Posts from when Harriet and Nathan spent six months in Ghana in 2011 working on separate development projects in the Ashanti region.
I’ve really enjoyed being able to take and post so many pictures of Ghana looking beautiful. It is a beautiful place. So it’s a shame about places like this. This is close to where I live and work during the week. Crap. A whole pile of crap. With a cow topping. Children defecate here, then the cows come …
….it’s a fair question….and it occurs to me that I haven’t written about the projects that I’m working on since they were confirmed. This took several weeks and I have been hindered by lack of internet since then, hence radio silence. That aside here is a brief summary of what I’m doing here: 1 – …
I must be settling in to this house – I’ve gone from killing the ants that constantly patrol the kitchen sink to trying to engage them in conversation. Living in a tropical climate means sharing your home with things that scurry. Outside, lizards scatter at your every move. Inside, cockroaches and ants seem to know …
Amusing as this might be, it’s pretty much a lesson in how not to use a water pump. They break when treated like this.
We’ve met with several communities recently who have requested assistance, or who have previously received assistance and now want to discuss further development needs. The first part of the process is getting to know them. While a baseline survey will eventually yield solid data about a village, we start by asking them to tell us …
Communities here will traditionally advertise when someone has died and when the funeral and wake will be. When you drive through the villages you frequently see large posters like this along the road. I drive past this one twice a day when I go to and from work, and it always makes me smile as …
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