The comedian and actor Michael Blackson has opened his free school, Michael Blackson Academy, in his village in Ghana. On Jan. 3, Blackson held the ribbon-cutting ceremony in his home in the Agona-Nsaba central region.
Michael Blackson Academy’s mission is “educating our future leaders.”
“Finally it’s all done and the kids in my village will all go to school for free,” he wrote. “Thanks to all my fans that supported me thru out the years, every ticket you bought to my show helped a kid.”
The brother tweeted: “Today is the greatest day of my life because I’ve finally accomplished what I always wanted to do which is giving these kids a chance to be great,” Blackson tweeted. “Greatness starts with education and foundational education shouldn’t come with financial barriers.”
Launching the school is a dream come true for the Ghanaian and Liberian born comedian. “Growing up I always envisioned myself giving back to the community and my country,” he wrote on the foundation’s website. “I haven’t traveled back home in a long while but as soon as I did, there were certain things that was so beautiful and touched my heart. There were so many children wandering in the streets during school hours which had caused for me to become curious as to why they weren’t in school.”
“I want our children to be able to dream big just like I did, School taught me discipline and built me a path to dream big. Thank you America for giving me the opportunity to create this platform and providing me with the ability to strengthen my talents and to make such an impact that I am making today in order to bless my village with a free education.”
He added: “I found out that the children were so eager to learn but couldn’t attend schools because of their economic conditions. That struck a cord in me telling me this is what I need to do for my country. I need to figure out a way to provide families with a quality education regardless of economic status and that is when the Michael Blackson Foundation was formed.”
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