Pic from Ofusu's HIV event where the PCVs and HIV Volunteers took on the town team on soccer!
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Things in Azua are going well. Since my trip to Tamale I have been at site except for a trip to Nkwanta. Last year when school was out I struggled to find things to do but this year is has gotten busy! We are doing a moringa project in Azua. Moringa a a tree found in many parts of the world that can be used for many things. The best thing is that the leaves have really good nutritional value and you can dry them or eat them fresh in stews. We made a garden (to keep the goats out) near the clinic, had a cooking demonstration and lesson on how to grow the trees.
In other news the new group of trainees is coming to Ghana the first week of June. Everyone at PC is busy preparing for them. This is the first time that the education and OMNIBUS (health, buisness and environment) volunteers will come at the same time so it should be interesting. The same week of their arrival, the volunteers in my area are puting together a youth leadership camp called Camp GGLOW (Girls and Guys leading our world). Our major focus is HIV and other skills to help empower young people and create more gender equality in this genderation. Im really excited about the camp but have alot to do over the next month to prepare for it!
One last thing... the education volunteers in Ghana are putting together an art show and are still looking for funding. Here is a note from one of them. We would really appreciate any contribution you could make!
Junior High Deaf School and Senior High Students Art Show
This project aims to hold an Art Show that will be organized by Visual Arts Education Volunteers and their Ghanian counterparts working throughout the country. The program will involve a total of 12 volunteers and counterparts, half of whom are working in schools for the deaf. Each volunteer will select two of their brightest visual arts students to represent their school in a week-long exhibition and creative workshop in Cape Coast. During the week, students will participate in an art exhibition hosted by the Cape Coast Castle, where they will display their works as well as those of their fellow classmates back home. The exhibition will be open to the general public as well as invited members of the Ghana Education Service and its Special Education Division. Following an opening ceremony and cultural performances, attendees will have an opportunity to browse the exhibit and purchase any of the items that might be for sale. Throughout the remainder of the week, students will participate in two different art workshops aimed at improving student’s vocational art skills. The workshops will engage students in hands-on activities in the disciplines of batik fabric-making and screen-printing. Towards the end of the program students will have the opportunity to visit Elmina’s Castle and Kakum National Park, two premiere attractions in Ghana’s Central Region that will inspire the children’s creativity. Overall, the project aims to provide the participants with the opportunity to visit areas of their country they might otherwise never have the opportunity to see, engage with students from other schools and, in the end, come away with knowledge and skills that improve their capacity for attaining income-generating employment when they are finished with school.
To donate go to:
https://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=resources.donors.contribute.projDetail&projdesc=641-259
To see pictures from last years show go to:
www.flickr.com/photos/peacecorpsartshow
