2011年3月7日 星期一
【公告】此位址作為2010年前資料保存
本部落格目前是作為清華大學國際志工迦納團2010年以前的部落格資料保存，將不再進行更新。欲得知最新消息，請上http://ghanaeco.blogspot.com/！謝謝！:)
2011年1月20日 星期四
從迦納捎來的消息
王子和他的團隊(Jukwa youth)有感於教育的重要性，將Jukwa的幾所學校聯合在一起，舉辦了測驗競賽呢！王子的信件中也提到，孤兒院裡孩子們的教育，也是他所關心的重點，他的目標就是要讓所有在Jukwa的孩子們都可以受到良好的教育！
以下是王子所寫的企畫書，大家可以看看
（腳踏車也可以成為鼓勵學生努力向學的獎品喔！）
以下是王子所寫的企畫書，大家可以看看
（腳踏車也可以成為鼓勵學生努力向學的獎品喔！）
Introduction
Jukwa Students and Associates is a group that brings together the young literates who hail from and/or live in Jukwa. With the slogan "Together We Build", the group has a sole aim of harnessing the knowledge and the enthusiasm of the young people and to gear them towards the development of the town in particular and the district in general. The association seeks to find workable solutions to the various challenges facing our land. At our meeting in Jukwa on January 2, 2011, it was realized that the current standard of education in Jukwa is low, and as our objective directs, the association is organizing a JHS Quiz competition in Jukwa in the month of February as our immediate step to help salvage the situation.
Objectives
The Association is embarking on this competition to offer motivation for the younger people in Jukwa to take education seriously. We believe that by raising this platform, and with the plan to repeat every year, pupils will be encouraged to study hard to win the prizes available as well as gain the prestige that accompanies such occasions.
We also hope to rekindle a healthy academic competition among the schools in Jukwa. It is an undeniable fact that competition brings out the best in everyone. Unfortunately, there seems to be no means by which the schools in our area are able to compete among themselves on the academic front. By this programme, we hope to offer that necessary grounds for our younger siblings to achieve their best.
Again, by this means we hope to make both teachers and pupils in Jukwa realize that the community is interested in what they do. There is an unfortunate impression held that “nobody cares” about what happens to the education of most of our children in Jukwa. Without trying to argue the issue, we want to use this measure to inform all and sundry about the interest of the community in the education of its younger ones.
The Competition
The Jukwa Schools Quiz competition is expected to involve all the nine (9) Junior High Schools in Jukwa namely; D/C JHS, Catholic JHS, Methodist JHS, Anglican JHS, Model JHS, Pamo JHS, Jabez JHS, Shalom JHS and Ebenezer JHS. These nine schools will be put into three groups, after a ballot, for three preliminary contests. Each of these three contests shall be organized on a different day and in order not to disrupt school sessions, the competition shall begin at 1:00pm. Each of these preliminary contests shall take place at Jukwa Motel. After the balloting the schedule for the prelims shall be
Group A- Friday, 11th February, 2011
Group B- Friday, 18th February, 2011
Group C- Friday, 25th February, 2011
The winners of these preliminary contests shall then qualify for the finals of the competition, which shall be held at the Jukwa Acheampong Market on 4th March 2011.
Each school will be expected present three (3) pupils for the completion, making provision for both sexes on the team. No school shall be allowed to present an only-male or an only-female team. This is to ensure gender sensitivity in the representation.
Awards
In order to elicit positive response from both teachers and pupils for this competition, we are making the award package benefit both the school and the pupils. Details are as follows;
• Certificates for all participating pupils
• Books and other educational materials for all participating pupils
• One computer and a printer for overall best school
• One bicycle for each of the students in the winning school’s team
• One computer for second placed school
• One computer for third placed school
• Cash prize for the winning team
• Refreshment for all participating pupils and their teachers
Available Resources
• Three bicycles for the winning students
• Association members to work as quiz officials
BUDGET
Check up the budget on our discussion page.
Jukwa Students and Associates is a group that brings together the young literates who hail from and/or live in Jukwa. With the slogan "Together We Build", the group has a sole aim of harnessing the knowledge and the enthusiasm of the young people and to gear them towards the development of the town in particular and the district in general. The association seeks to find workable solutions to the various challenges facing our land. At our meeting in Jukwa on January 2, 2011, it was realized that the current standard of education in Jukwa is low, and as our objective directs, the association is organizing a JHS Quiz competition in Jukwa in the month of February as our immediate step to help salvage the situation.
