Maymester 2012 Team

The Maymester 2012 group consisted of three students from The University of Texas at Austin and a Ghanaian peer from The University of Ghana, Legon. Their main goal was to sustain Helping Hands Apprenticeship Program (HHAP) and enhance their opportunity to seek outside funding and development.

The team spent a week at the Culture Centre in Mr. Abu's shop where they:

• completed workshops with apprentices,
• created a financial reporting system to account for materials and funding,
• created webpages to build awareness of HHAP,
• donated funds and supplies,
• provided training on Microsoft Excel and consumer perspectives,
• and created a documentary to highlight the program's initiatives.

L to R: Ruby, Kiara, Asha, & Jordan

Asha Dane'el, a graduate student from the LBJ School of Public Affairs and the School of Social Work at the University of Texas at Austin.

Jordan Metoyer, an undergraduate from College of Liberal Arts and the McCombs School of Business at UT Austin.

Kiara Ward, an undergraduate from McCombs School of Business with a minor in African Diaspora Studies at UT Austin.

Ruby Akorfa Adedia, a recent graduate from the Department of Social Work at the University of Ghana at Legon.

For more information on past Ghana Maymester efforts with the Culture Centre, please visit Students for Ghana Development.