May 15:
Today we went to Ercom School of Excellence. This is a private primary (preschool-6th grade) school in the Kumasi region. It is actually our driver's brother's school that he started. To go to school here the children have to bring 1 cedi 50 pesewas (pay-sway). This is equal to about 75 cents in America. Going to this school was amazing. They do such a good job at teaching the children and these children are so smart. They have about 300 children enrolled, but when we visited they had just come off break, so some children weren't quite back yet.
The outside of some of the classrooms.
The inside of the classrooms.
The playground.
Here we brought some donations of books, pencils, colored pencils, scissors, and so much more. While we visited we brought different crafts with us to do with the kids. For the younger ones we made paper bag puppets. The middle aged group did wind socks and the oldest group made string bracelets. We also did some basic education on hand washing and nutrition. The kids were so quiet and respectful while we taught and were very responsive after we finished and asked questions. This day was by far one of my favorites.
Our table of donations.
The giraffe sack puppets.
The elephants.
We did sheep with the youngest.
This is the wind sock.
They loved playing with us on the playground and they loved carrying their puppets around.
Bubbles were a HUGE hit and of course the puppets had to help catch the bubbles.
This little lady just loved to be held, she would not let us put her down.
Saying goodbye :)
how would our schools be here if all the kids were so attentive and well behaved?!? they truly know how lucky they are to be there. what a great day!
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