• The Third Trimester Field Practical Programme (TTFPP) is synonymous with the University for Development Studies (UDS).
  • We bring you shared experiences by Alumni and Students of the University as posted in our Facebook post we shared.
  • Below is from an Alumnus, Mo Torfek (Facebook name)

Mo’s Comment

I had my TTFPP in two different communities, this is what happened.

So I applied on awaiting and was enrolled a diploma student in 2014 then my first experience of the program was in Kidengi in the North Gonja District of the then Northern region (now Savanna) there we enjoyed a lot of bush meat as some of the community members go hunting almost every night, there wasn’t any potable water, no electricity, no communication network, there were Shea fruits we use to eat so much at our backyard, we fish sometime as well as the community has a nearby river… we played some football, watch some movies at the community’s movies centre, we assisted the only teacher of their primary school to teach, helped some of the members at their farms to weed and do some farming activities. Soon Ramadan set in when the Muslims among us began to have challenges, we didn’t have the energy to go on data collection and other assignment. ..The group almost crushed but for the good supervisor we had who sat us down in advice and consolation.

It was good after all.

When I had completed my diploma and continued from level 200 for the degree, I was made to join another group in another community for my second chapter of the program.

My second community was in the Saboba district in 2016, a community called Nasom, some kilometres away from the district capital of Saboba, thankfully there was electricity, network somehow good though the reception use to switch between Ghana and Togo…we had boreholes which we heavily relied on for water. The road network was good, though one needed to wake up as early as 12 midnight to await a metro mass bus from Saboba if needed to go to Yendi or Tamale. We bought goats, prepare some pepper soup a number of times with fufu and enjoyed the hell out of us. We were regularly served cow milk as well from one good Fulani man in the community, we carried out our exercise as expected, and soon it was time for presentation and project defence, boy!! You know the work alright, but come forth and defend your work…brofu go vanish at once🤣🤣

I want to pick a form again, TTFPP is fun. Exciting memories 😃😃

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