Reflection Ghana Team

Helping the Ghana team

In grade 11 I helped out the Ghana team at their meetings, helping them come up with ways to reach more money, plan events, and helped out at events such as the Ghana gala. Sadly I could not go on the trip but the experience alone of helping the team helped me become more aware of global issues and the ethical implications of such a project and all the things involved. whilst helping the team we learned a lot about Ghana and important issues such as poverty.

Time: 18 hours service

Reflection

Reflection based on the learning outcomes

• Engaged with issues of global importance: with this activity we engaged with issues of global importance. the project was to build an orphanage in Ghana. Of course this is related to the issues such as poverty and health issues as well. With this project we also learned a lot about Ghana and the different situations in the country. furthermore we aslo learned more about the history of Africa and the different issues going pn
• consider ethical importance:  of course this activity also made us consider the ethical importance of what we were doing. furthermore everything used for the project was also considered, such as the materials used to build the orphanage and the products to sell. for example the shirts sold to raise money were created by a small independent company and it helped the workers earn a fair income
• working collaboratively with others:  For this project we had to work very closely together to make sure we all raised enough money, came up with good ideas and made sure the events planned went smoothly. of course part of this included discussing everything with  Ms. Lavalle the supervisor. this activity has helped me become better in working closely with a team and coming up and working out ideas with each other.

Reflection based on the learner profile

• Thinker:  This activity has helped me think more creatively to look for solutions if any problems occured but also to think about ways to raise more money and ways to set up events, create posters. furthermore it also helped me think more critically and together we looked at eachother's ideas and had to think critically to see which ideas were the most realistic. doing this activity really made me think and consider a lot of things and has made me grow on some of these areas. I can no apply these skills to other subjects as well.