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Geeti donate a portable camera/printer to TBB. Watch this space for pictures! Thanks to Geeti supporting inclusive education in Ghana. See www.geeti.org
News about Our Sanitation Build at Castle Road
February 2011
At last the dream of many years ,to build a Sanitation Block for our friends at Castle Road School ,has begun . Mandy and Jedi, TBB Ghana, had spent almost a year doing all the planning . Here, finally, the foundations have been dug and cement has been laid. The building is emerging. Three cheers!
April 2011
Congratulations to PM who continued the build from the middle of April and completed it by the end of JULY.
May 2011
May 2011
Whitewashing wall
Multikids Academy, linked to CAROSS, completed a Community Art Project in the summer term 2011. Secondary students from MKA helped to paint both the new and old walls at CAROSS. Students designed a mural. See below.
Decorating the wall
Everybody at MKA and Castle Road is happy with the finished wall & beautiful mural
Big Book Initiative March 2011
Judy sharing Big Book with Castle Road students
The Big Books that we make with our students in London and share with our friends in Accra are always really popular.
This is a Big Book Judy made with her class in London and is sharing with the SLD class at Castle Road School ,Accra Psychiatric Hospital.
We designed this book as a teaching tool for the phonetic alphabetical sounds.Our friends in Patricia's class really loved it and especially enjoyed acting all the describing words.
Patricia and Fred were happy to have the copy we left and have continued to generate their own big book .
Patricia sharing with Kofi Moses March 2011
Fred sharing Big Book March 2011
Kofi Moses starts Integration programme at MKA!
Kofi Moses looking over to his new friend in the classroom
January 20th, 2011
Kofi Moses first day of school at MKA!
Kofi is a beautiful and inspiring young man with Cerebral Palsy who lives in the children’s ward of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital.
Kofi Moses has faced many challenges in his young life. Newfound friends, volunteers and professionals have started to change his life for the better. A donation of a wheelchair has made it possible for Kofi to attend the Castle Road Special School (CAROSS) located within the Psychiatric Hospital premises.
Today was the long anticipated day of Kofi Moses joining the Integration Programme at Multikids Academy, where both students and staff gave him a warm welcome into the school. Kofi enjoyed interacting with some new friends as well as seeing familiar faces of those that visit him at the hospital. Therapy was provided by Multikids staff therapists, i ncluding Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Physio Therapy.
It was tough to see the day come to an end and having to say goodbye to Kofi. Fortunately volunteers have made it possible for Kofi to come to MKA on a weekly basis. We look forward to seeing you again next week Kofi!
INCLUSIVE FORUM HELD IN GHANA OCTOBER 7TH, 8TH 9TH OCTOBER 2009
The Ghana Education Service in collaboration with the Communication Learning Difficulties and Counselling Centre (COLEDIC) with support from USAID organised a 3-Day Forum on Inclusive Education
at the Ghana Education Staff Development Institute (GESDI) Ajumako, Central Region.
We invited organizations working in the field of education, special needs and health to participate in this forum.
The forum was organised because of the urgent need for better co-ordination and co-operation between different organizations and government institutions.
The first day was informative in character and provided information to Special needs professionals about Inclusive education. In the afternoon participants chose between different
lectures given by subject specialist to upgrade their knowledge.
The second day, Thursday 8th October, 2009, was used to identify and discuss issues concerning inclusive education and health care in small working groups.
Examples of topics discussed were issues relating to the assessment of children with special needs, early intervention, training of teachers, curriculum, attitudes towards children with
disabilities and parental and maternal care.
During the third day, Friday 9th October, 2009, the identified issues from the working groups were used to develop a plan for the future of Inclusive Education for the next 10-15 years.
This plan will be used by the Ghana Education Service for the development of their programmes.
For further information please contact us on:
email: forumges 2009 @ hotmail.com
Tel: 021-231469
Mob: 0540-957618/0244-878667/0244-264892/024-9180868
BBC World Class: UK and Ghana Schools promote inclusion
"It's very difficult for children from special schools to go abroad, some of these children don't go beyond Haringey," says Margaret Sumner Head Teacher of William C Harvey,"so we have to give them the experience here at home." Read the whole article
In September 2008, four Ghanaian teachers visited the UK on a Curriculum Project Grant, funded by the British Coucil.
Two special schools in Ghana are linked with two special schools in the UK. They have been sharing curriculum initiatives and teaching strategies for three years. This relationship has made a huge impact on all schools.
Watch the film, 'From Accra to Ghana', to hear what the Ghanaian teachers thought about their visit
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