Title: Charlotte in Ghana (
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Community Fora Overseas with World Vision - 28/Sep/2010 11:36 - 4960 days ago
Thursday 24th June 2010 -Kunkwa Visit to Overseas with World Vision and Ghana Education Service staff - Mr Augustine f...
ICT Forum - 28/Sep/2010 09:13 - 4960 days ago
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Synchronising Energy - afternoon of the workshop - 05/Jun/2010 22:29 - 5075 days ago
Text for these photos will be added in due course...
Synchronising Energy for Girl Child activities - 04/Jun/2010 20:00 - 5076 days ago
I was very keen to get together agencies / Non-Governmental Organisations that I'd encountered that are active in Girl-Child act...
Synchronising Energy - conclusion - 04/Jun/2010 18:30 - 5076 days ago
Text for these pictures will be added in due course....
Synchronising Energy - morning of the workshop - 04/Jun/2010 14:15 - 5076 days ago
Text for these photos will follow in due course....
Synchronising Energy - preparation for the NGO workshop - 04/Jun/2010 09:00 - 5076 days ago
Text fot these photos will be added later when I have more time online.On my knees!gggg...
OVERSEAS 1 - "Voluntary Service - Overseas at last" - 27/Mar/2010 23:55 - 5145 days ago
<< I will be adding to the blog and updating it with captions etc during today (Sunday) to cover my trip to "Overseas...
OVERSEAS 2 - The Team - 27/Mar/2010 23:50 - 5145 days ago
There were six of us in the team which was quite cosy in the car with four of us in the back. However the roads were so bad that...
OVERSEAS 3 - The Environment - 27/Mar/2010 23:45 - 5145 days ago
The villages are quite isolated with cattle herders roaming between the settlements. These are the Fulani people who live in rou...
OVERSEAS 4 - Programme and venues - 27/Mar/2010 23:40 - 5145 days ago
As with all programmes in Ghana there was the challenge of "African time" with the itinerary optimistically suggesting a start t...
OVERSEAS 5 - The schools - 27/Mar/2010 23:35 - 5145 days ago
The school and teachers’ accommodation in one village was particularly bad.Note the collapsed mud brick wall at this end of th...
OVERSEAS 6 - The People - 27/Mar/2010 23:30 - 5145 days ago
We met some amazing people. One chap had gone back to school, into Primary 5 (average age 11 years) when he was 25 years old. Hi...
OVERSEAS 7 - The Evangelist - 27/Mar/2010 23:25 - 5145 days ago
As Augustine from World Vision said "Organise yourselves very well and apply the things you are learning here because we want to...
OVERSEAS 8 - Responses - 27/Mar/2010 23:20 - 5145 days ago
Here are some comments from the attendees:" We need support, only one teacher is handling the whole school""What should we do if...
OVERSEAS 9 - Our Accommodation - 27/Mar/2010 23:15 - 5145 days ago
We stayed in the World Vision accommodation which was really very civilised. We had a petrol driven generator for electricity (t...
OVERSEAS 10 - Children - 27/Mar/2010 23:10 - 5145 days ago
Loads of children were not in school and we started taking pictures of them as baseline evidence so the improvement could be mea...
OVERSEAS 11 - The Market - 27/Mar/2010 23:05 - 5145 days ago
On the last day went to a market at 6.30 am to buy local rice as it is cheaper than back in Walewale. I saw the grain mill and t...
OVERSEAS 12 - Bodies and berries - 27/Mar/2010 23:00 - 5145 days ago
Ghanaians like to discuss their bodily functions very openly and after some considerable discussion about constipation they were...
OVERSEAS 13 - Summary - 27/Mar/2010 22:55 - 5145 days ago
All in all it was an amazing but very tiring experience. Our meetings were often interrupted by noisy guinea fowl, lizards in th...
Liberating a Library - 18/Feb/2010 23:37 - 5182 days ago
Sometime before Christmas I had visited a nearby school and learned that it used to have a library. This was before the room was...
Shared and Agreed Values at the District Education Office - 15/Feb/2010 15:33 - 5185 days ago
Back in November when we properly started the Organisation Assessment of the District Education Office, one of the first things ...
Adventures, Achievements and Frustrations - 31/Jan/2010 15:18 - 5200 days ago
When the family left on Dec 28th I felt bereft and in need of distraction, so Fati (our wonderful house help) and I headed to Ac...
A few more images from ICT club&presentation - 14/Jan/2010 23:10 - 5217 days ago
A couple of Charlotte's photos that were backed up on my laptop.... the children learning to browse the web, and what's that web...
Visiting Madam Mary's P1 class - 14/Jan/2010 07:55 - 5217 days ago
This was just a little visit to Madam Mary's P1 class with Anna and Daniel - may give you an idea of the classroom environment.W...
A stroll through Walewale market - 14/Jan/2010 01:27 - 5217 days ago
Ths is a typical market day - this was the week before Christmas, during Anna& Daniel's trip.Near the end some children latc...
