Carolina and I are doing some of the legwork to help the WOU Service Learning group organize their stay in Ghana.

We have met with the Headmistress for the University Practice Inclusive School here in Winneba. She will need a formal letter written to the Ghana Education Service here in Winneba with an attached formal letter addressed to her with the request to visit and the details (e.g., number of students number of faculty, dates, skills you are able to contribute). When I asked if they would like the materials we collected from the library, the answer was a resounding “yes!” This school could use the general education materials that were collected, because the majority of this school is regular education. The students might stay right across the street at Manuel’s Guesthouse, so there would be no transportation costs while in Winneba.

I hope that they will also be able to meet with the Deaf, hard of hearing, and sign language students, the interpreters and signed language teachers at the University of Education, Winneba. I mentioned this to the Head of the Department and he likes the idea. He also needs a formal letter written that includes the dates of the visit and what the students would like to see.

We visited the Head Master at Cape Coast School for the Deaf the following Friday. This school has 575 children, 501 are deaf or hard of hearing and the other 74 have visual impairments. He also jumps at the opportunity to have WOU students serve there, as well as robustly welcoming the materials. He needs a formal letter sent directly to him with the details of the visit. He will try to arrange for the cultural group to perform for while the students are visiting in March. In addition, to visiting the school, the students would be able to see the Cape Coast Castle and the Kakum National Park.