SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — A team of Savannah State University (SSU) students, led by Dr. Roenia DeLoach, coordinator of SSU’s Master of Social Work program, participated in an enriching study abroad and service-learning experience in the Republic of Ghana. The SSU delegation arrived in Ghana’s capital, Accra, on May 11. They spent four weeks immersed in Ghanaian culture while engaging in service-learning initiatives in several villages in northern Ghana.
The SSU students include Jessie Herbert and Kyla Chandler, mass communication seniors; Jamya Brundage, middle grades education sophomore; and Kayleen Tarentine Hill, biology senior.
A core mission of their trip involved presenting health education workshops to members of the local communities and school children. These workshops addressed critical public health and social issues, focusing on the areas of breast cancer awareness, substance abuse and mental health education and menstrual hygiene management…