Digital Literacy Ghana Project #43701

Empower 100 students with vital IT skills in Ghana

by GROWGH EDU INITIATIVE

Empower 100 students with vital IT skills in Ghana

Project Report | Sep 16, 2023
2023 graduating class and Career workshop

By Godfred A.Osei | IT Lead

Hello there,

We hope this finds you well and inspired. We are excited to share a recap of our students' graduation ceremony and career workshop.

In October 2022, we had our fifth cohort of students from our two partner public schools enroll for in the after-school free IT training. We recorded the highest enrollment since we began this training. Honestly, this is all thanks to you, our sponsors, and donors who keep us going.

After almost a year of participating in the program, 68 students finally graduated out of the 76 students who enrolled. These are students without any experience with the use of keyboard and mouse, but at the end of the program, they were able to create Word and Excel documents, and also code games and projects using Scratch programming. This motivates us to do what we are doing and empower more students in rural areas of Ghana with digital skills.

In September 2023, we held a graduation ceremony at our office for these students. They showcased their project works and received certificates. We had lots to eat and drinks and also did some singing and dancing competition.

Mid-August, Helen and Ruby our short-term volunteers from the UK ran a career-themed workshop for our two partner schools. Our main goal was to empower students about the future and the possibilities of what they can do.

We started the workshop with a game of Pictionary where students had to work in teams and guess the career they were drawing, this allowed them to have fun whilst getting them to start thinking about potential career options. Ruby then led part one of the workshop in which students worked in small groups to answer questions about their interests, what their dream job is, and what steps they need to take to get where they want to be. After this, we had a short break before Helen led part two of the workshop which involved students planning and writing out their own personal CV.

The workshop was a great success and we hope it got the students thinking about what they want to do in the future!

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May 24, 2023
What we have been up to:

By Anna | Volunteer

Group picture on the excursion

Dear Friends of GrowGhana,

The beginning of this year has been exciting for us! After 8 months of training, the students of 2022/2023 batch are getting better and better. Now they are able to use the mouse and the keyboard and even coded some games and projects. Soon we will be focusing on the use of Excel and basic electronics to understand the way computers work even better.

Next to our normal lessons we were able to organize some extra activities in the past months.

For example we had a special Workshop on the International Women's day in march. We talked about gender roles and sexism. One main goal was to empower our girls in the class so they earn more confidence. In the end of the day everyone agreed: The technical industry is not only for boys! Anyone should be able to become what they want. For example, a software engineer.

It was wonderful to see how our students were able to use the communication skills we teached them, to have an open discussion with the whole class about gender and inequalities.

In April we went on our first excursion, where we visited the company “turntabl”. They are a ghanaian startup which focuses on software engineering. They told our students about their jobs. The kids were able to ask questions to find out if they would be interested in a similar career path. Next to the informational part it was a lot of fun for us and the students to be on a field trip. Our Bus was filled with music and laughter!

Looking at our training situation we are still in need to stock up our devices. Due to an increasing number of students and the ongoing use of the computers we have some parts that got broken over time. It is really frustrating when two or more students have to share their devices and the learning efficiency is lacking! If you have the possibility to support us financially we would be so grateful for your help!

We are thankful that we are able to see our students learning in a happy environment! This is only possible because we have donors like you and we really appreciate every dollar!

Thank you for your support!

Empowering Girls on the international Women's Day!

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Jan 24, 2023
Happy New Year!!!

By Godfred | IT-Trainer

Dear valued donors and sponsors,

We hope this newsletter finds you well. First of all: “Happy New Year!!!”

After our small christmas break we start this month with lots of new energy!

As we begin the new year, we wanted to take a moment to update you on the goals and initiatives of our organization for the coming year.

Our primary goal for the year is to expand our reach and impact in the community. We plan to do this by increasing the number of programs and services we offer, as well as by partnering with other organizations to maximize resources and reach.

To make this possible we are working on a grant for a new IT-Lab at one of our partner schools. After the building project of our first IT-Lab we had the possibility to educate more students with higher-quality training. This is why we see the need for another IT-Lab at Kokrobite Public School.

One of our main initiatives for the year is to increase access to digitalization and job training for underprivileged youth in our community. We will be working with local schools and businesses to provide mentorship and other opportunities for young people to gain the skills and experience they need to succeed.

We are also excited to announce that we will be launching a new coding program to students in public and private schools. This program will prepare students for the job market, to acquire coding skills with python programming which is one of the most widely used tool in the tech industry.

We are deeply grateful for the support of our donors and sponsors. Without your generosity, we would not be able to make such a positive impact in the lives of those in need. We hope you will continue to support us in our mission to transform lives through digital skills in our community.

Thank you for your continued support.

Sincerely,

Grow Ghana Team.

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