Why Ghana?
While Ghana has experienced unprecedented growth and development over the past few years (IFAD report; African Development Bank), the country still faces many challenges, especially when it comes to access to education.
In Ghana, 17% of primary school age children are not enrolled in school and of those who are in school, 28% will drop out before completing primary school (UNESCO, 2018). Additionally, over 14% of the Ghanaian population is illiterate (UNESCO, 2018).
PoP works with over 170 communities in Ghana to ensure that students overcome these and other barriers to accessing quality education. Currently, PoP is impacting over 378,000 students and teachers in Ghana through School Builds, Teacher Support and WASH programming.
VOLTA REGION
The Volta Region is located in southeastern Ghana, to the west of the Republic of Togo and just east of Lake Volta. In many of our partner communities in the region, PoP couples school builds with literacy programming in order to create sustainable change.
To date, we’ve built over 170 schools in the Volta Region and have also provided teacher training and educational programming to many PoP schools in the region.
Agortive
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With a population of around 1,200, this farming community is located within the North Tongu district of Ghana. Agortive DA Primary School currently serves 138 students throughout grades Kingergarten-6th. The Ewe language is spoken here, and students are eagerly awaiting their new school, where each child will be inspired to reach their full potential and promise. |
Carly’s Impact in Agortive
At PoP, we strive toward a world in which every child can experience and benefit from quality education. Students previously enrolled at the Agortive DA Primary School were learning under wooden structures with zinc roofing; there were no doors or windows and the floors were made of dirt. Students were easily distracted and were exposed to the elements. These conditions clearly posed a hazard to student safety and well-being, as well as to engagement and learning.
We believe that a quality learning environment is critical to increasing student attendance, engagement and overall literacy outcomes.
PoP has partnered with the Agortive community to build a new three-unit classroom block! The community was devoted to providing a valuable education to its students, and contributed 20 percent of the resources and labor required for construction. We broke ground in March of 2021, and completed construction in May of 2022.
We establish partnerships with communities who are deeply committed to their children’s education. The support of the Agortive community ensures the sustainability of the school that it will remain a quality learning environment for generations to come.
Soon, we will come together to inaugurate the new school and celebrate the extraordinary learning that will take place there!