The Ghana Summer Service-Learning in Nutrition/Dietetics and Public Health - http://www.fcs.uga.edu/ss/sa_ghana.html This program is designed to provide students with hands-on experience working with malnourished children, pregnant women, HIV/AIDS patients, and nutrition and healthcare seeking behavior in a different culture. Dr. Alex Anderson 100 Barrow Hall 706-542-7614 anderson@fcs.uga.edu Program includes lecture, visits and design studio work with the following in 4 locations: In Accra, University of Ghana (Legon), Asheshi University, Kwame Nkrumah Memorial, markets, Morning Star School, and DuBois Center. In Kumasi, KNUST University classwork in art, planning and design with local students, Palace of the Asantehene King, Service learning at the Kumasi Children's Home (orphanage) . In Tamale, SugaShee village, Afani orphanage. In Cape Coast, visit slave trade castles, and Kakum National rain forest. Possible excursions or tours to neighboring countries. Interdisciplinary Study Abroad in Ghana - http://ssw.uga.edu/academics/ghana.html Ghana, West Africa, is a peaceful, harmonious nation, home to the famous Ashanti, Fanti, Ga, Ewe, Dagomba, as well as other peoples. Ghana is a developing country, working to improve self-sufficiency in food, improve health and education, carry out urban redevelopment and historic preservation, stabilize their currency, and reform the legal code. This Summer-in-Ghana program will introduce you to how they are doing these things, and provide an opportunity for you to learn through hands-on involvement. We also will trace the history of West Africa – homeland of many Africa Americans – its nations and cultures. The history of the slave trade will be discussed as well as Ghana's colonial past, the country's struggle for independence, and its great leaders, including Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and former UN Secretary Kofi Annan.
