Teaching

We have been teaching a lot recently since we spend about a week at a school before moving on. Thus far we have taught in Kakumdo, Akotokyir and now town. HEPENS as a whole has been able to serve 17 schools within the last year, providing all with hand washing buckets and trash bins. We the classes have all been taught with personal hygiene in mind, teaching about showering, hand washing, and tooth brushing.The older students also receive a lesson on nutrition. We make sure to have a demonstration in each class so that it is not just obrunis teaching, but also peer-to-peer education.

We are not just teaching the students. On Friday at the Pedu public school we taught the parents of the PTA about adolescence and HIV/AIDS to reinforce what the children are being taught.

We are now planning on beginning a recycling program for empty water sachets within the schools. We will provide the school with trash bins and through a partnership with a local recycling company, make sure to have the water sachets collected on a regular basis. In order to make this a greater success the plan is to have a competition between the schools to see which can collect the most by a set date. We will then provide that school with a prize and hopefully will have created a habit which they will continue. If we can have them bring in their water sachets from their families at home as well we will drastically be able to reduce waste in the communities! (And also provide HEPENS with a small but steady income, since they now depend solely on volunteer donations.)