We have a system already installed at the PCG University located on the grounds of the Presbytery in Akropong. Jim and I visited this system last year. It is producing clean water - has a pretty good admnistration staff on top of the system. Feel free to look at last year's post.
Also located in Akropong is the oldest teacher college in Ghana or as locally known "The Mother of All Schools" in Ghana. Founded in 1848, it is a partnership between the PCG and the Ghana government. I am sure you understand why they call it the Mother of All Schools, but if not the reason is that this teacher college produced the first teacher that went out and started the "second" school and so on. Kind of a present day version of fishes and loaves.
The school has 1,000+ students and staff on any given day, but may also have a hundred or two secondary school students that have been brought on campus to attend the teacher college's "demonstration" school.
The school has 3 classes (1st, 2nd, & 3rd year). The 1st year students spend a lot of time on campus in the class room learning and taking examinations. In fact, when we were there on Tuesday - final exams were over and there were 200+ kids all circled around 20 feet of playwood that had all their grades posted. I stepped into the middle of group kids to see all what they were looking at and I realized these kids made better grades than I did! The 2nd year students spend a mix of time in class room, teaching in the demonstration school, and a little bit of teaching in a secondary school outside of the college. The 3rd year student spend their time teaching out in the field.
The demonstration school is a format where the students can teach classes while being observed by the college staff. Pretty good idea.
The government of Ghana pays their part of operating the college on behalf of each student and then each student is placed in a village or town by the government as a teacher.
The teacher college has several bore holes. Shari & Forrest tested one of the bore holes and it tested well. The vice-principal is supposed to send us the labratory report for the bore hole so we have a complete breakout of the water coming from the bore hole.
The college is already doing mission work out into the Akropong community and see the opportunity to take the clean water messaging as part of those missions. The college is already teaching health & hygiene as part of their current curriculum, so folding in the LWW health & hygiene messaging should be no problem.
The campus is quite the tour. Spanning from 1848 to today in terms of buildings and infrastructure. Took a bunch of pictures with my camera that I will have to transfer and post. There is a chapel built in 1947 that is remarkable. Outside of the chapel is a small cemetary with the former principals and missionaries buried there.
The teacher college is a very impressive and may make a good site for a LWW system, but we will have to get further down the road with information, commitment, etc. just like at the clinic in Krahu Praso, the school in Kibi, and the Presby Boys School.
Some of the demonstration school kids playing futbol...tough feet - no shoes
Background is one of the teacher college buildings
These kids were great. I think first time some of them have had their picture taken. We had a great time playing with their pictures on the ipad
The teacher college sits on top of a big hill/small mountain in Akropong. This is a view spanning down a hillside spanning over the top of the jungle canopy
This must have been a heck of a carry-on bag for the person that brought this to the teacher college - it is from the Hilliard City Schools - whereever that is....
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