The internet has been working the last two days so I wanted to update everyone on what I did this weekend and Monday. Since we spend so much time on outreaches and at the eye clinic, Unite for Sight gives the volunteers and ophthalmic nurses Saturdays and Sundays off. This was really nice since we’ve only been to some of the rural villages and gave us the chance to see some of the Ghanaian attractions. On Saturday, six of the volunteers went with our UFS driver to his hometown of Ada, Ghana, about an hour east of Accra where the Volta River meets the Atlantic Ocean. Within five minutes of entering Ada, we met four of our driver’s childhood friends who went with us and were very friendly. After that, we rented a boat that took
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