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Primary Schools in the Ashanti Region of Ghana

National Gardening Association's reporter in Ghana, Payson Bullard, is now in Ejisu, AshantiBin in the south central region of Ghana. Take out your maps and travel along with Payson as he visits different schools and meets the students in L/A "Primary School" Class 1 and Fumesua Anglican "Primary School."

Selina Owusu is an 11-year-old student in the L/A "Primary" school's sixth grade. She has 46 students in her class and 320 students in her school. Selina's favorite subjects are English and environmental science. She and her friends spend hours playing "LIDU" which is like the familiar American game "Snakes and Ladders." Selina enjoys doing her homework because, if she has a problem with something, she can get help from her family or neighbors in the apartment building where she lives.

Selina helps her mom cook dinner--rice and bean stew--on a coal pot.

Selina lives on the second floor of an apartment building with a grocery store and wholesale store on the first floor. Her family lives in a two-room apartment with a living room, and a bedroom. There is a communal kitchen that everyone in the building uses to prepare meals. Imagine sharing your kitchen with people in your neighborhood. How would dinner time change for your family?

A coal pot is a funnel shaped piece of iron that holds a cooking pot on top of a bed of hot coals. For a look at some Ghanaian recipes, visit the Recipes from Ghana Web site.

Selina loves working in the gardens at home and at school. At home, the family grows vegetables and fruits, such as plantain (small bananas), peppers, maize (corn), and yams (sweet potatoes). The garden at Selina's school has many different types of flowers and plants.