Catalysts in community transformation
‘Neesim’ Primary School is not a government run school, though we do use the Ghana Education Service materials. Being a private school then means that it needs to cover its own costs. One of the objectives of the school is to provide affordable quality education. If the costs of running the school were covered by […]
To meet the requirements for accommodations of the growing school, each year a new class room should be built. Due to various issues, a new class room built is delayed this year. Last year we had the opportunity to use a temporary shelter as is shown in this picture, but these can not be made […]
Every year all schools join the independence day march, to celebrate independence from Great Britain, gained on March 6th in 1957 . Here a class from Neesim school is marching behind the teacher. Here we see the classes ligned up for the District Assembly on the last school day of the season. Not in […]
After some delays, Neesim Primary School is now open! So far it’s only P1, but we hope to open KG1 by the end of January – depending on the funding. Since most of the children have never been to pre-school, we’re spending extra time on preparatory skills, so as to lay a good foundation for […]
After 2 months of hard work, the first school block is done! It’s a so-called natural or ecological building, using a type of stone that is very common around here instead of cement block, and with clay mixed with gravel for mortar. This not only cuts down the costs considerably, but also sets an example […]
In Feburary Chentiwuni and I set up a Children’s Club. As we had lots of children aged between 3-10 we decided to split them up into two groups. One group was from aged 3-7 and the other group was 8-10. We then had circle time, which consisted of some song singing, a prayer and a […]
One day a week, during my stay in Gushegu, I would visit the school in a neighbouring village. In the beginning it was mostly a matter of looking round, talking with the teachers and playing a game with the children. Slowly a pattern started to develop. I started interacting with the teachers about the purpose […]
SHEP (School Health Education Programmes) is part of the Ghana Health Service and deals with health education in the schools. It is important to give support to this programme, to prevent diseases and problems at school and raise awareness of the youth about health issues. In the past year we were able to make good […]
In July 2006 three French Swiss came to experience life here. Together with them we were able to work on the primary school in Yagingu/Kpigi, just outside Gushegu, attended by more than 200 children. One of the two buildings had never been painted, so we arranged for materials and many hands made the work easy […]
This is old news – but gives an impression of what we’ve been doing. From 10th-27th July 2006 three French and Swiss university students came on a summer trip to experience life and work in Ghana. Part of the trip was some practical outreach, for which we decided to paint a local school building. Painting […]