Tafo children

January 11th 2007
Kwahu-Tafo is one of a group of towns on the high Kwahu plateau, about three hours' drive to the North West of the capital Accra. It has approximately 5,500 inhabitants with an unemployment rate of 80%! (MISSING)This means that many children cannot attend school for lack of money for books and uniforms. Also many of the schools are in a poor physical and financial state. The indigenous tongue is T ... read more

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Ulises

Hueyi Tlatoani

Hey! I am a 26-year old from Vancouver, Canada. I was born and raised in what used to be the capital of the Aztec empire: Mexico City!!! (hence the blog name). I am travelling to West Africa, more specifically Ghana, to see with my own eyes the triumph of the human spirit amongst immense poverty and disease. I will be teaching basic sciences at an academy in Kwahu Tafo that houses 30 children whose parents cannot afford to feed, dress or educate them. In return, I will get a valuable lesson in human nature "The darkest thing about Africa has always been our ignorance of it" G. Kimb... full info

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