Namawu was in the very first class of pre-K LLC students in 2008. Namawu recently contacted us to update on her progress at the University of Development Studies (UDS) in Ghana. Namawu is currently a political science major in the second year third trimester, and she aspires to be a lawyer. [Listen to Namawu in the video YouTube]
In her words:
“As part of our course schedule, we normally go to a village at the third trimester of the first year to collect data on health, population and all aspects of the community, including the number of men and women, their natural resources and the problem they face in their community. In the second year, we go back and update the previous data and also write a proposal to the district to help solve their problems, This is our second term in the village, and we will be spending one and a half months to complete the data collection and written proposal. The university has chosen a coordinator who will supervise and assess our work.
"Through our data collection from the community, my group members and I have found out that the problems of the community include poor roads. The community members complained that their roads are very bad especially when it rains. They cannot transport goods and services from their farms to their 
homes. It is also difficult to move easily from one community to the other. The community also complained about the inadequate water supply in the community. The lack of market in the community also makes the selling of their farm produce less costly as compared to the prices of same farm produce on other communities with markets. They also complained about lack of agricultural support for farmers and inadequate toilet facilities.
"As a group, we suggested possible solutions that could help solve their problems. We also suggested that the community should appeal to the district assembly to support them with finances so they can (1) drill more boreholes and water wells to solve the problem of the inadequate water supply, (2) construct roads, (3) establish a community market and provide them with infrastructure and resources, (4) provide agricultural training and resources to the farmers, and (5) build many toilet facilities. We have compiled all of these ideas into a report. We shall print and share one of these reports for their assembly man, and the district as well, so that shall put it into action.”
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