Objectives
The Association is embarking on this competition to offer motivation for the younger people in Jukwa to take education seriously. We believe that by raising this platform, and with the plan to repeat every year, pupils will be encouraged to study hard to win the prizes available as well as gain the prestige that accompanies such occasions.
We also hope to rekindle a healthy academic competition among the schools in Jukwa. It is an undeniable fact that competition brings out the best in everyone. Unfortunately, there seems to be no means by which the schools in our area are able to compete among themselves on the academic front. By this programme, we hope to offer that necessary grounds for our younger siblings to achieve their best.
Again, by this means we hope to make both teachers and pupils in Jukwa realize that the community is interested in what they do. There is an unfortunate impression held that “nobody cares” about what happens to the education of most of our children in Jukwa. Without trying to argue the issue, we want to use this measure to inform all and sundry about the interest of the community in the education of its younger ones.
The Competition
The Jukwa Schools Quiz competition is expected to involve all the nine (9) Junior High Schools in Jukwa namely; D/C JHS, Catholic JHS, Methodist JHS, Anglican JHS, Model JHS, Pamo JHS, Jabez JHS, Shalom JHS and Ebenezer JHS. These nine schools will be put into three groups, after a ballot, for three preliminary contests. Each of these three contests shall be organized on a different day and in order not to disrupt school sessions, the competition shall begin at 1:00pm. Each of these preliminary contests shall take place at Jukwa Motel. After the balloting the schedule for the prelims shall be
Group A- Friday, 11th February, 2011
Group B- Friday, 18th February, 2011
Group C- Friday, 25th February, 2011
The winners of these preliminary contests shall then qualify for the finals of the competition, which shall be held at the Jukwa Acheampong Market on 4th March 2011.
Each school will be expected present three (3) pupils for the completion, making provision for both sexes on the team. No school shall be allowed to present an only-male or an only-female team. This is to ensure gender sensitivity in the representation.
Awards
