Pachacamac Part 4: Goodbye

I will miss my friends. Thank you Stephanie and Francisco for a wonderful month of sharing ideas together. Love to you both.

And love to Tauli. For those of you that know me, and I assume anyone reading this does, this little video requires no explanation:

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Kibi (Week Two)

Our second week was spent at the Kibi Presbyterian College of Education in Kibi--pronounced chibi, and sometimes spelled Kyebi. It was a gorgeous campus in a valley, surrounded by mountains. There was a garden, used by students, and many fruit trees (mango, papaya, banana, coconut), available to students to help themselves to! We had cocoyam for our supper one night. The leaves grow plentifully and Ghanaiansr refer to it as "spinach." cocoyam leaves growing all over the campus The campus had lush plant life, especially hibiscus--they also serve hibiscus drinks which are delicious. Did you know that Ghana (at least in the south of the country where we were) has red soil just like PEI? The pictures of red soil that I took don't look quite red. In real life the soil is a much brighter red. The second week was a replica of the first. Two cohorts from the Volta and Eastern regions. Opening ceremonies, 2 days of 4, 2 hour classes, a closing ceremony and Canada/Ghana night. For...

Ghana

Next stop in the adventuresoflynne is Ghana! I am on"Project Overseas," an initiative of the Canadian Teacher's Federation. I applied to ETFO (Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario) who interviewed me and selected some of us to participate this year. Project Overseas sends Canadian Teachers from across the provinces and territories to 15 countries (in 2024). There were 5 Carribean countries that were on hold, waiting to see if the program would continue after Hurricane Beryl. In the end three of the five went. There are a number of teachers in African countries. https://www.ctf-fce.ca/what-we-do/international-development-cooperation/project-overseas/ We arrived in Ghana, a bit weary and excited. This shows all 8 of us--Ghana Team 1 and Ghana Team 2. Team 1: Gwenan from Yellowknife, Clarerose from Ontario and our leader Lana from PEI. Team 2 has Rachel from Manitoba (leader), Octavia from Nunavut, Meagan from Ontario and Tara from Alberta. We were welcomed by ...

Back to Ghana!

I'm so lucky! I get to go back! Project Overseas is now called "Teaching Together," which a nice way to move away from a "project" as if the Canadians are "serving" rather than collaborating with other countries' federations! It was going to be called International Collaboration for Education (which is a title I loved because of the word 'collaboration') but if you think of the acronym (ICE), it's an ugly acronym in the rhymes-with-dump era in the United States. So I like our new name. It works en francais aussi--"Ensignants Ensemble." I look forward to meeting old friends from last year. I am the team leader for three wonderful teachers and I look forward to working with them: Laura, Laun and Kevin. Thanks for coming along again with me!

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