Moving forward – progress at the Tiehisuma School in Taha

Good news from Taha: construction of the new building at Tiehisuma School is progressing rapidly! Since the beginning of the year, the existing school has been expanded by two new rooms, built – like the original classroom – in the traditional local style: with handmade concrete blocks and a sturdy corrugated metal roof.

After all the bricks were pressed – a task traditionally carried out by the entire village community in Ghana – construction advanced quickly. This collective effort is a powerful demonstration of how deeply the local community supports the project. The roof structure has now been completed, and the building is taking shape more and more each day.

One particular challenge was keeping classes running during construction. Lessons continued in the existing classroom right next to the construction site. But our project partners found a simple solution:

“We just moved classes to the afternoon and built in the mornings,” explains Alhassan Salifu, chairman of our partner organization Northern Educational Alliance (NEA)

For the students, this was no problem – quite the opposite. Since much of the teaching this school year takes place via video, the lighting conditions in the late afternoon were even better.

Every single step is an important milestone. The shell of the building is complete, the structure is solid – and the project continues to progress smoothly.

With this milestone, Taha-Schul-Projekt e.V. would also like to highlight the school’s official name once again: Tiehisuma School. “Tiehisuma” means “good thoughts” in the local language – a beautiful guiding principle that inspires the students as well as our partners at NEA and ourselves.

Thus, in Taha, not only a school building is growing, but also a place of hope, knowledge, and collaboration – a symbol of how education can build bridges across continents.