We recognize that the intention of our visit to Ghana was to teach HIV prevention but we have been so absorbed with the other things we are experiencing here that we haven’t had much of a chance to blog about how our program is going.
Teaching concepts here is much more challenging than teaching concepts in the United States- its not that the children aren’t able to learn, but the way we teach and the way they learn doesn’t always seem to mesh. We have learned how we have to slow.way.down. in order for the children to understand us. We haven’t quite figured out if they are enjoying the things we teach, or if they already understand the concepts we teach, or if it’s way over their heads. Each day is an adventure in teaching! We teach 2 groups on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Our second group is much easier to teach- there are less students and a bit more engaged in the process. We are realizing how many misconceptions these children have about HIV and are grateful we are hear to help clarify the things they don’t know. (We just hope they are absorbing the things we teach!) Some of the common myths: it’s not okay to touch someone with HIV, you can get HIV from kissing someone with HIV, and sharing a tooth brush with someone who has HIV also is a way HIV is transmitted. Today, we are playing a myth/fact game with them. It’s our first time implementing an actual game, but hope that it will reinforce the concepts we have taught thus far.
Teaching concepts here is much more challenging than teaching concepts in the United States- its not that the children aren’t able to learn, but the way we teach and the way they learn doesn’t always seem to mesh. We have learned how we have to slow.way.down. in order for the children to understand us. We haven’t quite figured out if they are enjoying the things we teach, or if they already understand the concepts we teach, or if it’s way over their heads. Each day is an adventure in teaching! We teach 2 groups on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Our second group is much easier to teach- there are less students and a bit more engaged in the process. We are realizing how many misconceptions these children have about HIV and are grateful we are hear to help clarify the things they don’t know. (We just hope they are absorbing the things we teach!) Some of the common myths: it’s not okay to touch someone with HIV, you can get HIV from kissing someone with HIV, and sharing a tooth brush with someone who has HIV also is a way HIV is transmitted. Today, we are playing a myth/fact game with them. It’s our first time implementing an actual game, but hope that it will reinforce the concepts we have taught thus far.
Courtney administering our survey to some of the children. You'll notice all the children are in uniforms- that's because they come straight from school to BASICS.
Totally unrelated to HIV prevention, but Lori is playing memory with the children.
Again, unrelated to HIV prevention...but the internet is finally cooperating to allow us to post pictures! This is Liz helping some of the children during arts and crafts. We are grateful for all the donations people gave us to bring to Ghana. We were able to fill 3 suitcases full of supplies and the organization and children are very grateful!!!! It's crazy to see what kinds of materials they use to operate on here- they don't have a lot of extra resources so every little bit helped.
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