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louisd - Louis Dorval

On a 10-month volunteer placement in Ghana and West Africa, read about my learnings and discoveries.
Dans un voyage qui devrait changer ma perception du monde, j'expere vous entretenir de quelques histoires interressantes.
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Sight at Cape Coast Castle
Sight at Cape Coast Castle
A young Ghanaian can now relax on the site on this sadly historical landmark.
Hello my friends! I hope this finds you well. I hope you got the chance to glance at my special McGill update! Because it was pretty technical, and because the idea I specifically wanted to share with you in this issue is not very exciting, I will first try and entertain you with some fun thoughts about my life here. If you want more fun stories or details about my work, which has not changed very much since last time, refer to the French section! First, on Easter weekend, I had the opportunity of visiting the castle of Cape Coast. It [View Full Entry]

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Published: April 18th 2005 | 546 Views | [diary=7236]

Outside Cape Coast Castle
Some Drummin'
Some Dancin'

By louisd
April 17th 2005
Quelques nouvelles Africa » Ghana » Greater Accra » Accra
Vue du Nord du Ghana
Vue du Nord du Ghana
Les arachides constituent une source de revenus importante pour les Ghaneens du Nord. Cette femme en frit des anneaux en bordure de la route.
Bonjour chers amis! Je réalise que ça fait déjà un certain temps que vous avez eu de mes nouvelles! En voici donc une mosaïque peu ordonnée ! Je vous avais parlé de mon ambition de devenir un marathonien, et bien j’ai démarré mon club de course a pied ! Mon fidèle acolyte est Daniel, un jeune Ghanéen de 10 ans qui court un peu plus de la moitie de ma distance en sandales, 2 a 3 fois par semaine. Il fait aussi la promotion du club en criant à tous ses amis de venir nous joindre pendant notre course… (quoique en [View Full Entry]

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Fabrique de cercueils
Cuisine Africaine #1
Cuisine Africaine #2

Pump servicing #1
Pump servicing #1
Abukari (left) doing some pump servicing.
Hello McGill EWB Team! I hope this finds you well and rested from the Easter Holiday, and not too burned-out from the end-of-semester assignments and fundraising efforts! I have decided to write-up this special post on my blog such that you have a better idea of my work here, as well as a better idea of the development realities I am facing at the time. Hope you will find the read enjoyable and thought provoking! Quick overview: So as some of you might know, the small-scale irrigation project the McGill team and I were tied to ran out of funds last [View Full Entry]

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Pump servicing #2
The outflow of a treadle pump
Development in the 70s!

Wind Turbine at a rural school
Wind Turbine at a rural school
As part of my film-making activity, we got to shoot at a school which has distance education powered by wind turbines.
So, for those of you who can't read the French part, well everything is going quite well, despite a bit of culture shock. I have made some great friends, in the names of Seth and Augustin, 2 co-workers and Gilbert, a room-mate who studies at the Ghana Polytechnique. So about this culture shock! Well the truth is that the 4 weeks before my arrival in Ghana (between the Philippines, Indonesia, Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal), I was living at about twice my normal rate, and that life in Ghana is about a fourth of my normal rate... so that was quite the [View Full Entry]

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The school and wind turbine
Wind turbine cleaning

Mon bureau
Mon bureau
C'est d'ici que je travaille, le long de l'une des nombreuses route de terre d'Accra. Vous pouvez vous imaginer ce qui suit un bus qui qui devale devant chez nous!
Bonjour la maison! Tant de choses depuis que je suis arrive, je vais donc essaye de vous en donner les meilleurs moments! D'abord, IL FAIT CHAUD! Il fait vraiment chaud! Je suis habitue a travaille dans "les pays chauds", mais la, c'est imbattable... et je ne suis meme pas encore rendu dans le desert (je devrai sans doute passer une bonne partie de la prochaine annee). La bonne nouvelle, c'est que le matin, de meme que le midi, je fitre les 5 litres qu'il me faudra pour la demie-journee... (merci Etienne!) Ensuite, la nourriture. C'est vraiment bon, et diversifie. Je mange [View Full Entry]

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Ma chambre
Mon ami Gilbert