Supporting Wa Municipal
on VSO in Ghana (Ghana), 28/Oct/2010 19:21, 34 days ago
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We have been back in the UK for 6 months. We have continued to keep in touch with people in Wa. We have established a list of projects we would like to support. These are:• Provision of electricity to isolated schools.• Provision of school furniture• Establishment of boreholes in isolated villages• Setting up women's groups to earn income and become self-sustaining• Building a primary school in the village of NakuWe are liaising with local people who will ensure that all funds raised will go directly to these projects. So far we have sent money to support three schools with whom we worked when in Ghana.A local Wa secondary school has received money to buy furniture for the classrooms.We were rather surprised to find that our names had been written on all the furniture that was provided!!The School Management Committee of Nakore Primary School was recently presented with a cheque to buy a generator, so that their staff and students can use a computer as part of their ICT studies. The cheque is being handed over by Ruby, our great, VSO friend and colleague based in Wa.The government has rightly promoted ICT in the curriculum. It is now a compulsory subject across Ghana, but it is currently taught using a blackboard and chalk. Readers of this blog will recall when we took our laptop to Nakore to show them ICT in action:Dodiyiri Primary School was where we drew an alphabet frieze– see the blog entry for 14th November 2009. They now have money towards their new classroom. At present the youngest children are taught outside the main school building under a very flimsy verandah, as shown.This results in very little school attendance during the rainy season.We will continue to look for a really generous benefactor, because it would be wonderful to build a school in Naku. See the blog entry for 4th December 2009 for the detail of Haydn’s visit to this village.If anyone reading this blog is interested in contributing and has not received detailed information from us, please email us atlandhpowell@msn.com. We will update this blog monthly with any progress we are making. In the meantime, all the very best to our friends and colleagues in Ghana.
