Ghana Trip

by Sirina K.

On February 7, 2013 Mcgehee high school students left New Orleans to go to Ghana. They went to Ghana to work with a girl’s school in Bolgatanga.  Claiborne Beary, a high school student who went to Ghana, said that she went to Ghana because “I was really inspired by the presentation Aminata Brown, founder of the SISTA Scholar program, gave to the entire high school at assembly. She talked about these wonderful places, but what inspired me most was the fact that the students that went on the trip would get to present money to the girls school in Bolgatanga, Ghana that would be used to pay for the education. I couldn’t wait to see their smiling faces when the discovered that they had the promising hope of continuing their education through high school.”

 Before the students left for Ghana, they had some fundraisers to help pay for the scholarship, including a book drive and a duds day. Both fundraisers went very well, and the girls could actually pay for more scholarships than expected, they paid for eleven scholarships.  The books from the book drive went to the girls’ school in Bolgatanga.   

Claiborne Beary and Monica. Photo courtesy of McGehee School.

   

 When the students arrived in Ghana they went to many places including Accra (the capital of Ghana), Tamale, Kumasi, and lastly Bolgatanga. The girls were in Ghana for ten days: February 7, 2013 through February 18, 2013. While in Ghana, the girls met many different people including, Ezra, a woman who showed them batik and the girls at the Bolgatanga School.  The trip to Ghana went very well and the students helped many girls get a better education.