The Union

We, Thomas Jenckel from Hamburg and Bastian Brück from Düsseldorf, founded the association "Beneficial" in 2014. This resulted from a friendship that began in 2012 and our first joint visit to Ghana in March 2014.

Thomas had already been to Ghana several times in previous years and had met Ben (see the "ABOUT US" section - Ben), who already runs his own school. When we were there together in March 2014, he offered to be our host and take us in for the duration of our stay in Ghana. He offered us a plot of land belonging to his family, which we wanted to use to build a school. Although education in Ghana is free, the country's financial resources are unfortunately limited.

And so we decided to build a school there. We both fell in love with the country and its people on our very first visit, because you can find beauty in the land and warmth among the people everywhere!