This week on our Blog, our Operations Intern Emmanuel talks about the Akan family traditions. The Akan people are the ethnicity which makes up most of the Southern Region of the previously named Gold Coast (Known as Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire today). The Akans, in Ghana, are the most powerful ethnic group. They have a lot of cultural practices, beliefs, and superstitions. One interesting thing about the Akans is their family system. The Akans, like many other tribes use the ma

Earlier this week our Program Associate Lilia sat down with one of her SHS Tutors, Abula Jennifer. Jennifer is a Form 2 Student at Ejisu Secondary Technical School, and is a tutor at Ejisu Presbitarian Junior High School. Jennifer talked about her experiences with Expo, her time being a tutor and her hopes for the future! 1. What is the best thing about being a tutor? I am able to teach my peers to help them understand. I feel good, impressed and happy when I realize that I h

It’s hard to believe that in just a few short weeks I will be leaving Ghana, the place I have been lucky enough to call home since August. As my time comes to an end I find myself thinking about all the amazing places I was able to visit and all the wonderful people I was fortunate to meet along the way. I am so sad to leave but I know I will be back. For my last blog post I figured it was appropriate to list the 10 things I will miss the most of my Ghana life. 1. The People

This week on our blog, our three Girls Leadership Program Associates (Grace Pinkrah, Mardiya Abdul Rauf and Asante Akua Boahemaa) write about the GLP Excursion to Lake Bosomtwe. They took a group of participants from each of their respective schools who had good attendance and rewarded them with a day at the lake. The excursion happened the weekend after International Women's Day (March 8th) which allowed the girls to meet girls from other schools, collaborate on ideas for gi

This week Yasme, our Level Up Village Coordinator will give insights on Expo's staff diversity and working with different cultures When I was given the opportunity of an interview at Exponential Education for the position of Level Up Village Coordinator in May 2016, the first observation I made was that I would be working with people from a culture and race which were different from mine. I was unfazed by this realization as I had attended a senior high school where students