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Friday morning was a lovely round trip of greeting the schools where we are doing the school feeding; Dowine Junior High School, Karbo Primary and Karbo JHS. A nice easy morning for me…perhaps not so easy for Edith who was doing the driving with me, twice her size, on the back of her 'rubber rubber' (little scooter).
It was wonderful to finally meet John Bosco, the Headteacher at Dowine which joined the school feeding programme in January, and his team of cooks hard at work preparing rice and groundnut soup for over 200 pupils. It was very quiet and calm as Form 1 & 2 were out playing sports whilst Form 3 focussed on preparing for their BECE exams due in a couple of weeks' time.
Whilst there, we heard the beautiful sound of the gyil (the traditional xylophone with gourds underneath large wooden keys) coming from the staff room. One of the students, completely self taught, was practicing and playing some fantastic pieces in the local style which can be heard at important community gatherings, funerals and celebrations.
At Karbo Primary all the children were gathered under one large tree in the courtyard. They were closing early because of a funeral for Madam Charity's mother, and the extremely sad news that the Headteacher had also just lost her 4 year old grandson. Teachers dressed in traditional black and red funeral cloth headed towards the funeral ground while the children weaved their way home.
At both Karbo Primary and Junior school, teachers were munching on fruits which are abundant at this time of year. One looks like little grapes on individual stems and another, 'yellow fruit', looks like a small mango packed with lots of stones covered in deep yellow, deliciously sour pulp.
After a lovely day of visiting schools and catching up with the cooks (see my blog photo albums for more pictures), it was time to see in the weekend with some Club (the popular Ghanaian brand of beer) and some dancing out under the stars at the local 'spots'.
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