Sensitising Santech

Fantastic disability awareness sensitization in Sandema Technical Senior High School carried out by  International service LIFE project volunteers.

The purpose of this sensitization was to educate students on  disability rights ,causes of disability,and the need to integrate persons with disability in to the mainstream society.
We  arrived in the school around 3pm but the students were still taking their lunch in the dinning hall that was supposed to be used for the sensitization,as a result of this we started the programmed around 4pm.

With support of the hardworking staff of the school, the students attend the programmed massively.
We started by introducing our selves to the students and staff present.The Ghanaian In-Country Team Leader Mr Alhassan Abdul Latif gave a short debrief of International Service Ghana and the reason why the LIFE project volunteers visit the school
We planned to  deliver topics like definitions of disability, causes of disability, differences between physical and mental disability, disability is not inability and the need to integrate persons with disability in to the mainstream society but due to energy crises in Ghana we couldn't complete all.
Fortunately, the school's cultural group were able to perform without electricity which was a source of great enjoyment and cultural cohesion for all.

The sensitization that did occur was a huge success and many of the students and staff  (over 1,200) provided volunteers with positive feedback about the session.
BY ABDULLAH  MUSAH