Kids in Ghana West Africa Cheer GO CANUCKS GO!!! www.CreateChangeNow.ca Donate to Great Projects

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Article by Derek Jory - It was 4:49 a.m. Wednesday morning when Shannen O'Brian's cell phone buzzed.Then it buzzed again. Then again. Then again.Buzz. Buzz. Buzz.

Prying her eyes open just enough to read the texts but not be blinded by the glow of her phone, O'Brian was wide awake in a heartbeat and happier than anyone in Ghana, a country of nearly 25 million people in West Africa.

O'Brian had just been told, again again to her delight, that the Vancouver Canucks were moving on to the Stanley Cup Final.


The 29-year-old then overcame the joyous state she was in and forced herself back to sleep. No time to celebrate with a full day of work beginning in a few short hours.

O'Brian is the founder and executive director of Create Change http://www.createchangenow.ca/ , a Canadian non-profit organization providing water and education to those living without in northern Ghana.

For the past four-and-a-half years O'Brian, a Vancouverite, has traveled back and forth between her home in BC and her home in Africa trying to make a grassroots difference to those who truly need it.

Her main focus is supporting female education and Create Change is currently helping over 800 girls attend high school and university every year, 800 girls who would normally not have access to this education and would likely be married with children at a young age.

O'Brian, who holds a BA in International Development and Masters Degree in Human Rights and works as an administrator, accountant, field manager, field staff, web designer, graphic designer, camera person, film editor, musician and fundraiser for Create Change, also supports primary schools in Ghana.

At a recent thank you ceremony for donors at Vitting Primary School, O'Brian thought it would be great to show the Canucks some support. Two videographers are currently working alongside O'Brian on a few projects and one of them was at Rogers Arena for Game 2 of the Western Conference Quarterfinal versus the Chicago Blackhawks, where he took home a Canucks Playoff Towel.

Adorable kids, amazing enthusiasm, a playoff towel, video camera and a chant: GO CANUCKS GO.

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