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Project Managers Ekow Asamoah Angoe and Susan Corbett Oosterwijk
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Accra,Ghana
Extra Mile W Africa
Project Managers: Ekow Asamoah Angoe and Susan Corbett Oosterwijk
Extra Mile West Africa, a registered NGO with Ghana's
Department of Social Welfare, operates a free/subsidized nursery
and primary school for 50 area children. It also conducts six-week
training courses for teachers and teaching assistants, and provides
Christian education and materials to the community. Future plans
include expansion of its training programs to the outlying areas
of the country. |
Lydia, one of our teachers, along with the teacher trainees at a
workshop. |
Hydrologist at work locating the best site for a borehole (well).
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(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 teachers' 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).
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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).
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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. |
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