"IT skills for all" - 28/Dec/2009 16:44 - 5234 days ago
Last night we watched the edited video of theICTclub certificate presentations which took place on December 15th2009.Walewalepho...
An update from Anna - 19/Dec/2009 14:36 - 5243 days ago
Hello from Walewale, this is Anna writing. We thought it might be interesting for you guys to have the perspective of someone wh...
Updates from Mike about Charlotte in Ghana - 26/Nov/2009 23:01 - 5266 days ago
Mike will be in Uk early Dec and early Jan, with a range of photos etc and is happy to provide people with updates, assemblies,...
management and motorbiking! - 22/Nov/2009 11:23 - 5270 days ago
Ramatuand I greet Letty (the newVSOManagement Support Officer from thePhillipines) on her first day in the office. She will be w...
Whizzy Websites Working Wonders in Walewale - 21/Nov/2009 17:52 - 5271 days ago
You may remember seeing some pictures of Mike giving website tuition by candle light on the blog last month. Well, if you want t...
A further tro-tro guide for sulamingas (white people). - 14/Nov/2009 23:03 - 5278 days ago
You’ll find a basic introduction to the tro-tro at this web address.www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/photo.day.php?I...
Maranatha Orphanage in Walewale - 14/Nov/2009 22:30 - 5278 days ago
Maranatha Orphanage is owned and run by a Baptist minister and his wife. The wife, Madam Paulina is the Head Teacher of a prima...
Travel detail to get to Walewale - not for the faint-hearted! - 14/Nov/2009 22:21 - 5278 days ago
OK, here's anupdatedentry for travel detail - one or two people have thought of coming out toWalewaleto visit, but skip this if ...
250 children and a blackboard under a tree - 06/Nov/2009 20:56 - 5286 days ago
Some of you might remember a facebook status entry on 20th October...150 children under a tree, one teacher (with a sick child t...
A working week-and-a-bit - from 23rd Oct to 3rd Nov - 04/Nov/2009 23:17 - 5288 days ago
Most definitely not a typical working week, but I thought it’s time to put in some words myself, not just the pictures/caption...
Tuesday 3rd Nov - back to Walewale - 04/Nov/2009 23:16 - 5288 days ago
Tuesday 3rd NovBack to Walewale on the tro-tro– but not before Anthony& Laura's chicken is dipped and introduced to his gr...
Monday 2nd Nov - all together now (lunch, that is) - 04/Nov/2009 23:15 - 5288 days ago
Monday 2nd NovThe Education workshop. This needs to consider all the work done last week (ok, written up on Friday), endorse it ...
Sunday 1st Nov - double translation - 04/Nov/2009 23:13 - 5288 days ago
Sunday 1st Nov.We’ve seen “Calvary Baptist Church” around the corner from where we're staying in Bolga with Anthony& L...
Sat 31st Oct, Printing, hitching, chickening, singing - 04/Nov/2009 23:11 - 5288 days ago
Saturday 31st Oct. A quiet morning. We collect more water from neighbour George’s well, because the water had been completely ...
Friday 30th Oct - write-up the OD, and bust-up with Vodafone - 04/Nov/2009 23:08 - 5288 days ago
Friday 30th Oct.– Well it’s time to catch up with work after recent gallivanting. I had been allowing for the fact that in e...
Thursday 29th - not Zebilla, but a bike instead - 04/Nov/2009 23:07 - 5288 days ago
Thursday 29th Oct.Leaving the Teacher Training College just before 7 am, it proves a little tricky to find a taxi or a lift into...
Wed 28th Oct - the road to Navrongo - 04/Nov/2009 23:06 - 5288 days ago
Wed 28th OctI now need the bus to Bolga, which is timetabled to leave at 5.30 am but there are no advance ticket sales so you’...
Tue 27th Oct - Wa, and Excel - 04/Nov/2009 23:05 - 5288 days ago
Tue 27thOct An easy start today, just an hour ride bytro-trotoWafor the meeting with volunteers Haydn and Linda (www.landhghana....
Monday 26th Oct - impromptu presentation - 04/Nov/2009 23:03 - 5288 days ago
Mon 26th Oct. Into Jirapa District Education Office with Aaron& Cath. My suggestion for these meetings is to have an informa...
Sunday 25th Oct - early start for travel to Jirapa - 04/Nov/2009 22:59 - 5288 days ago
Sun 25thOct Wake up at 3.20 am to make sure to be at Tamale bus station by 4 am to catch bus toWa. Funny how attitudes change–...
Saturday 24th Oct - two meetings - 04/Nov/2009 22:58 - 5288 days ago
Sat 24th Oct– In the morning it’s the Northern region volunteer meeting which Betty chairs with charm and diplomacy. (This i...
A working week - plus weekend - starts here, Friday 23rd Nov - 04/Nov/2009 22:54 - 5288 days ago
Friday 23rd Oct– evening. To Tamale (90 mins drive south). We stand by the side of the main road hoping for a bus, tro-tro or ...
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