Skinny Alivia with coworkers

At the Family Planning Unit in Mampong-Ashanti, Ghana. Everyone was very welcoming but most days were void of patients, work, or family planning supplies. It was a learning experience. I frightened a lot of wee babies.

A Month in Mampong

September 10th 2007
My original plan was to chill in Ghana for 2 months because: (1) it is an English speaking country (more so on paper than when you interact with people on an everyday basis) and (2) I'd traveled so far and paid for all the vaccinations and visas, so why stay in West Africa for just 1 month? As, some of you know, I completed pre-med coursework at Carleton and am thinking about ... read more

Africa » Ghana » Ashanti

Formed from the merger of the British colony of the Gold Coast and the Togoland trust territory, Ghana in 1957 became the first sub-Saharan country in colonial Africa to gain its independence. A long series of coups resulted in the suspension of the ... ... read more

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