Me too !!! Thank you for telling of your feelings about Buduburam. I have never been but have been supporting a girl called Gladys Sieh fir about three years --- though bad times and worse times --- there are few good times are there? She is trying to become a hairdresser --- and I am trying to raise a few hundred pounds to set her off on the right path. My trouble is that I find it hard to understand her life and needs --- and what you have said makes it easier. Thanks for sharing your feelings --- I wish you lived near Hereford so we could fund raise together ! God Bless Roy
i know a liberian man i admire... i know a liberian man who i admire because he bravely spends his life giving others what he has... i can imagine what you say so well and i just dream with going to ghana to know that place where people who have nothing can smile each day...
I just read your posting... ...And am leaving for Buduburam on June 3rd. I really enjoyed reading your posting. What organization did you go with? I got the internship through a UN affiliate although I am not working directly for the UN. Would you perhaps be willing to tell me a bit more about your experience there?
Many thanks,
Allison
love your writtings Cat, I love reading what you have written. My daughter will be in the camp in June, and reading your blogs have given me some idea of what she will be experiencing soon.
maybe this might interest u... http://www.crazymalc.co.nz/06Jul/25Jul/25Jul.htm ... and about 90something percent of the so called volunteering organizations are just like that. But anyway... hope u enjoying ur holidays there.
My name is Cat, I'm a 22 year old writer living in Southampton. I love to travel and am always dreaming of far away places. I have a very long list of countries that I feel I absolutely have to see! I just returned from a month long stay in Ghana volunteering at Buduburam, a Liberian refugee camp. It was wonderful, terrible, chaotic, intense and an absolutely amazing experience. It opened my eyes, and I hope my blogs give you some idea of what it is to do voluntary work.
'A destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.' Henry Miller.
Here's to the next trip!... full info
Roy
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Me too !!!
Thank you for telling of your feelings about Buduburam. I have never been but have been supporting a girl called Gladys Sieh fir about three years --- though bad times and worse times --- there are few good times are there? She is trying to become a hairdresser --- and I am trying to raise a few hundred pounds to set her off on the right path. My trouble is that I find it hard to understand her life and needs --- and what you have said makes it easier. Thanks for sharing your feelings --- I wish you lived near Hereford so we could fund raise together ! God Bless Roy