about us
Since 2012, we have been working on the origin of the immigration problem to change history. Dozens of volunteers and members make NASCO Feeding Minds one and big family.
letter from its founder
NASCO Feeding Minds is an NGO, if not the first one created by young Africans whose goal is to change the paradigm of humanitarian aid.
We can say that we are the first NGO created horizontally, not vertically. That is to say, not because of the rich white man who after enriching himself at the expenses of Africans realizes that something had to be done, therefore he gives the left over crumbs to help alleviate hunger. No. This is about the poor migrant who, after a thousand struggles, manages to arrive alive and helps his own people. That is, it is a horizontal aid. Not vertical.
For the first time, we ourselves have to take responsibility for changing our reality.
In other words, NASCO is an NGO created for the African, black brother, that constantly fights to publicize the idea that you have to do is feed the mind, not the belly, as it has been implemented until now in all sectors of humanitarian aid.
We know the reality of Ghana and Africa, therefore we are the most appropriate, since we understand our tribe, we understand our people, we are the ones who can carry out these helps to improve the situation of our country and the entire continent.
We certainly believe that this initiative will encourage many other young Africans to understand that it is we who have to take responsibility for leading change. It is us who must save ourselves.
We are a group of volunteers who want to change the way humanitarian aid is thought and executed, feeding minds.
WHAT IS NASCO?
NASCO Feeding Minds, is a non-profit NGO. Our mission is to promote access to information and training for people in Ghana, Africa. In conclusion, feeding minds by promoting digital education and therefore, changing the paradigm of humanitarian aid.
Mission
NASCO is dedicated to creating computer classrooms in rural Ghana, Africa, to promote access to information and training through digital education. This way, we combat the problems of immigration in the country of origin, creating opportunities for development, so that no one has to go through the hell of immigration.
how is it born?
NASCO Feeding Minds was born from a personal story, Ousman Umar‘s. That after four years of immigration, he managed to reach Spain alive from Africa.
He went through difficulties and experienced harshness of immigration. His best friend did not survive the experience. When he arrived in Europe, he realized that the “paradise” he dreamed of was not such.
The chances of surviving the immigration experience is 3%.
The solution to the immigration problem is not solved by removing corpses from the sea, nor by paying the Moroccan police to deport immigrants. The solution lies at the origin of the problem, linked to the lack of opportunities and the lack of access to information that exists in rural communities in Africa.
The solution is not to send food, because that only feeds the belly for a single day. The solution is to feed minds through digital education.
The first classroom
It all started in 2010 when Ousman convinced his own brother that what he had to do was not raise money to emigrate, as he did, but that he should stay and “feed his mind”. That instead of following Ousman’s footsteps to Europe, what was known in Ghana as “the dream paradise”, he should study and thrive in his own country, since the “paradise” was not such.
His brother got the message. Ousman realized that there were thousands of young people in Ghana who thought that the solution was in Europe and this message had to be extrapolated.
When Ousman presented the proposal to create computer classrooms in schools in Ghana, the then Minister of Education replied that he had no budget to launch the pilot test. This made him understand that each of us is the general secretaries of our world. And that for that reason it was his responsibility to change that small part of the world that touched him.
With the help of a couple of friends, plus the money he had in the bank, Ousman bought the first 45 computers and hired the first two teachers. On September 12, 2012, NASCO opened the first computer classroom in Ghana. Eight years later, more than 20 thousand students have passed through our classrooms and we continue to grow.