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Liz123 - Elizabeth | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 3 Comment(s) | 0 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=306732] | 2008-07-31 15:42:29
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Areas in Volta: Aflao | Atabu | Ho | Lake Volta | Teteman | Woe
I don't think I ever need to see another goat, cow, or chicken cross the street! Malaria is widespread in Hohoe. Our house mom has fallen ill to it, and one of the teachers at my school also has become infected. They tell the volunteers not to worry-it's just like the common flu in America. The only people who die from it are in remote villages who cannot reach a doctor to take the pills. I'm not sure if I believe that. It makes me angry to think of all the people who are dying bc they don't have access to [View Full Entry]
Mother and Baby Mona Monkey
from "Ghana Volta Region Natural Wonders" by Denise Ward (photo by Celia Ponzo)
Denise Ward - Denise Ward | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 6 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=305079] | 2008-07-27 13:10:45
By Denise Ward
July 27th 2008
July 27th 2008
Have I Really Been Here Over Nine Months?
Africa » Ghana » Volta » Lake Volta
At 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, I hope to see a trotro to Accra stopping to pick me up beside the road at the top of the path to my home for the past seven weeks. Ready to be home and seeing family and friends, starting over with a new career (aka finding a job!), finding a home, purchasing a vehicle and paying over $4 per gallon (and rising!) for fuel, getting a phone and new cell phone plan - all the benefits and challenges of our society and culture. But, I will certainly miss this more simple but not so easy [View Full Entry]
Denise Ward - Denise Ward | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 1 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=305105] | 2008-07-27 14:17:53
The day following our river trek, Paul took us to another river spot, a short drive from Kpeve town. No rice farming in this spot, just the peaceful, quiet beauty of the river, fishermen, boats, and fisher family activity in open huts on the shore. Looking across the river at this place is an island (or what looks to be an island) on which Paul dreams of having an ecotourist resort for all income levels, Ghanaians and international visitors. We had a fun day, unlike no other. In addition to enjoying the river, scenery, boats, and fishermen and family activities, we [View Full Entry]
Denise Ward - Denise Ward | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 5 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=305075] | 2008-07-27 12:40:27
Hans Botel Cottage
This is HBC, it is a hotel with a stilted restaurant that sits on a lake with nile crocodiles. As you walk along the walkways, you are about a metre away from them but they just chill out in the sun.
itcha - Marisa Fowler | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 2 Comment(s) | 27 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=304424] | 2008-07-25 19:04:31
By Denise Ward
July 23rd 2008
July 23rd 2008
Trekking through the bush to the Dayi River
Africa » Ghana » Volta » Lake Volta
Knowing the Dayi River was somewhere west and not far from Have, I asked two of Florence’s (our cook) nephews, Richard and Samson, to escort Celia and I to the river. They confirmed that we could hire a fisherman there to take us out in a boat (hand hewn from one log). The 1.5 hour trek from Have-Etoe town to the Dayi River took us past town residents’ farms growing mostly cassava, yam, maize, and okra. Nearing the river, I was surprised by an old village, the original village of Have, where villagers, far from town, make a quiet living fishing [View Full Entry]
Denise Ward - Denise Ward | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 4 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=303635] | 2008-07-23 16:20:33
Hi everyone! I don't know where to begin~ There's so much to share with you! I've been mixed with many emotions about Hohoe bc there are so many issues here, but the people are so welcoming and friendly. I have not been able to walk down the street without every single person saying welcome and asking how my day is. Please know that I'm very safe here! School is stressful but in a different way than at Little Silver. The children are so used to rote memorization, so they have never been able to think for themselves. I worked with one [View Full Entry]
Liz123 - Elizabeth | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 6 Comment(s) | 0 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=303692] | 2008-07-23 20:04:54
Well, I made it to Ghana! My first experience traveling from the airport to my town, Hohoe, was very difficult. On our way, we arrived at a large bridge. Unfortunately, part of the bridge was beginning to collapse. ( A piece of the bridge had fallen into the water below earlier that day.) The police wouldn't let any cars go over it. Our leader pulled some strings and settled on an agreement with the police. Our van was not allowed to drive over it with all of the people in it, bc it would be too heavy. Our driver asked us [View Full Entry]
Liz123 - Elizabeth | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 3 Comment(s) | 0 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=301044] | 2008-07-17 17:40:02
So I am really bad at blogging so that is why the previous entries have been by Emily. :) The time in Ghana is flying by it is crazy. I am can't believe that it is already the 15th! We took a trip this weekend and got to see a little bit more of the country. It was really great! Emily, Marisa (our favorite australian), Lucy(England), Me, and Susanne (from Switzerland) all headed out of Aflao and we traveled to Cape Coast and we stopped in Accra (the capital), Kakum National Park, and Hans Botel Cottage. Accra is really a neat [View Full Entry]
Emmalindsey - Emily and Lindsey Walker | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 0 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=300134] | 2008-07-15 18:51:02
A day at an outreach clinic + Celia’s boyfriend’s research project = spontaneous weekend trip across border to Togo capital city of Lomé. Hadn’t planned on visiting Ghana neighbors, though heard border crossing was easy. Well, it is…if you are Ghanaian! But, still, relatively simple for a visitor. During down time at an outreach clinic in a small village called Ando No. 2 (outlying village of Have), I pulled out my Ghana map and tourist guide. Joyce and Louisa, clinic nurses, showed us their homes on the map, one of which is very near the Togo border in southeast [View Full Entry]
Denise Ward - Denise Ward | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 4 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=299663] | 2008-07-14 16:46:01