School in Ewusiejoe, Ghana
- evansjerome
- Aug 11
- 2 min read
In 2023, I was involved in the construction of a school building in Ewusiejoe, a small Ghanaian town with around 7,000 inhabitants.
The new junior high school is specifically aimed at girls. It will provide education for over 400 students, thus sustainably strengthening the role of women in society.
The M/A Girls Model Junior High School in the small Ghanaian town of Ewusiejoe opened in 2016. It aims to improve the educational standards of over 400 girls from the surrounding area – however, the funds were only sufficient for a makeshift wooden structure.
In 2023, I advocated for the construction of a new school block with six classrooms and adequate sanitary facilities. This will create a solid foundation, also in the figurative sense.
Ewusiejoe has a population of around 7,000 and is located in the Western Region, not far from Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana's fourth-largest city. Over a third of the population is under 15 years old.
Unfortunately, school education, especially for girls, is often neglected. The result? An increased number of school dropouts. Junior high school helps break traditional gender stereotypes.
One of the core goals is to improve hygiene standards on site, with the help of new sanitation facilities and a self-sufficient water supply, as well as through training.
This leads to fewer illnesses, enables school attendance during menstruation for the first time, and reduces teenage pregnancies. Furthermore, this knowledge is spread to the rest of the population, achieving enormous effects over time – step by step.
The construction project began in February 2023. Within a few months, the walls were completed and successfully roofed over the course of the summer.
Since October 2023, the local school infrastructure has finally been meeting the immense importance of girls' education.
