“Cooking is a life skill. We need to eat every day so why not find out about what you’re putting into your body”
– William Katt
Richmond Awintanga is fifteen (15) years old and attends the Balungu basic school. He is currently in Junior High School (JHS) two (2) and has three (3) younger sisters. Richmond and his siblings live with their mother who is a widow. Their father died in 2018. Since their mother is now the only breadwinner of the family, she needed to find paid work to enable her care for the family.
According to Mbobilla Awintanga, Richmond’s mother, she was unable to travel or engage in paid work because her oldest child Richmond is a boy and could not cook. However, she started noticing that he became very keen on learning how to cook. He would always join her in the kitchen and ask many questions. In no time Richmond learnt how to cook.
Madam Mbobilla says that she is now able to even travel to Tamale and Kumasi to engage in paid work to support her family because she knows that Richmond can cook for his siblings under the supervision of extended family members.
“When I was in class 5, I joined the school club that was formed in my school. We learnt many things. We also learnt about unpaid care work and the importance of participating in it. I decided to learn how to cook from my mother. So, any time I saw her cooking, I joined her.
– Richmond
By the time I was in class six (6), I could cook. Now I cook most of the time. When my mother travels, I do the cooking and my aunty supervises me. I actually enjoy cooking. I am happy that I now know how to cook”
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This was made possible through the support of OXFAM
