Ghana Volunteering Journal of Taylor Swanson (of Canada) A question of scruples Hi everyone! It has been awhile because everytime I come here John follows me and invites himself to read my e-mails and read everything I write… People here are very friendly but at the same time they are also very intrusive- from John […]
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How to live in Ghana By Christopher Prater (USA) First rule: don’t ever, for even a moment, think you’ll be fine without sunscreen. Because, let’s face it, you will be burned. Sometimes I just accept this. Second rule: Never assume things will go as planned. I had a trip to Cape Coast cancelled ten minutes
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First Impressions By Christopher Prater (USA) As I stepped off the plane in Accra, Ghana, everything that whizzed past my eyes reminded me of Nepal: taxis honking at my white skin, people staring, dust flying every which way, and people sticking their heads out of minibuses yelling the destination. I upheld this view until I
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Fiema and Kintampo trip By Lindsay Ann Jopes (USA) This last week I began my new goal, giving special attention to the struggling students. Basically, I’ve found my nitch. Since this type of teaching is related to my future career goal(speech pathology) I’m glad I’m having this opportunity. I’ve found that in this type of
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Cape Coast Getaway By Lindsay Ann Jopes (USA) Right before I left for my trip to Cape Coast I finished my individual evaluation of my students. Out of the 18 I discovered there are four who are really struggling. Teacher Gloria’s solution was for them to not graduate. I decided that was an unacceptable solution,
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The dream By Taylor Swanson (Canada) I set off by myself on Saturday morning to meet people in Accra that I didn’t know so that I could go to a town that no one in Tema had ever heard of…The day started off on a sour note when I was forced to wait at the
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A weekend in Cape Coast By Taylor Swanson I went to Cape Coast on the weekend with most of the volunteers from last week and a whole slew of new volunteers. They all seem like great folk and if I don’t see them this weekend or next I will most definitely be in Krokrobite on
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