Mid-Semester Break — Building impact and experiences beyond the classroom

Over the mid-semester break, there’s a natural inclination to kick back and take a well-deserved time off school.

For some students however, the week away is an opportunity to spend time exploring internship opportunities, engaging in community service projects and also working on personal projects.

From Accra to Tamale to Old Ningo, here’s photo essay showcasing experiences and impact students made over the break.

Volunteering for Mzuzah Africa, students helped organise a conference at Ashesi, and also spent time with children at an Orphanage in Dodowa.

Engineering students, Ronald Tumuhairwe and Jennifer Panashe spent time at truck company Scania for an observational week, ahead of their long break internship with the company.

From left, Major Kadonzvo, Hellen Kagunyi and Masateru Mwambo spent time in the Upper East region of Ghana on behalf of Mentors Network to hold seminars on leadership, ethics and community engagement with five senior high schools.

Amiineh Tabicca spent her week with local florists in Accra, collecting data for her capstone thesis. For her thesis Amiineh is looking to explore opportunities within the flower business in Ghana.

From top left, Joseph Awuah-Darko, Ariel Woode and Cynthia Muhonja donated 50 stools to pupils in the Old Ningo Basic school in Accra, as part of the Agbogblo.Shine initiative. As part of the initiative, the team is looking to build low cost durable stools for children in underserved communities.

From left, Lenry Neequaye, Samuelle Asante and Matthew Ndekudugu after their presentation at the Hult Competition in Dubai. Their pitch was developed around a low-cost solar powered attachment that can be used as a light source

Members of the Future of Africa (FoA)club at Ashesi hosted street children from Accra, taking them through sessions touching on drug abuse. The mission of FoA is to eradicate the street children menace in Accra through mentorship, community engagement and eventually getting the kids into schoools and forster homes.

Working with Ashesi D-Lab, a team of students carried out the Co-Design Process at Tema New Town and Kpone Landfill Site Tema, Accra-Ghana with waste pickers. The project is a collaboration between the MIT D-Lab and Ashesi D:Lab on the Designing of Financial Management Tools for Waste Pickers