These video notes take you to a Credit Association in Afram Plains near the town of
Donkorkrom. Bobbi and the staff from Freedom from Hunger Ghana left Accra (Ghana's
capital city at 5 a.m. to travel a distance that normally takes about 7 hours-if
everything goes well. Ferry systems being what they are, however, Bobbi's group
missed their first chance to cross the Volta at 8 a.m. and had to wait to cross
until 3 p.m. The trip ended up taking closer to 14 hours from Accra. The video of
the Credit Association you will see is about an hour drive from Donkorkrom.
Our local partner, Afram Rural Bank, has been introducing malaria education
to its Credit Associations over the past few months. Bobbi got to see a meeting
of women who were participating in their first malaria session. The topic is
a lifesaving one: how malaria is spread.
Here are some entries from Bobbi’s journal:
A Quick overview: The impact study now underway is important.
We are trying to determine the effectiveness of the malaria education and its
influence on changes in knowledge and behavior regarding malaria. This group
is facilitated by Assibi Amadu Emelia. I attended this meeting with Beatrice
Kuuzume, Program Officer from Freedom from Hunger-Ghana, an independent Ghanaian
NGO that has partnered with Freedom from Hunger to train rural banks in Ghana
Clip 1
In this video, Assibi (the field officer) is encouraging the credit association
members to get into small groups of 2-3 women to discuss the various ways that
one gets malaria.
Clip 2
This
is an extension of the small group discussions.
Clip 3
This
is a very short clip showing Assibi leading the discussion about malaria transmission.
Clip 4
In
this clip, a very active credit association member is describing how malaria
is transmitted by using her Malaria Reminder Card (the pink card the women are
holding).
Clip 5
During
Session One of the malaria education module, the women are asked to form groups
and create a song or a short skit describing the cause and transmission of malaria.
Clip 6
During
Session One of the malaria education module, the women are asked to form groups
and create a song or a short skit describing the cause and transmission of malaria.
This group has chosen to do a skit.
Clip 7
These
women are asked to form groups and create a song or a short skit describing
the cause and transmission of malaria.
One more note from Bobbi:
It was very exciting to see the malaria education put to practice with the
credit associations, and in particular, to see the women using the Malaria Reminder
Cards in their group discussions. The skits and the songs the women developed
to talk about malaria were energizing. I was amazed to see how, after their
first session on malaria, they were already internalizing the information and
able to put their knowledge into a format that could be shared with others in
their community. An even more enduring experience was watching the faces of
the children present and their fascination in the animated conversations going
on around them.”
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