 When 2022 began, I think I came to this YouTube channel to tell you guys that this year I'm declaring it as the year of charity. I'm declaring the year 2022 as the year of charity. What do I mean by year of charity? This YouTube channel must be able to build schools. This YouTube channel must be able to build hospitals. This YouTube channel must be able to create jobs for people. This YouTube channel must be able to change and transform lives. This is what I promised myself to use my YouTube channel to do when I hit a million. The million is here and it's time to change the narrative not just on the internet but in real life. I know things are tough everywhere in the world but I believe that doing something alone, we can only do a little. But doing something together as a community, we can actually do more than one person can do. I am trying my best. I wish I have so much money and I've changed so much in the world because I know that the heart that I have loves to give. And that's why I always want to create a community that loves to give. So anytime I see people giving, I always want to come around and support. You know what? I declared 2022 as a year of charity and you are the one who is actually starting 2022 for us. That's amazing. Tell me what you are doing for us today. Today we are going to knock me over. Because I am pulling him along. He started it so he must start it with me today. All I just said is I declare this year as a year of charity. So we do it together. We do it together. So what are we doing then? So today we want to feed the homeless. So we are going to be making some Jalof rice and chicken because somebody was asking why don't you use meat. And I thought everybody can buy meat. Watch it so let's have meat. But chicken everybody can't afford. So today we want to give them some chicken, some Jalof rice and some drinks. I think this year I've promised a lot of people stuff. Tell us how much you want us to raise for you. Well we've calculated that to finish that resource center because there's two levels, library, everything. It's going to be about $40,000. So I think I'm going to use my channel to raise $20,000. Which means that we've taken half of your burden off, right? Please, you guys should not disappoint me. This year is the year of charity. And whatever you have been doing here, you have been doing it out of charity. And if I'm here, we have to make it possible. The GoFarmme page is going to be in the description box. It has nothing to do with me. Are the same person who is giving them? Yes, yes. We provide snack and lunch every day. You are not paying fees? No, we don't take any money from anybody. Personally, I'm going to give you $1,000. Thank you so much. God bless you. I will give you $1,000. I'm actually on my way traveling, so I will give you $1,000. Thank you so much. This year is actually declared as the year of charity on my YouTube channel. Wow. And I would love to do something. We're going to build you the school. Thank you so much. But I have a request. Okay. I have to name the school after your mom. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. And after all that promise, I also said you should also do your part so that we can help all these communities together. Don't disappoint me. I know the year of charity can go on for five good years, but I believe that we can have something to show at this very moment. So the links are going to be in the description. If you have a dollar, don't need to support all these platforms. The money does not come to me. It goes straight to the people that we are raising funds for. But there is this video that I did last year that really touched me that I never even uploaded a video. But when I found this stock footage, I was like, you know what? It's time for me to upload this video. Maybe this video will inspire the diaspora to also give back to people living in Africa. I just hope this video will touch your heart. There will be so many links in the description box. Support with a dollar and the good Lord will bless you. My name is Mr. Gana Baby. Don't forget to like and share this video. I'll see you all in the next one. I am Maya. Peace out. This is Ghana. This is it. That's not the huts. It's not what everyone thinks. This is Ghana. This is our home. My name is Maya and today I've been joined by Ghana Nessus Association in Dallas, Texas. I bumped into them when I was on my way going somewhere to mind my own business. But they were like, you know what? You can't mind your own business because we are in Ghana and I had to join you guys today. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. It was just by coincidence and everybody was excited to see him. We were happy, hugging all over him. And he was like, I cannot leave you guys out. We need to have an interview. But I just want to welcome you all to the YouTube channel. Tell us who you are and what you represent and what are you doing in Ghana at this very moment. So we are Ghana Nessus Association a group of Ghanians being born in Ghana or here. But most of us are really from Ghana. Originally from Ghana. And we've been in existence for about 12 years. She's the founder. I'm the secretary of the Ghana Nessus Association DFW and she's the founder. Since you are the founder I just want to know what really inspired you to go like this. Okay, so GNA was founded by Edwin from Nessus. I would say my older sister Johanna Safoje we lost a sibling years ago and was concerning. You know, she was home and we were there at that time. So she went ahead and we asked our dad Dr. Boama if it's okay for us to initiate something like that because we were already in the US. And he said, go ahead. So for a good cause, yes, why not? So she asked me as a nurse and she was a nurse at that time and we called a few nurses. I said about four or five nurses together and we started. Our mission was to help our Ghanaians in the US and the whole of the US and also to be able to help Ghanaians back home. We've been going on and trying to get this go finalize in our lives which is great because it's important for us to do that. This has been going on for a while while we do that there. We normally do come here but just a few of us at a time try to come home and help in any way we can. But this time all the nurses almost about 35 of us decided we're going to come. Now we are about 50 we're about almost 60 60 members now. About 35 of us decided you know what we're going to forfeit everything that we have our time with our families everything we're going to spend money and come home and help home in a bigger way this time. Tomorrow we plan to go to Confernoche hospital. We brought about 48 food containers all about our own money and our own resources. Just out of the 60 nurses that you have in the USA just together to do this. Just to give back to our country. So everything from money wise everything is individual it's our own pocket money. Which part of the state are you in Texas? Texas, yes. That was Texas. Like everyone can get involved so far as the person is a Ghanaian or... Yes and a nurse or in the medical field. What about like there are people who are not nurses but they would love to also give to you guys so they are like our patrons and we are willing to accept them. Once they contact us we ask