{"id":613,"date":"2020-05-23T12:44:48","date_gmt":"2020-05-23T10:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beneficialproject.com\/?page_id=613"},"modified":"2026-06-01T13:37:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T11:37:46","slug":"das-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/beneficialproject.com\/en\/das-team\/","title":{"rendered":"The team"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Benjamin Obeng<\/strong> (contact person on site)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Benjamin Obeng, called only Ben by everyone, is a family man from Accra. With his 5 children (one is adopted) and his wife he lives in a suburb, which in Germany would rather be a city, and runs a small primary school for 250 children. Some of these children cannot afford the school and are therefore provided by Ben \"for free\" in terms of education, nutrition and school materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He took us in in March 2014 and let us live with him. In August 2014 he started his first trip to Europe, among other places to Kiel, to visit us here and take a look at our life. He has written a text to describe himself once:\n\u201cMy name is Benjamin Kwasi Dede Obeng. I was born on May 5th 1968 at Kantamanto near JamesTown in the central business area of Accra. I am the the third born of six siblings. I am married and a father of four children (3 girls and 1 boy). Also i am the proprietor of P. Brainy Kids Academy (an educational institution from Creche to Junior High Level). I have a big heart for children and always willing to help educate them, even if the parent cannot pay their fees. And for this reason I am the headmatser of Beneficial School Ghana, a scholl, which is free of fees.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thomas Jenckel<\/strong> (1. CHAIRMAN)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Since 2012, I have been travelling to Ghana once a year to implement specific projects for children in need. It started as a volunteer at a small school where I worked as a teacher for weeks and got a deep insight into the Ghanaian school system. Influenced by many impressions and the desire to improve, I organized smaller development projects from Germany to the point where Bastian and I decided to do even more. That was the birth of our association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bastian Br\u00fcck<\/strong> (2. CHAIRMAN)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Good Morning,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

my name is Bastian Br\u00fcck and I founded the club together with Tommy. Through him I first became aware of Ghana and learned to love the country and its people very quickly after we were there together for the first time in March 2014. In the meantime several visits have been made and it is always a wonderful experience to be there and to see the children's beaming faces. I am happy about any kind of interest in our project and hope to inspire everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Aysel Jenckel <\/strong>(Volunteer)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My name is Aysel. As Tommy's wife, I've always heard about the club and seen what they do there. But I never really had the opportunity to be there in person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I first travelled to Ghana in 2026 and was immediately impressed by the people and children there. I would like to further develop this project and give the children the opportunity to build a better future.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Benjamin Obeng (local contact person) Benjamin Obeng, known to everyone as Ben, is a family man from Accra. He lives with his wife and five children (one of whom is adopted) in a suburb that would be considered a town in Germany, where he runs a small primary school for 250 children. Some of these children cannot afford school fees and are therefore provided with education, food, and school supplies free of charge by Ben. He took us in and let us stay with him in March 2014. In August 2014, he embarked on his first trip to Europe, including a visit to Kiel, to see us here and experience our lives firsthand. He wrote a text to describe himself: \u201eMy name is Benjamin Kwasi Dede Obeng. I was born on May 5, 1968, in Kantamanto near Jamestown in the central business area of Accra. I am the third of six children. I am married and a father of four (three girls and one boy). I am also the proprietor of P. Brainy Kids Academy (an educational institution from cr\u00e8che to junior high level). I have a big heart for children and am always willing to help educate them, even if their parents cannot pay the fees. For this reason, I am the headmaster of Beneficial School Ghana, a school that is free of charge.\u201c Thomas Jenckel (Chairman): Since 2012, I have traveled to Ghana every year to implement projects specifically for children in need. It started as a volunteer at a small school where I worked as a teacher for several weeks and gained a deep insight into the Ghanaian school system. Shaped by many impressions and a desire for improvement, I organized smaller development projects from Germany until Bastian and I decided to make an even bigger impact. That was the birth of our association. Bastian Br\u00fcck (2nd CHAIRMAN) Hello, my name is Bastian Br\u00fcck, and I founded the association together with Tommy. It was through him that I first became aware of Ghana, and I quickly fell in love with the country and its people after our first visit together in March 2014. Since then, I've made several more visits, and it's always a wonderful experience to be there and see the children's beaming faces. I welcome any interest in our project and hope to inspire everyone. Aysel Jenckel (Volunteer) My name is Aysel. As Tommy's wife, I've always heard about the association and seen what they do there. But I never really had the opportunity to be there myself. I first travelled to Ghana in 2026 and was immediately impressed by the people and children there. I would like to further develop this project and give the children the opportunity to build a better future.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-613","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beneficialproject.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beneficialproject.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beneficialproject.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beneficialproject.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beneficialproject.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=613"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/beneficialproject.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1251,"href":"https:\/\/beneficialproject.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/613\/revisions\/1251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beneficialproject.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}