What does one do on Sunday? One goes to church.
I went to Isabella's church, Church of England.
I went to Father Anyomi's Catholic church. I even got introduced and talked for a few moments about the importance of education.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Monkey see, monkey do
We traveled to the gold coast and visited Elmina Castle and Kakum Park. The rope bridges in the park were very scary! Elmina Castle was sobering.
I feed the monkeys in the monkey reserve.
Being a tourist
There is no tourist industry... just a few places to visit.
I bought some pottery from Fesi Shed, a woman's cooperative. Theresa and I visited Wli Falls.
Yes, they are doing the wash in the stream that flows from the falls.
KPONDO... the market
KPONDO MARKET
All clothing, towels, sheets are clean, but used.
Fish is dried. Most stews contain pounded dried fish, which has a distinctive taste... and which I did not enjoy.
Vegetables are very fresh.
Everything is carried on the head, which leaves the hands free.
Did I mention that it was HOT, HOT, HOT??
what did I learn?
I learned how to find resources when none exist.
We had newspaper, we had glue sticks, we had scissors. We could make collages.
We had jigsaw puzzles. These teachers had never done a jigsaw puzzle before.
We had some plastic donated garages, lego-type materials, stuffed animals. We could build with these materials. We could play with these materials, dramatic play. We could share our stories, and we could become a community of story-tellers.
We had some Montessori materials. We could match and seriate these materials. We even had a set of 3-part cards!
We had some finger puppets that I had bought with my daughter, Leslie, in a market in Mexico. We could dramatize some stories.
There are NO TRAYS available in Kpondo... but there are plastic baggies. I considered substituting these baggies for trays. This would keep the dust and sand off the materials.
Did I mention that dust and sand was blowing everywhere, particularly before the rains.
the rains came...
The winds came, the rains followed AND there are no windows.
So we huddled together in a corner of the room.
We need to get louvers or shutters or SOMETHING in this school! There are bars on the windows.
The last picture shows the outhouse and the urinals in the rain.
Photos of Donum Dei's children
School was closed during my workshops ... it was their Easter break.
PHOTOS: Saying the pledge before school,
the 3-6 class,
the 2 year olds,
nap time, and
crammed in the school bus.
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