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Women attending 1st
aid training - Nanton-Kurugu
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Working with the officers and the various local
communities around Tamale is proving to be quite rewarding. By attending training sessions and workshops it has become clearer that women, while respecting
their heritage, are becoming more empowered through the training provided by RAINS.
For example, health information training with women was critical in highlighting unsafe practices of first aid
care for their children.
I also had the
privilege of assisting with the preparation of a project proposal aimed at
improving use of essential health services including comprehensive family
planning. If funding is granted, it will
target women and girls of reproductive age as well as children up to 5 years.
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| Camp counselor, Barbara (far right) |
While my primary focus was working at Regional Advisory Information and Network
Systems (RAINS),
I did find some time to volunteer at an annual Kids Camp in Tamale. The children came from all over the Northern
region of Tamale and for the first time they catered to Muslim as well as
non-Muslim children who are housed at a lodge and chaperoned by adults over a
five day period. The main aim of the camp is to foster togetherness despite
religious beliefs. They are engaged in craft, dancing and sporting activities
as well as participating in spiritual activities. It was encouraging to see
children of all backgrounds interacting and forming bonds of friendships during
the course of the week as well as learning from each other.
Through these interactions, I have learnt so much more
than I ever could from reading books which depicts the happenings both
culturally as well as sustainable development within Ghana. It also
reaffirmed for me, that while my ancestors may have been from Africa, the
Caribbean and Western experience, which has shaped my development, is very
different from anything observed during this placement.
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| A gathering of the more than 400 children |
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