President Barack Obama is coming to Ghana, for “small-small” time. EWB is trying to get him to come to the north, or at least, address the issues of the north. Basically, we want him to give a shout out to all Ghana’s Northerners.
How are we doing this?
By asking Junior and Secondary school students in all the districts we are working with to answer the following questions:
1. Why should Obama come to the north?
2. What does Barack Obama mean to you?
As a symbol of the north, and a welcome package, we have sent all the letters along with a Smock and a Xylophone made by Saakuu.
In all, EWB collected 1400 letters from students all across the North. I contributed around 130 alone…. and considering students in my district were in mid-terms, I’m really happy with the level of engagement. Students’ went beyond answer the questions, but explained in great detail their reasoning. These letters (along with a few items, included the xylophone and company profile of Saakuu) were sent to the US Embassy in Accra. The white house was notified as were several media sources in Ghana, Canada (we were asked by a CBC world producer to give a Canadian reaction to Obama in Ghana).
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