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It had not occurred to me that women may not have the same equality here in Ghana as they have progressed to have in other countries in Africa, now I realise this I understand certain things more. As Jane pointed out in Nigeria, you don’t see a man carrying a child. The family is woman’s work, she may have a full time job but she then must come home and look after her home and family even if she is ill, heavily pregnant or has just had a baby there is no time for rest, there is a family to feed. I did like what I heard on the radio this morning “a child strapped to his mothers back cannot see the long and tedious journey ahead of him” I was delighted when I was visited ... read more

last night the airport was hot, the queues were long and the air conditioning machines were pointless, I was molested (body search) by 2 immigration ladies - well at least I hope thats who they are, had my bag searched with high amusement due to the resus doll and was told off by another for having water in my bag... When Jane offered me a glass of wine in the British Airways Business Class Lounge (which was a treat because I am in economy) I was very happy in fact I could have drunk the whole bottle... we both relaxed with newspapers and listened to the Japanese events on the bbc news, it is really sad what these people are going through at the moment and I wish all the people in Japan my very best. ... read more

From 8am to 9am every day this week there has been a speaker discussing different aspects of health and safety to 250 people from the whole company - todays speaker discussed respiritory systems, as part of his discussion he talked about smoking, he advised that smoking was neither good for you or bad for you ... infact its up to you to decide for yourself, I thought hmmm I am not sure about this one I will talk to the first aiders about this in the class. we talked about the dangers of smoking, some agreed that smoking is bad for you but if you smoke it is your choice and you still get cancer anyway if you dont smoke. A gentleman asked me about breast cancer, he said that in Nigeria they can predict it ... read more

or so they tell me... its a herbal remedy with magic spells... hmmm I dont think so and most of them dont beleive it either... On driving into work Jane has been pointing out these incredible slums, Nigeria is very overcrowded and is filled with much poverty such as the rest of Africa therefore they build where they can. These slums are built on the water on a lagoon, they are huts built on stilts and this area is called Makako. Many fishermen and families from the country areas come to Lagos in the hope of finding their riches and a better life in Nigerias Oil Rich capital of Lagos; however this does not always happen for them, two out of three Lagos residents live in slums with no access to clean readily available water, electricity ... read more