Rainbow Fish in Yendi
I just returned from a trip to Samuel’s school. Every Friday, Joke (pronounced Yo-ka in Dutch) prepares an arts and crafts activity for the children at the school, and today, they made rainbow colored fish!
Here’s Samuel’s and Micah’s fish…
And then it was time for breakfast at school:
Kids go to school early in Ghana, as early as age 2 sometimes because the parents need to work. This school is a private school and is the best in Yendi.
Although I am here to scout out the business environment for Videre, I can’t stress enough how important it is to understand the culture holistically, including social relationships, education, political environment, media forms, etc. School fees is often a major expense for many families in Yendi, and most couldn’t afford to go to a private school like this, which costs about $360 Ghanaian cedis a year. Although Ghana has a free public school system, the families still need to pay for uniforms and school books, which some in the villages can’t afford and need the older children to watch younger ones while the parents work.
Off to the market! It’s market day!