them what they want to do and then we do accept any help. It's just that the nurses are just I would say the foundation but any other profession even a school in health it's welcome because we all need to come together as a unit to come and help our country. Why is it so important to help your country? That's home. Regardless. Even if you are not born here your ancestors cannot go back to Ghana. And they are less they have less privilege as like over there in the United States we have even if you don't have money you can get medical care but here in Ghana it is hard for you to get it. So we are trying to reach everybody to get equal at least some basic kind of health care that they will know because out of ignorance people lose their life. Like she said it was founded based on their cousin passing and it was due to some certain little stuff that can be prevented and as being nurses now those of us that were nurses here in Ghana and also nurses in the United States can see the difference in the nursing and some little stuff that can save life like me and her were both in the mother baby unit so all she is a labor delivery nurse so like over there in the United States you can save a child's life just by suctioning, deep suctioning. Here they go lose you hear more often the mother went to go have a baby the baby died, the mother died or something which is most of the time preventable. I just want to ask this question are you working with the nurses in here is it like you learn something in the state are you doing to transfer of knowledge to the nurses in here so what we are doing is this and if you were there at the Pantheon today so what happened is that I had a friend her name is sister Mary Nana Ousu was her original school name she used to be a professor of this school and she did community health in all these areas so what she realizes is that the nurses are very good here but they can do more with what we have so we all sat down and realize that we can share our knowledge with them at the same time we learn from them because when we learn and they give us reasons for why they do certain things we can also add the knowledge that we have to them to help them we know they don't have all the resources but how to use or utilize what we have in an effective way that will help the patients to prevent anything that of course anything that is preventable like she is saying in the United States we are exposed to equipments like it's easy access to for staff but here maybe they do certain things this way because it's not easy for them to get the equipment so we want to see where they are coming from why they do it this way or that way and then we can also add on to what they are doing and not to say what they are doing is wrong in medical field there is new evidence every time so the way they did it a year ago might change today so just to add the evidence based practice to what they already know equipments, hospital beds wheelchairs cloths incubators stretches medications and I hope you guys are making sure that they use this equipment for the right purpose so what we are doing to make sure that happen that is why we didn't come to stay back we are in for, we are hands on we came in Ghana nurse association Dallas Texas we came in to do hands on nursing we want to be with the people let's go get it done will you say this trip to Ghana was more fulfilling yes very, especially today I for one today was very I was touched very like shocked, overwhelmed with the way they received us most of the time you would think they will like you know repel from accepting us they open their arms and invited us to even do more so yes I would say it's very fulfilling to me and I'm glad I came and I'm glad that it's a pleasure to be part of this event they danced with us, they did everything they showed the appreciation in some way the kids were so exciting we are looking forward to Kuala Lumpur hospital we are looking forward to Konfuanote we are looking forward to Trinity hospital and we are miss, Gabi is Ghana for the world is this something that is going to continue yearly or is this one time thing that you guys have done so we're hoping hopefully we don't know with the 60 people about in our profession one thing that is going to be hard is because they don't give us that much time off so that is a little problem that we will encounter but hopefully we will try to do it at least yearly or by every two years doesn't mean that finances is not a problem I was going to I was just going to put on it finances is also a problem because finances is the main problem because let me tell you why as a mother or as a family you have to come in leave your children behind leave your home behind, you have to pay bills behind while you come all these supplies now the demand is going to get more please let's do it together I know that I have a lot of nurses watching me from America in general so you know how we're going to do it we're going to put your numbers we're going to put the numbers and it's by force I'm not going to beg them, they know it you can come from another state and join us with financial support even your knowledge will take it any state in the United States the whole world, let's come together support us, we have good cause we are willing to put in the time support us financially and let's help our country thank you so much for watching it's your favourite village boy Mr Ghana baby and I know that the one dollar will go a long way I really want to know why you all have to follow your parents you are forced to come to Ghana no, we follow them all that's my choice I believe it's also theirs as well why is it so important to follow your parents to come to this place since we are from America and I assume most of us were born there or at least have spent a majority of our lives there yet our people and our culture resides here I think it's imperative that at least in our early years we had the opportunity to come and see who we are see it in our culture in our people in the way our people enjoy their food and communicate and live their lives the ethics behind it I think it's important as a young age you are exposed to it the exposure is critical to our development as Ghanaians I just wanted to say that Aunty Ivana and Aunty Joan the Association of DEW to reach our community touch them and teach and in the DFW area there are so many Ghanaian nurses and they came together to come back to our community where we are all from to teach and to help people around and so I believe that this is something amazing and I personally want to continue this and I know that all the other kids here were the next generation and so being able to see and then get to do it when we get older it's such a blessing I know your friends are going to watch this video or maybe one of you will send this video to your friends if you have any message for your friends living back in America what would that message be? this is Ghana this is it there is no that's not the huts it's not what everyone thinks this is Ghana this is our home it's wonderful come experience Africa for what it is for what it is going to become the potential is here come enjoy the beauty come and enjoy the beauty are you enjoying Ghana? yeah thank you so much for talking to me wanna say bye bye to them?