By Edmund Pinto | In-Country Director Ghana
YES! We Have Made It – It’s Time to Give Back to the School
On a recent visit to Afoako ICCES in Ghana we spoke with a student in his final year of study about to graduate in two weeks’ time. Aboagye Sampson has just sat his Building Construction exams last week and has found some time to plant flowers outside the computer lab as a way to give something back to the centre. He is 21 years old and came from the Western Region with his senior cousin, Agyei Richard, to seek employable skills. Before the course they were both living at home with their parents and working as crop sprayers, which only provide seasonal employment at a low wage. During their studies they have worked hard and got the most from the centre by not only learning Building construction (their primary course) but also learning from the other courses such as, electrical and carpentry. They even had the opportunity to work with builders and gain valuable experience and even money throughout their course. Now that they have acquired their qualification they will easily find permanent work throughout the year.
Back at the hub, Sam and I have been very busy with the arrival of our latest shipment of 400 computers from the United Kingdom.
We have been installing educational software and making sure they are at an optimum standard ready for distribution to the ICCES centres of the Volta Region. At the moment, we have a helping hand from Julia, an intern from Scotland hoping to gain further experience in the operation of a development charity. Julia has been visiting the centres in the Ashanti region and giving ICT lessons to help the students to get the most from the machines we have donated. She will be continuing this training on our trip to Accra and the Volta Region.
These projects and all the work of the Turing Trust would not be possible without the generous donations. Thank you very much for everything that has been contributed, we and all of the students are very grateful.
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