Today is my 100th day in Ghana. That’s right, one hundred days of… Sleeping under a mosquito net Waking up at 6 am to the sound of chickens Brushing my teeth with water from a plastic bag Not having hot water Carrying around a Ziploc ...Read More
This past weekend was most likely my last with the Saani family. Depending on some TBD scheduling issues I may be traveling this weekend to Kumasi (and the weekend after that I will be in transit home to Canada!). To ...Read More
I decided that I should finally get around to writing a bit about my current host family. Just over a month ago, I moved out of Kanvilli to another nearby community named Nobisco (yes, like the cookie company). I think ...Read More
Hello all. It’s been a while, and I wanted to write a short post about what’s been happening recently and what I plan to do with my final month here in Ghana! First off, I’d like to dispel any rumors: it’s ...Read More
This past week was incredibly slow at work. My boss Fawzia is currently getting over typhoid fever and has been out of the office for the past week. With Obama’s visit to Accra on the tenth (Side note: Obama did ...Read More
Today I wanted to make just a quick little post about my good friend Barack Obama. As you may or may not be aware, President Obama will be visiting Ghana on July 10 and 11. This is a huge tip ...Read More
Today marks the 50th day that I’ve been in Ghana. A lot has changed in since I first arrived. As I make a shift into the second half of my time here, I have already experienced so many things and ...Read More
Today is my second day back at work after the JF retreat, and I thought it might be nice to post what we were up to. Although we weren’t going to leave for the retreat until Wednesday, a few of ...Read More
Daily Life: In terms of traditional foods, the majority of Ghanaians here in Tamale eat some combination of the following: · Dough made from either corn, or yams fermented to different levels (called TZ, kenkay, banku, and fu-fu) dipped in some sort of ...Read More
I realized I had too much to talk about to limit to only one post so I’ve made these answers into a three part mini-series: Tamale Metropolitan Assembly: [caption id="attachment_101" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="A better snap of my office: the TaMA."][/caption] From my first ...Read More