats