I'm being used ! !

I’m finally beginning to be used for my skills.

Schools here in the village are very under resources by any standards, most schools have only a room for each class, most have small desks with a bench attached which is used for upto 3 children to sit at. The bench being about 1m in length. No electricity, text books etc. Therefore they only have a chalkboard which the teacher uses to teach the lessons, drawing pictures to demonstrate. To teach ICT the teacher has to draw the computer on the board and occasionally they also have 1 textbook with coloured pictures to show the children what a computer actually looks like. No physical computer being present. This is where my skills came in.

A local Head has just been given a laptop by her brother and didn’t know anything about computers, so asked if I could go down and show her how to use it. I introduced her to the basic skills and uploaded a simple program that has been designed to be used by children in Ghanaian schools. From this she has now decided that she would like me to go into her school to help take groups out with her to teach ICT using an actual computer. I await her call ! !

To thank us for going down and helping her with some new skills, she invited us to the local spot (bar) for drinks. It was really nice to be able get to know a Head and begin to build both professional and social relationships here in the village.