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Background: Formed from the merger of the British colony of the Gold Coast and the Togoland trust territory, Ghana in 1957 became the first sub-Saharan country in colonial Africa to gain its independence. A long series of coups resulted in the suspension of the constitution in 1981 and a ban on political parties. A new constitution, restoring multiparty politics, was approved in 1992. Lt. Jerry RAWLINGS, head of state since 1981, won presidential elections in 1992 and 1996, but was constitutionally prevented from running for a third term in 2000. John KUFUOR, who defeated former Vice President Atta MILLS in a free and fair election, succeeded him.

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By Anita B
October 19th 2009

Welcome Party Africa » Ghana » Volta

Tonight the orphanage will be having a welcome party for me. Apparently I’m the first ever black volunteer they have every had . It has confused the children so much . They are baffled that there are black people who are classified as African descend living in different parts of the world .I have been told I will have to explain to the them the history of slavery and transportation of black people worldwide . lol I think when they think of black people they think of Ghanaian s , Nigerians and other African domination but the Caribbean/ west Indies [View Full Entry]

By Anita B
October 19th 2009

Football Africa » Ghana » Volta

I’m so happy that Ghana won the under 20’s world cup. It was such a nice atmosphere. At the orphanage it has inspired so many of the children and probably many more people in Ghana. Apparently in Accra , there was street parties until the early hours of the morning . Ghanaian s love to party so that was the perfect excuse to party on the streets . lol What am I missing in London anything interesting? I heard about Steven Gately , I can believe it very sad . I liked Boy zone many years ago Whats happening on Emmerdale [View Full Entry]

By Marla
September 22nd 2009

What happened at Dodi Africa » Ghana » Volta

the class room

I was debating whether I ought to write this up at all since it is a bit heavy as far as content goes, but I thought it best so here goes. Our trip to Dodi island did not go as planned, its not that it wasn’t good or profound as you will soon see, but it just didn’t go as planned at all. We started our trip a bit late because the traffic was bad and the tro tro took a long time to get to our pick up place. We eventually loaded up our people (there turned out to be [View Full Entry]

By Marla
September 17th 2009

Dodi Island Africa » Ghana » Volta

This time for a change i thought i would write in advance of my plans for the weekend. I am heading up a group with a few friends that is going to dodi island in the eastern volta region this weekend to help out and do some work. we will be leaving on friday with all our supplies including cement and trees and food besides the normal things like TP and dishes. we are set to come back on Monday during teh day, and the whole trip including accomadation food and supplies should cost about 75CAD. These Friends of mine are [View Full Entry]

By SophieeLou
August 22nd 2009

Half Way Through .. Africa » Ghana » Volta

So its Saturday 22nd August. Im more than half way through my trip! The internet has been a bit dodgy lately so the blog I did mid week did not save, boooo!! So now I'm a little unsure what has been saved and what hasn't apologies if I repeat myself! Soo last weekend I went to Cape Coast, we had a 4 hour tro tro (like a mini van, jam packed, so uncomfortable) ride to Accra first, when we got there, as soon as we were parked up, taxi drivers were after us. We were going to the mall, a taxi [View Full Entry]

By KiwiStyle
August 13th 2009

Even rust Africa » Ghana » Volta » Lake Volta

Hoi! Nou dat was me weer een weekje! We zijn naar e volta regi gegaan en hebben Suus en Guus daar kunnen helpen met hun projecten. Zij zijn hierheen gekomen om de lokale bevolking een stapje verder te helpen en hebben daarvoor thuis het een en ander aan euro's ingezameld. (altijd handig!) Er zijn inmiddels overal prullenbakken neergezet, plafonds, luiken, en stoelen&tafels gemaakt in de scholen, verder zijn de scholen wat opgeknapt wb de muren en aan de binnenkant hebben wij geholpen het geheel wat op te fleuren. Dus nu zijn er overal vlaggen van afrikaanse landen en nederland te vinden! [View Full Entry]

By TonyandAnita
July 28th 2009

Notes from Nkwanta Africa » Ghana » Volta » Ho

Spot the Aburoni

This is a long one, you may wish to digest it in portions It had been 14 years since I flew out of Nairobi. I had spent 3 months travelling through Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique Swaziland and South Africa, probably the greatest travel experience of my life. Anita and I had talked about doing voluntary work, in Africa, before we left Aotearoa nearly 18 months ago but we had not made any set plans. We had spent 3 months, in London, trying to find employment in Europe during the summer months without success and given we did not [View Full Entry]

By hollieeloise
July 14th 2009

Shipwrecked / Ada Foah Africa » Ghana » Volta

Hammock at Ada Foah

Our housemate described Ada Foah as a place where you "fish and sleep on sand" so I wasn't sure what to expect when we ventured there for a weekend. The tro-tro from Accra dropped us off in a dark empty market place, frequented only by a couple of goats drinking from puddles of mud. Met by Theo, the owner of our accommodation, we were led down a sandy pathway to the edge of a river. As we waited, contemplating the randomness of the evening so far, a woman shored up beside us and began to unload a giant pile of logs [View Full Entry]

Rum distillery - not quite the Guinness factory

By Stepher
July 2nd 2009

A Year Later Africa » Ghana » Volta

A park outside of Accra

Hello! It's been one year since I've been to Africa and I am absolutely craving my next trip. I traveled to Hohoe, Ghana last year with an organization called Cross-Cultural Solutions (CCS) (crossculturalsolutions.org) and my life has not been the same since. I have started this blog to share stories, pictures, videos and to urge you not to just travel, but to become immersed in another culture that is different from your own. I taught my own class for about a month in a small school right in Hohoe and also did some volunteer work at a school for the mentally [View Full Entry]

By lprice4
March 23rd 2009

Monkeys monkeys everywhere! Africa » Ghana » Volta » Ho

Girls at the top of the mountain

So this weekend I decided it would be a great idea to wear myself down into the ground. We got back from Mole on Thursday morning and I slept the day away until that afternoon when I went to Champs with some friends to watch the first round of the NCAA basketball tournament. It was exciting because I was able to watch the LSU game but didn’t watch the second set of games because it was getting late here and I was worn out. The next day I left to go to the Volta region where we were going to do [View Full Entry]

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