Newill Academy Development

Newill Academy is a private, non-profit nursery and primary school in Koforidua, Ghana. The story of Newill Academy started in 2010 when Mr.

William Newman, a Ghanaian teacher founded a nursery in an empty storage building next to his mother's house in Koforidua. His aim is to provide quality daycare and education for children who suffer social disadvantage in the area, mainly the children of the market sellers and street vendors who can't afford to stay at home with them. As the children grew, the academy grew together with them, star

ting primary classes. The school works on a non-profit basis, the students pay a minimal fee which just covers the teacher's salary, transportation by the school bus and one meal per day. Although the founder and headmaster of the school along with the board of teachers are working hard to provide their best for the pupils, in lack of proper financial background the academy is facing various challenges. First of all, it is overcrowded, the infrastructure is not sufficient enough for the amount of students. The children are keen on studying but instead of classrooms they are staying in temporary shelter-like structures exposed to the various weather conditions. Sanitary facilities also need improvement. The development of the school facilities had already begun years ago but due to financial difficulties it didn’t get any further than building a part of the base slab. A group of European architects in close cooperation with the local management have revised the plans in 2016 and started the construction works of the low-cost sustainable school building in summer 2016. Two more building phases should follow in the next years to complete the academy which provides comfortable and suitable room for the 240 pupils. In order to keep building costs and future maintenance low, locally available materials, handmade structures, passive ventilation and a rainwater harvesting system are included. The bricks are handmade, produced on site by volunteers. Interior elements and parts of the facade are made of bamboo, harvested in the nearby forest. The elevated roof functions as a solar chimney, creating natural air movement when warmed up by the sun.

Photos from Newill Academy Development's post

17/02/2025

Three Newill Academy students participated the Reading Competition on Bright FM 99.1 recently and advanced to the finals.

Photos from Afrika Másként / Africa Another Way's post

03/06/2024

The first finishing class is getting ready for the exams🥰

Photos from Közel Afrikához/Hint of Africa's post

24/01/2024

In the meantime our team is working on a new project in Bamako in cooperation with Közel Afrikához/Close to Africa. Stay tuned! ;)

Összefogtak érte: járni fog a mozgáskorlátozott afrikai kislány a magyarországi műtét után | szmo.hu

23/04/2023

A recent update on Theodora, student of the Newill Academy currently under medical threatment in Hungary.

Összefogtak érte: járni fog a mozgáskorlátozott afrikai kislány a magyarországi műtét után | szmo.hu A 10 éves Theodóra az operációra felkészítő gyógytorna után már járókerettel sétált be ghánai iskolájába. Diáktársai azt kiabálták, csoda történt. Egy budapesti műtéten már túl van, most jön a második.

09/12/2022

Scaffolding is soon to be removed. Even mr. William is on the facade, working on the final touch.

29/11/2022

don't miss if you are in Accra this Thursday!
trailer: https://youtu.be/0jJrSpyDX-0

08/08/2022

Siemens environmental system at Newill Academy!

Due to the generous donation of Siemens Building Technology, Hungary, we could install an air quality monitoring suite (for PM2.5 and PM10 values) to constantly check the the air quality of three selected classrooms. We hope to ensure the enhanced air quality and health of the schoolchildren with this measure. The ClimatixIC controller received as a donation will hopefully be put to use to further environmental measurements, e.g. temperature, draft, and other performance values of the passive ventilation system of the school. The online interface makes our task of air quality monitoring also very easy.

Special thanks to Mr. András Medveczky, Building Technology Area Manager and Mr. Zoltán Kántor, Sales Engineer and HVAC Solutions Engineer,
of Siemens Building Technology, Hungary for their help and support!

Siemens Zrt.

31/07/2022

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Location

Koforidua

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Website

http://newillacademy.org/

Address

Behind Medical Stores At Two Streams In The Juaben Municipality Koforidua
Koforidua

Opening Hours

Monday	07:30 - 16:00
Tuesday	07:30 - 16:00
Wednesday	07:30 - 16:00
Thursday	07:30 - 16:00
Friday	07:30 - 16:00