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Africa » Ghana » Western » Afransi December 4th 2006

As the mothers here all carry their babies on thier backs, this is also how the dolls get from place to place!... read more

Africa » Ghana » Western » Afransi November 21st 2006

Bascially a 3 day sports day... read more
sports day
football team
sports day

Africa » Ghana » Western » Afransi November 17th 2006

I've had my hair braided as a temporary solution to the bad haircut problem. It took 9 1/2 hours but I had lots of company!... read more
Keeping me company
helping the hairdresser
Hair lady

Africa » Ghana » Western » Afransi October 30th 2006

For those who are interested, maleria is not fun! I can't believe I've only been here three weeks and somehow ended up being the first person from my orientation group to be struck down! Usually I never get bitten. After being taken stright to the lab by the master of my school on Friday, who heard I had not been feeling well, I was given a positive test result. It is quite a different procedure because you never actually see a doctor. The lab give a paper copy of the test result which you give to the pharmarmasist, who gives you the medication. ...only trouble was that they gave me some really strong drugs which I reacted to and I eneded up in Swedru hospital on Monday on a drip to clear them from my system. ... read more

Africa » Ghana » Western » Afransi October 21st 2006

As we don't have cars (a good thing when considering that road deaths is the greatest killer in Ghana), we have been using tro tro's to get about. These are sort of like minibuses which even have some callapsable seats to get as many people in as possible. They don't leave their until the tro tro is full and so you have to wait for as long as necessary. Everytime I go anywhere it interests me as to how much it would cost in repairs to get a tro tro through a British MOT!... read more

Africa » Ghana » Western » Afransi October 19th 2006

Today it was raining cats and dogs. I think it is the end of the rainy season. When it rain it is so torrential that you can't get anywhere and the ground turns to mush. I was in school today and the rain started just after the children arrived. Half the school had a corregated iron roof, so depite the open sides the children can stay dry, so the younger children had to move from their school building with a palm roof to the other one. Under these conditions, actual classes can't really go ahead, so we taught a couple of classes hangman and a few lessons were attempted. We were told by another teacher not to worry about teaching as it was raining. By lunch time there was a break in the storm, so the ... read more
The school in rain
The school in rain
The school in rain

Africa » Ghana » Western » Afransi October 16th 2006

Walking through the village of Afransi, where I am staying, is definitly an experience! "Obruni, how are you?" is a phrase you hear every few seconds. "Obruni" is what a white person is called and this is called wherever you go!... read more

Africa » Ghana » Western » Afransi October 15th 2006

Today, I went to the beach with some other volunteers. It was incredibly hot and we seemed to get an audience. Ghanians don't seem to be very subtle about their interest in just staring at white people. We ended up with a whole group of people just standing watching us! Definitly something that will take some getting used to. The current in the sea was so strong and it was not suitable for swimming. I've never seen such waves and you could be swept off your feet by just paddelling. There were coconut trees and for 10 000 cedi a man would clim up and get a fresh coconut. This was definitly a good idea and it tasted incredible!... read more
King Charles Beach
Beach
Beach

Africa » Ghana » Western » Afransi October 13th 2006

Tina, the coordinator in Accra took us to our placements and to stay with our host families from Accra. Out of the 10 people in my orrientation group, I'm reasonably near 3 people and it is good to have a few contacts. We were all taken together in a taxi and everyone was a bit nervous because it was finally beginning to feel like it was actually happening. Most of the children in my family were at school, when I arrived but I had a good welcome from my host mother Alice and host sister who is 3. The house I'm staying in is a compound house and so more than just my family lives there. I've got my own room which is a good thing and it is even painted blue. It is really difficult ... read more
Dina and me
Dina
Kweku




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