Akosombo Spillage: Meet 20 Year Old Lady Who Offers Free Education To Displaced Children
Gertrude, a 20-year-old lady who graduated from Akatsi Secondary Technical School, has been delivering free lessons to some of the displaced children at the St. Kizito camp in the North Tongu District of the Volta Region.
Akosombo Spillage: Meet 20 Year Old Lady Who Offers Free Education To Displaced Children
The St. Kizito camp is right now the home of numerous families who were displaced by the flood caused by the Akosombo spillage Due to this, many children have had their education disrupted.
Experts in the education sector, GNAT, Child’s Right and others, and the Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, have been calling on the government to restructure the educational calendar to benefit the children in the affected areas.
Acknowledging the importance of education and the challenging circumstances these children are facing, Gertrude has taken it upon herself to deliver free lessons.
In a video spotted by Ghanaeducation.org, Gertrude should was seen teaching, demonstrating and singing about the human body parts to the children who also sang along her.
As of now, it is known that Gertrude spends over six hours of her day teaching these children.
Gertrude, expressed her zeal to assist these children with continuing their education despite the difficult situation.
“They have just been home without going to school due to the flood, their classrooms are not open for them to go to school. Two days ago, I was just sitting under the tree. They were playing, fighting and hurting themselves, so I just decided to get a board to teach them a little,” she said.
She went on by explaining her teaching approach, saying, “Due to the differences in their classes, I am just doing something general for them, like parts of the body and they all have a general idea about them, so, it’s been okay so far,” she added
Gertude also shared the best learning practices she adopted to ensure that they get the best education even in these difficult times.
“We know that kids learn best in the morning, so, when it’s morning, I allow them to eat then I gather them around, we do a few starters then I teach them. When it’s about two hours later, I allow them to go and play, then we come back again” she added.
Since the Volta River Authority (VRA) started the spillage, thousands of individuals in about nine districts downtown of the volta river have lost their homes, properties and even their means of livelihood.
Measures are presently being set up by the government, organizations and individuals to alleviate the plight of these persons.
READ: Restructure Academic Calendar To Suit Students Affected By The Akosombo Dam Spillage – GNAT
The Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, assured the communities of the government’s effort to get education back to the affected children.
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