University of Development Studies, Ghana

Three students, Douglas Baba, Reuben Garang and Megan Prydun, partnered with Kperisi, a local community in northern Ghana, and engaged in grassroots development and Participatory Action Research methodology to identify community priorities. Students worked with community members to co-create small-scale development projects and write proposals for submission to organizations operating in the area around identified priority themes. Project management skills were honed as students learned to implement these small-scale projects with community. In addition, there were opportunities to engage in knowledge exchanges and liaise with experienced development practitioners working in Ghana from the World Bank, UNDP, International Finance Corporation, UNICEF, World Food Program, various government ministries and political figures, and local Ghanaian NGOs.