Everyday can
be a memorable one depending on what you do in it. The lives you touch with
love, the assistance you give to the weak and feeble, the food you offer the
orphan and the meekness you teach the rich and the arrogant make a lot of
difference.

It was all
joy and inspiration when IGI volunteers made up of Ghanaians, Germans and
Swedish together with the people of Asifaw engaged in numerous activities aimed
at building community assets.
IGI
volunteers engaged the people on environmental health issues touching
essentially on proper refuse disposal and separation and followed it up with a clean-
up exercise in the entire community.
Additionally,
IGI invited a social worker from the Department of Social Welfare &
Community Development at the Akwapem North Municipality who did a presentation
on Social Protection touching on childcare, family life tips, human rights and
respect for women. It was a joyous moment as the community freely expressed differently
opinions on the said topic.
There was
also a presentation on food, nutrition and lifestyle aimed at enhancing the
health of the community. This was followed by medical screening exercise and counseling
for the entire community folks. The IGI volunteers some of whom were medical
students and health workers conducted various medical screening procedures and
advised some people with complications to go to the hospital as soon as
possible.
IGI also
made donations to Asifaw Basic School such as toys, pens, pencils, rulers,
mathematical instruments, footballs and other educational materials. In fact, the gratitude expressed by the
children who usually lack very simple educational materials to enhance teaching
and learning was a source of satisfaction to IGI volunteers.
IGI together
with the community made a formalized expedition to the biggest umbrella rock as
a sign of exposing this hidden mystery rock to the outside world. Fun games
including football matches were organized to raise awareness on malaria and
belhazia. Certainly, these four days of IGI volunteers drinking and eating with
the community, working with them on various projects were really fulfilled four
days in the lives of most of the volunteers and the community.
IGI left the
village with one thing clear; there is so much strength in togetherness
especially with the desire to help build community assets.
IGI Team 2015
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