Visit to Practicum School
We sat in on a Ghanaian teacher's biology lesson with 60+ students. I found out this is where I will be doing my practicum portion of...
Praise and Worship
I went to a church service with my home stay family today, which lasted over three hours. Music, singing, and dancing were abundant and...
Scientists define development
A training session in which we broke into groups (Artists, Poets, and Scientists) and defined development #PST #PeaceCorps #Training #Travel
Peer Teaching
Today we delivered a 10-minute lesson to our peers in small groups and were evaluated by PCVTs and Ghanaian teachers. #Science #Teaching...
Technical Training Resources
Today we got into our different groups (JHS Math/Science, SHS Science, and Deaf Art) and received our resources to guide us in our...
Language Announcement
Today we found out which language we each will be learning during Pre-Service Training (PST). By the way, Ghana has over 80 spoken...
Children peeking in while we have training sessions in the community
The local children love looking in on us while we are in training sessions in the village. Every afternoon once they get out of school...
My room at the compound with my homestay family
For the next nine weeks or so I will be residing with a Ghanaian family who has agreed to take me in as one of their daughters. This is...
Laundry Time!
We learned how to wash our laundry by hand today. I find it quite relaxing now though we'll see how I feel about laundry in a couple of...
Survived AccraQuest and found ice cream!
We were given enough money for our tro-tro (think mini-van with extra seats serving as a very crowded taxi) fares and a treat then sent...
