By Alix Halloran | GlobalGiving Field Traveler
My name is Alix Halloran and I am GlobalGiving's Field Traveler in West Africa. I'm currently traveling in Ghana, meeting with all of GlobalGiving's nonprofit partners. I was very excited to have a chance to meet with the Turing Trust team and to see their work in action! They are having an amazing impact on communities all around Ghana.
I got to visit one of the Turing Trust's partner schools, the Afoako ICCES. There are 60 ICCES centres all over Ghana! I was very impressed by the quality of instruction and the passion expressed by the students. The students can study fashion, carpentry, electric, building, or catering. They also take additional courses in math, computer skills, and English. On the day of my visit, the students were having their practicals. I could tell that they were excited to put all their classroom learning into practice! The building students practiced laying a wall, the fashion students were making purses, and the electric students wired lights.
Many of these students would not have the opportunity to study at secondary school. They will graduate from their programs with employable skills. Some of the students that I talked to said that they had already made some money working in their communities during the holidays!
I'm so thankful for Turing Trust's donors who have helped to make this amazing work possible. I am confident that Turing Trust will continue to have a huge impact for a long time to come!
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