The longer you stay in a country, the more likely it is that you’re going to are going to encounter trouble. The first truly frightening episode happened to me last Friday on the way home. Myself and a colleague (another white female) had left the office to start the journey back to Kumasi. On this …
What do you tell someone who has never used a toilet before, or only ever used a shared latrine? We’ve been doing this last week, as new latrines have been completed in some communities and their owners have approached them looking a bit nervous. It essentially goes like this: EDIT: A new rule, based on …
I’m writing this hoping that the internet connection on my phone will hold out long enough for me to upload it. It’s a peaceful night in Gyetiase (pronounced jyeh-tee-yah-seh); the goats have gone to bed but the crickets have woken up. Someone’s nattering in Twi on the front porch of the eye clinic that is …
This morning, Nicholas (Ashanti Development’s Programmes Manager) and I took a trip to a nearby school to see the progress of their tree-planting programme. JSS (Junior Secondary School) students ‘adopt’ a sapling, planting it, protecting it from wandering goats and other harm, and receive rewards if their trees do well. Cue a trip around the …
I recently had the privilege to join a TBA meeting at the MVP office. TBAs are Traditional Birth Attendants, who support the Community Midwives in the Bonsaaso village cluster. They are not midwives themselves but are trained in basic skills and can pretty much deliver a baby if the mother cannot make it to a …
This is the best thing I’ve seen today. No, this week.
Alex, a 9 year old boy from Tanzania, describes Arnold Schwarzenegger’s ludicrous action move Commando.
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