The School at Naku is Open
on VSO in Ghana (Ghana), 20/Nov/2011 18:51, 34 days ago
The School at NAKU is open.Congratulations to all involved. The building is there and it has been formally opened. The challenge is now with the Wa West District authorities to ensure there are teachers allocated to the school.Members of the community were certainly excited and had a good look over all the facilities. It will take time to get the school fully staffed and our great champion, Justus Ayataaba is keeping the pressure on the authorities. It appears there may have to be a period of volunteer teachers only, but there will be takers in the context of Ghana, where people are keen to support local communities and accept there may be periods where they receive little or no remuneration. The spirit of Ghanaians wanting to improve their country is inspirational. Their desire to better the lives of members of their community is a lesson to us all. We wish the community of Naku every succes for an ever improving future.The next great challenge for that community will be to secure a borehole to enable them to have a more consistent and healthier water supply. The Catholic students are on the case and we wish them well.Aylward Academy in London is still rasing funds to help us fund a borehole in the Wa Municipal District. Ruby is working on this through the coalition of school management committees and PTAs. It is over two years since we first went out to Wa and we still feel a tremendous affection for the people there.