Partner Ghana School Partnerships

School partnerships are a fantastic way to engage with pupils and teachers in another part of the world, sharing projects and experiences whilst learning about each other’s lives. The Sabre Trust is a grassroots charity working in the UK and Ghana to facilitate long term relationships between partner schools, which foster greater cultural awareness and understanding in both communities.

All of our Partner Ghana schools are located in the KEEA District, a rural district on Ghana’s Southern coast. In the UK we will assist you to bring Ghanaian culture and tradition into school, through music, drama and the arts.

As the partnership develops, you will undertake joint projects with your partner school, sharing lessons and linking for live discussions over the internet.

There is an annual partnership fee to cover the cost of running termly partnership meetings and liaising closely with the teacher responsible for the partnership, the same service is provided to the partner schools in Ghana at no extra cost. We will facilitate all the partnership activities (pen pals, video links, shared projects, themed assemblies and lessons etc.) as well as providing a resource pack including ideas for assemblies, resource guides, joint projects, ideas on how to fund the school costs and how to use this to achieve the International Award.

Download the School Partnerships Overview here. (PDF file size 63kb)

Reciprocal Teacher Visits

Reciprocal teacher visits are strongly recommended as an invaluable development opportunity and a way of really cementing the relationship between the two schools. The UK school will need to cover all flights and in-country costs for both the UK and Ghanaian teacher. It is recommended that one visit happens each year by either the UK teacher or the Ghanaian teacher. If the UK teacher is the teacher accompanying the project team then this visit can be doubled up. It is assumed that the host school will organise accommodation and food at minimal cost.

Partner Ghana Project Expeditions

A project expedition is the perfect way to experience life in Ghana first hand and take your partnership to a whole new level. This includes a programme from World Challenge of termly meetings and a training day with the team to help them choose, plan and prepare for their project, prepare for the different culture and environment and fundraise the money required to cover their individual costs. It is expected that a team will run on an 18 month cycle and a team from the school will visit the partner school annually. For more information see the World Challenge website here.