Congratulations to Rashid Hafisu!

One of Yo Ghana's most dedicated teachers is working his way toward becoming Ghana's Teacher of the Year!

I first met Mr. Hafisu a year and a half ago, where he teaches: Accra Girls Senior High School in Accra.  Although he was expecting a guest who would speak to a group of students about French, he and the students quickly adjusted to the fact that I was instead looking for students interested in exchanging letters with students in the U.S.  Mr. Hafisu has been a wonderful host on my several visits to his fine school and has done an exemplary job publicizing and supervising our letter exchanges.

Mr. Hafisu has already won the award for his district and is now being considered on the regional level.  (Ghana has ten regions, and of course Greater Accra is the most densely populated.)  He writes that: "The criteria includes the impact of the teacher on the community as well as other human voluntary services."  Ghanaian teachers work very long hours for modest pay, and Mr. Hafisu is one of the most inspiring and dedicated ones I have met.