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November 18th 2008

Published: November 18th 2008

Oops. So I have just realized that it ihas been 75 days since I last wrote in my blog! I have had e-mail correspondence with some of you...sorry to the rest!!! There is obviously alot to fill you in on, but I will give a summary of what I have been upto (if I can remember it all!!!) The days seem to pass by so quickly as I leave the house (I have moved from Dansoman, living with the family to ... Read Full Entry

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Photo 11

Roomies!

Tricia, myself, and Fiona

First time Halloween'ers!

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6 AM on the beach a street from my house. (Tricia and Michael).

Private Island!!!

This picture does not do the house justice, as there is a floor and a half missing from the picture.

Photo 16

The pool...(not a bad way to spend a Sunday in November).

Photo 17

The boat trip back...

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Photo 19

This is Awa digging a hole to bury herself in at Kokrobitey. Awa was adopted by my friend Lori.

Happy Birthday Tricia!

Photo 21

Tricia, Vossie, Fiona, Dawie, myself at Ryan's on Tricia's birthday.

Ryan's Pub

Danny is my friend that works upstairs in Ryan's Pub. He is in charge of the pool table, foosball tables and dart boards.

The South African's

Vossie and Dawie

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Honest Chef who ain't so Honest...

Honest Chef tried to charge us 40 cedi for 5 dishes...the thing is, that should have cost a maximum of 15 cedi...

In the field...

This was part of a seminar called "The Roadshow" from Farm to Fork. The farmer in this photo is demonstrating the pathogen reduction technique by minimally disturbing the wastewater for irrigation by scooping the water off of the top.

Teaching...

Phillip is teaching the farmers, market women and food vedors about pathogen reduction and re-contamination by using styrofoam chips. RIght now the agriculture products are completely conaminated at the farm level (full container). We remove some at the farm through their farming techniques.

Breeding...

The group is comparing clean water petri dishes compared to wastewater petri dishes.

Harvesting for the Market...

At the market...

Cassava!

The big brown vegetable is what is used as a starch in foufou and banku.

18th November 2008

Cathy
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Hey!
Great to read such a long and detailed post after such a length of time! I am glad that the work experience seems to be going so well now. Are you starting to feel anxious for the time to come to an end or can you not imagine leaving? I am so proud of you after all the discussions and work related to this! Talk to you soon! Cathy PS: the Shit truck picture is so going up in the network office.

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