Monday 26th Oct - impromptu presentation

Mon 26th Oct. Into Jirapa District Education Office with Aaron & Cath. My suggestion for these meetings is to have an informal chat through what was discussed in Education workshop in Bolga (this is a long way away in Upper East, so the Upper West volunteers weren’t there), get any feedback from the local volunteers, and cover anything else I usefully can while I’m there. There are a few introductions, including an introduction to the Director of Education. After ten minutes in his office, with various other pieces of business being conducted simultaneously, the informal chat has turned into a proposed introductory session on Organisational Development (OD) for Director, Assistant Directors, and other senior staff, in 30 minutes time.



A quick tweak of what was prepared for Walewale, with a Jirapa photograph pasted in, and away we go.


The District Assembly building next door has a conference room with screen and projector which is an unexpected luxury. Alison joins us from Lawra, not far away, to save me doing that journey too. By the time we’re part way through, the Jirapa staff present number about 12 (some of them were called in to the office to attend at short notice - my plans changed quite late on because of transport constraints). We share reactions to what’s discussed and flipchart them and it all seems pretty positive.
In the afternoon it’s back to the original agenda, and Aaron and Cath find Charlotte’s notes on OD questions to ask quite helpful (I typed these up and added to them).