In order to elicit positive response from both teachers and pupils for this competition, we are making the award package benefit both the school and the pupils. Details are as follows;
• Certificates for all participating pupils
• Books and other educational materials for all participating pupils
• One computer and a printer for overall best school
• One bicycle for each of the students in the winning school’s team
• One computer for second placed school
• One computer for third placed school
• Cash prize for the winning team
• Refreshment for all participating pupils and their teachers
Available Resources
• Three bicycles for the winning students
• Association members to work as quiz officials
BUDGET
Check up the budget on our discussion page.
2011年1月19日 星期三
[HomeWork] Joy 給 11團員的第一份作業
Joy 給 11團員的第一份作業，要大家想想看自己最想要的三樣禮物、最想一起吃飯的人、與最擔心的三件事有什麼關聯呢？
"很幸福" ，眼睛眨呀眨，有如快門記錄這世界的黑暗髒後，還要說出這些話
好，至少還有未來。
- 兔子
- Terry
- 七七
- 慢慢
- 孟花
- 柔妤
"很幸福" ，眼睛眨呀眨，有如快門記錄這世界的黑暗髒後，還要說出這些話
- 東賢
好，至少還有未來。
- 思今
2010年12月29日 星期三
2010年12月27日 星期一
Unity Drum 人物專訪紀錄片，來囉！
Cape Coast昔日是迦納的首都，今日是遊客絡繹不絕的觀光大城，因為這裡有美麗的海岸、
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以下是更詳細介紹Unity Drum，大家可以先看過文字敘述再來欣賞影片
（部分內容是訪談影片所沒有的，經由聊天的過程中得知）
為了更深入瞭解Unity Drum，我們訪談了團長Richardson、美術老師Andrew、美髮師Ageorgia，和兩位學生Mariama、Georgina。
團長Richardson娓娓道來Unity Drum的成長歷史，從一句玩笑話開始，卻也燃起了他對於傳統文化的熱情，即使維持Unity Drum的運作並不容易，他仍拿著一張錄好的CD到處表演，也到各學校教非洲鼓來賺取經費，團員們也願意支持他。後來，有越來越多成員的加入，經費也逐漸累積可以買齊足夠的鼓了！從4個鼓到28個鼓，一路走來，Richardson始終堅持他的理想，Unity Drum不再只是一個學校社團而已，還是一個培訓年輕人擁有一技之長的組織。Richardson最大的願望就是讓傳統文化發揚出去，並且也能夠傳承給下一代。
美術老師Andrew可以說是個迦納「型男」，表演時總愛戴著毛帽，就連訪談時還特地穿了豹紋襯衫！一臉酷酷的他，在Unity Drum裡擔任「藝術總監」，團員身上的服裝是由他和團長Richardson一起設計的。如果有人想要加入Unity Drum，必須先過他這關，然後再由他介紹給團長Richardson。Andrew同時也是Unity Drum的聯絡人，負責安排Unity Drum表演的Case，如果表演時Richardson剛好不在，比如說去別的地方教非洲鼓，Andrew就會代替他安排Unity Drum的表演形式和內容，可以說是身負重則大任，然而，他還是Cape Coast大學裡的學生！要上課、要教課、還要打點Unity Drum的行政工作，「身兼數職的他，會不會累呀？」
「我們的社會鼓勵擁有多方面才能的人！」Andrew笑著說。
Ageorgia在Cape Coast有一間小小的美髮工作室，大概兩坪左右，店裡貼滿了各種髮型的圖示，在我們看來，好像差不多。「所以我想創造出新的髮型。」Ageorgia興奮地說，然後一邊幫我們的團員Bling編髮，Bling害羞地把臉摀住。我們在Jukwa的某一天晚上，Ageorgia也幫美滿姊編髮，細細的髮絲用迦納三原色（紅黃綠）毛線纏繞著，從早上編到晚上，從國王的家編到戳戳車上，連續編了三天才大功告成，美滿姊走在路上，不時聽到有人對她說「Ghana Lady!」Ageorgia也會到市集裡買一些具有花紋的陶珠，再自行設計成美麗的項鍊、手鍊，他和Unity Drum的成員在Cape Coast一起營運一間小小的手工藝品店，裡面擺滿了各式各樣的珠子。在美髮工作室裡，Ageorgia說他喜歡邊工作邊聽音樂，然後身體就會不自主地律動起來，為了更認識自己的傳統文化，便把美髮工作室交給弟弟而加入了Unity Drum。我們認識他的時候，他才加入Unity Drum兩個月，已經發展出屬於他自己風格的舞蹈了！
「我無法讓自己停下來。」我們眼中的Ageorgia總是很有活力。
