I have found a gold mine.
Socializing with others was a challenging area for Michael. But the E-Counselling group sessions of the CoRe programme have equipped him to start developing better relationships with the people around him.
Michael Edusei is my name. I live at Accra but am currently based in Takoradi doing my national service at the Takoradi Technical University. As a student during the early days of the pandemic our studies got seriously hampered.
The new mode of transmission of lessons came with so many challenges. Not everyone was equipped with the relevant gadgets to hook on to the online method of teaching. I ended up missing out on some lessons. I was however forced to manage. Additionally, my personality type also meant that I had the habit of keeping to myself and isolating myself from others. Socializing did not come to me naturally and the circumstances of COVID–19 and the restrictions that came with it further worsened my habit of self-isolation.
Thankfully, I came across information on a WhatsApp group I belonged to about the CoRe Programme and the rest they say is history. Having joined the programme, and the E-counselling group, I realized that the habit of always keeping to myself was not going to help me in anyway, since no man is an island.
I therefore decided to start making efforts at developing better interpersonal relationships. I have realized that relationships do matter, and good relationships complement our quest as humans to reaching the top of our fields. I am more confident now and, on the path, to becoming a better person.
Madam Sarah Woldeamanuel was so helpful in her expositions about drugs and consequences of its abuse. Some people in efforts to manage depression and stress end up into abusing drugs which can harm them for life. The knowledge I have acquired from CoRe is like a gold mine that I will jealously guard and guide myself with. I believe others who encounter me will also be impacted positively.
Thanks to the CoRe Programme.