Music Loves Math

Changing The Future

One Child at a Time

1918 – 2013

There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.

- Nelson Mandela

Our Projects

The Mcmillan Nima School

The Mcmillan Nima school was started in 2010 and Music Loves Math’s first project in Ghana. Nima is one of the poorest neighborhoods in Accra. Poor education and the lack of a support system for the children make breaking the cycle of poverty a challenge. We supplement the existing educational system with a facility and program that provides daily classes in English, Math, and Computer Science for children in a friendly environment. We also have a small library that children can borrow from to read and learn at home.

The Ben and Lorna Smith Odumekyir Library

The Odumekyir Library is locted in the Central Region near the city of Cape Coast. None of the schools in the district have libraries, computer labs or a free comfortable space for children to learn. In 2020 we completed the construction of the library and with the help of Books For Africa, filled it with over 20,000 books.

In addition to providing a library for the community, we partnered with the local schools to provide reading classes during school hours in order to maximize utilization. Over 1000 children now have access to our library. We are looking to expand our impact by opening satellite libraries with rotational book programs in schools that are further from the our facility.

Ghana Codes Initiative

Coding is one of the easiest ways for young people to directly enter the global economy. Education, a computer and the internet is all that someone needs to code and earn a living from companies around the world. Most schools in Ghana lack the infrastructure and curriculum to offer coding classes, hence excluding the children from participating in this growing segment of the global economy. Music Loves Math addresses this inequity by providing weekly free coding classes to over 300 high school students in Ghana.