Mariama和Georgina都還是高中學生，利用課餘的時間來排練和表演。一開始，家人極力反對她們加入Unity Drum，認為文化的學習對她們來說並不重要，也沒有幫助。然而，她們表達了強烈的決心，Mariama覺得自己可以，並且堅持下去，現在的她可以說是Unity Drum裡跳得最好的舞者之一了。在Unity Drum成立之初，團內出現了一些問題，部分團員因為和Richardson的理念不合而離去，Georgina選擇留下來繼續支持Richardson，在Unity Drum裡，她也是一位表演時常常出現的女舞者之一。
Sankofa是一隻水鳥，寓意是「回到你的根，去尋找智慧」。
不管是學生、美術老師，還是美髮師；不管是為了賺取學費、為了認識文化，還是為了展現自己的天賦，在現代化快速的Cape Coast大城市裡，Unity Drum的團員都在回頭梳理自己的羽毛，尋找屬於他們的智慧。
2010年12月26日 星期日
【心得】 天啊我們畢業了！
結束了台北場的成果分享會，2010迦納團，畢業了！
從台北回新竹的高速公路上，我想起了那天，我們搭了近30個小時的飛機從迦納回到了台灣。桃園機場往新竹的高速公路上，外面正下著大雨，颱風似乎越來越靠近台灣了。巴士裡昏暗的彩色燈光，映照著長途飛行後一臉疲憊的我們。窗外，家家戶戶的燈在夜裡閃爍著，路燈是溫暖的黃色，我們，一群歸來的遊子，跑到地球的另一端待了一個月，終於要回家了。
回到台灣，不知不覺就過了四個月，在忙著整理成果和傳承的資料的同時，我們也開始反思，要如何把我們在迦納所看到的，如實地呈現給大家。我們想說故事，我們在迦納的故事，讓爸爸媽媽、讓認識與不認識的朋友知道，2010年的夏天，有一群來自清華大學的台灣囡仔，勇於嘗試各種可能性，在迦納這塊土地上，灑下一些希望的種籽。
我們在一個月裡要進行五大專案，時間很短，要完成的事情很多。雖然我們不能算是這些領域的專家，但我們「不會就去學，不懂就去問」，也因此學到了之前所不會的技能，比如像是腳踏車的組裝、紀錄片的剪輯……等。然而，我們不敢自稱精通了這些技能，只能說是學到了一點皮毛，在這些過程中也還有不足、值得改進的地方，但我們因此累積了經驗，沙子裡摸久了也會找到那一把鑰匙！
感謝指導老師Joy的鼓勵，讓我們有創新的思維，並且勇於嘗試。感謝關心我們的朋友，無論是質疑還是鼓勵，都讓我們更仔細地去思考、更有動力地完成我們所做的每一件事。感謝一路陪伴我們的家人，願意讓我們這群孩子跑到這麼遠的地方，在我們忙碌到無法回家的時候，仍默默地在背後支持我們。
其實，我的爸媽在一開始是極力反對的。但我還是繼續進行迦納團的工作，然後到處問別人這個問題：「如果你的女兒跟你說她想去非洲當志工，你會讓她去嗎？」，大部分的人說：「不會。」還有一個爸爸和一個媽媽（兩個人彼此不認識，卻說了同樣的話）就是：「我會表面上支持她，然後偷偷地請她的男朋友幫忙勸阻她，甚至是跑去學校找老師談！」我知道，我的爸媽和全天下的爸媽一樣，都是為了我好，但他們沒有照上面所說的做，因為他們知道攔不住我，我自己一個人跑去辦了護照，也和團員一起打了疫苗。還好，在迦納的一切都很安全，只是偶爾拉肚子。
回顧這趟旅程，以及最近的反思，我想就是「真誠」兩個字吧！即使來自不同領域、不同科系，我們一致的目標就是把事情做得更好，我們互相提醒對方，彼此加油打氣，這樣的情誼好珍貴好珍貴……真的很感謝2010迦納團的團員們，我是一個浪漫派的人，在大家面前唱歌跳舞和打鼓我都不會害羞，但就是在做事情的時候難免有些衝動和主觀，簡而言之就是「想太少」，謝謝你們把我從雲端拉回現實，讓我看到自己不足的地方，以及很多沒有仔細想過的事。回國之後常常在想，出國前後的我有什麼差別呢？如果往後在做事情的時候有記得想「多一點」，那就是你們帶給我的，最大的改變與收穫了吧！
手掌上的淤青，是每一次用力打鼓的印記。「Drum for Life!」，為生命打鼓的同時，我們也活出了自己的生命！
2010年12月25日 星期六
【成果】Unity Drum 迦納歌舞表演
一共有九支歌舞的記錄
其中 Djembe precaution 是全由Djembe 鼓演奏而成的
也是團長Emmanuel Richardson 在迦納教我們的其中一首歌
所以大部分的節奏我們都學過會打，不過跟大師Rich(Richardson)的氣勢節奏還是差上一截啊
Kete一舞是全由Kete鼓演奏
Djembe 與 Kete 的差異可明顯由外型上辨識
djembe是漏斗型有腰身的鼓以手拍擊演奏，
通常會配上一組三只分別為高中低音的圓筒狀鼓(dundun)
kete 則是米缸狀，有高有低，以鼓棒或是手掌拍擊演奏
以傳統來說kete才是迦納正統的鼓，但非洲文化互相影響，
原在Mali的djembe鼓，在迦納及其他非洲國家也十分流行，成為文化的一部分
agbedza (純鼓曲表演)
九支歌舞，分別在海岸角(Cape Coast)與Jukwa村一共四個地點表演拍攝
大多為迦納的傳統舞蹈，經世代傳承後，現今通行的版本
當中Cul dance 為團長Richardson的自創曲，取名他的別名"culture man"
因Rich 自小便接觸表演藝術，並且在大學時代就籌資金組成unity drum鼓舞團體，
並作為主要鼓手與舞者，也是編舞家與作曲家，因此朋友常戲稱他為"culture man"
除了表演之外，我們更記錄了團員們的生活故事，藉此看見迦納年輕人生活縮影。
待補上unity drum完整記錄片
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