(l - r) Extra Mile director Ekow Angoe, Nana Oteng Korankye II, chief of Berkuso, and Susan Oosterwijk, EM Administrative officer.

Just outside Accra, Ghana's capital, lies the small town of Berkuso, which can be accessed only by unpaved roads. Extra Mile facilitators met with the Chief of Berkuso and formed a committee to properly identify the educational needs of the community. Since there was formerly only one government school and one day-care center in this town, the Chief agreed to donate the land to build another school and a teacher's training center under the direction of Extra Mile. The facility is now equipped to teach 50 children, and will soon provide classes in adult education and vocational training.

Michelle, nursery teacher, with Mariangela (6) and Francisca (4).	Alice, one of our local teachers, with Nursery 1(ages 4-5).
Emmanuel, our local trainee, teaching Primary 1 (ages 6-7).	Claire teaching using flannelgraph stories.

Audience watches children perform.

Extra Mile has just celebrated its third Graduation Day. The theme of this year's end-of-year performance was "Care of the Environment," and the children sang songs on such related topics as the importance of water, the danger of brush fires, etc. They also acted out a play written by one of the parents about a family whose children became ill from living in an unclean environment.

The Chief of Berkuso and ceremony's guest of honor presented Extra Mile with the title deed to the land for the new school.

Clearing the land begins for new school and training center.
Hydrologist at work locating the best site for a borehole (well).	Mr. Angoe fetching water at the local borehole.

Extra Mile also hosts extended training programs for its teachers, with subject matter ranging from curriculum planning to health and hygiene. At the end of the program, outstanding candidates are selected to receive further training. One of those chosen this term was Cynthia, a 20-year-old woman who once supported herself by selling kerosene on the side of the road. When Cynthia first entered our program, she had little education and could barely read or write herself. During her two years in the program, she has worked hard, improved her English, and has just passed the entrance exam to a nearby vocational training college.

Cynthia with some of her pupils.	Lydia, one of our teachers, along with the teacher trainees at a workshop.
Fatima (right) giving a class at our teachers' training course.	GES workshop demonstrating the use of music and movement.