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The youthful student body of Edinaman Senior Secondary School slowly filed into the large, 2 story assembly hall – all 1,000 as promised! This was the culminating event of our schools programs, and probably the one that had given me the most anxiety.
Taking a moment to reflect on the past week, I feel pleased with what we have accomplished. We started the week on Monday with the Teacher workshop, which could not have gone better (perhaps we could have started on time, but I can’t forget where we are). And we ended the week at Edinaman.
Though 1,000 high school students is not a crowd that either Vince or I have experience with, it went surprisingly well. I say “surprisingly” because I was, in fact, fearing the worst – laughter after every word we spoke in our funny American accents, or worse, blank stares! Thankfully, neither of these scenarios greeted us. Instead, the students seemed quite engaged, certainly shy when it came to volunteering for activities, but still interested and thoughtful. Because Edinaman is the only one of the three schools that has an assembly hall big enough for all of their students, it was the only assembly with the entire student body present.
I think in our favor (giving us a day to practice), we hosted a smaller assembly (for about 200 eager students) at Eguafo the day before. The assemblies included a brief interactive lecture, addressing the basics of heart disease and prevention – focusing on diet and exercise; with lots of activities throughout. The activities were the key. They included a rowdy fitness competition between students and teachers! The crowd loved this. Though young and mostly quite healthy, the students are important ambassadors to the community. The message they bring home to their families is taken as truth. Teachers are highly respected, so what they say is often heeded. So far, what we have seen is that the students are eager to learn and repeat the information, charged with good questions for us and their teachers.
We could not have pulled off these events so seamlessly without the help of the teachers and administrators. They have been committed to ICHA since we got here almost a month ago and we certainly appreciate their attention. We are counting on these leaders to remain involved once we leave Elmina. We believe the interest is there. We have planted the seed and provided the resources. Hopefully the message will take root.
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