Not counting

All of a sudden, we’re returning to the UK in just over seven weeks. Six months is nothing. Six months is nothing but it seems like ages ago that we watched the London riots on CNN and wondered what the hell was going on, even longer since we spent three days running around like blue-arsed …

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Adapt

On visits to communities, we often notice that people store things in their toilets. Like toilet paper. Sometimes used, kept in a basket, and occasionally tipped out behind the toilet and burnt. This despite us telling people to throw the paper down the toilet when they’ve used it. Sometimes people store other things. Timber. Medicine. Food. One …

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Improv coffee

Italian coffee – 16 Cedis. Cannibalised plastic funnel – 1 Cedi. Handkerchief bought from roadside vendor – 50 Pesewas. A cup of real coffee at home – priceless.