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Freshers, Football, and Thanksgiving Feasts

December 7th, 2009 Andrew Hewitt

11/30/09 Hey everybody. I know I haven’t written in a while, so I’ll get right to it. As you can imagine, a lot has happened in the last month. Most importantly, I’ve finally started teaching the freshers. The term freshers, is the Ghanaian equivalent to freshman in that it refers to the form 1 students.  Read More »

What does it mean to help?

December 7th, 2009 Marla

What exactly does it mean to help someone? Coming here i thought i would be able to help countless people just by being around, and ive realized that its just not true. Im not skilled in the right areas to really help, and im not here for long enough to really follow through with anything  Read More »

Nzulezo stilt village

May 5th, 2008 Karen Watkins

It was hard to leave the security and comfort of Elmina Beach Resort. I could have easily spent another day, relaxing by the pool with a book and watching crappy movies. Having watched a Hannibal Lechter movie and another with Swartzeneger the previous night it’s surprising I didn’t have nightmares. Catching a tro tros, minibus  Read More »