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The Bore Hole at Gbergu is complete - 03/Oct/2012 17:26 - 4446 days ago
We may have been silent on the blog for some time, but we are still active in raising funds for Ghana.The coalition of Parent Te...
Update on Naku. - 15/Dec/2011 18:28 - 4739 days ago
Now that the school at Naku is open, Justus is attending meetings with the local Director of the Education Service, seen b...
The School at Naku is Open - 20/Nov/2011 18:51 - 4764 days ago
The School at NAKU is open.Congratulations to all involved. The building is there and it has been formally opened. The challenge...
Naku School Nearing Completion - 01/Oct/2011 13:08 - 4814 days ago
It is now just two years since we first went to Ghana. Most of those who went out with us are now back in their home countries a...
Progress is made - 18/Jul/2011 11:08 - 4889 days ago
The work in the Upper West Region has progressed enormously, and we extend a great big thank you to our friends in Ghana, Ruby Y...
Upper West Education Investments Continue - 16/Jul/2011 15:21 - 4891 days ago
The work in the Upper West Region has progressed enormously, and we extend a great big thank you to our friends in Ghana, Ruby Y...
Nako School: Initial construction is underway. - 19/May/2011 10:12 - 4949 days ago
The work to build a school in Naku is well underway. A number of stakeholders attended the ground cutting ceremony. Pictured bel...
Nako School: Initial construction is underway. - 19/May/2011 10:12 - 4949 days ago
The work to build a school in Naku is well underway. A number of stakeholders attended the ground cutting ceremony. Pictured bel...
Nako School: Initial construction is underway. - 19/May/2011 10:12 - 4949 days ago
The work to build a school in Naku is well underway. A number of stakeholders attended the ground cutting ceremony. Pictured bel...
Education Support Continues - 15/Apr/2011 08:42 - 4983 days ago
A number of the funded projects in Ghana are now well underway.Building a school for the village of Nako:The plan is that this s...
Untitled - 07/Mar/2011 14:40 - 5022 days ago
The Kindergarten structure at Nakori Primary School, featured in our last entry, is now complete and plastered as shown below.Al...
Building in progress - 03/Jan/2011 10:44 - 5085 days ago
Happy New Year to everyone who reads this blog. We do hope that 2011 will be a wonderful year for you all. Thanks to everyone wh...
Supporting Wa Municipal - 28/Oct/2010 19:21 - 5152 days ago
We have been back in the UK for 6 months. We have continued to keep in touch with people in Wa. We have established a list of pr...
Back to London - 04/Apr/2010 08:02 - 5359 days ago
Our great Ghanaian experience is over. We had three days in Accra to reflect on all our challenges and successes before boarding...
Togo&Benin - 28/Mar/2010 09:28 - 5366 days ago
We’re now in the land of tropical vegetation, palm trees and flowers – a real contrast to dry, northern Ghana. The weather i...
Our last week in Wa - 22/Mar/2010 00:00 - 5372 days ago
The week started with one of our more challenging moments! Our laptop crashed. The Norton Anitvirus would not upload and the ope...
Precious Water - 16/Mar/2010 22:40 - 5378 days ago
This last fortnight has been really hard for everyone due to the lack of water. Although our own situation is far better than th...
We never get bored! - 06/Mar/2010 14:38 - 5388 days ago
We are now really rationing water. It only flows once every 3 to 4 days and, with 4 of us in the house, we have to be careful ab...
Another week flies by - 28/Feb/2010 14:14 - 5394 days ago
The temperature has risen rapidly this week. We have slept without the fan since November. Now we have to have it on all night. ...
Traffic&Transport - 21/Feb/2010 13:46 - 5401 days ago
We are now beginning to understand the meaning of“hot”. The dry, Harmattan season is gradually drawing to a close and humidi...
Our Neighbourhood - 14/Feb/2010 13:22 - 5408 days ago
The headteacher workshops continue. We are delighted with the response we are getting from participants. Their eagerness to lear...
A week in the life.... - 08/Feb/2010 18:14 - 5414 days ago
This last week has been interesting, exciting and challenging.The Harmattan wind is still blowing and there is dust everywhere, ...
Women and Children - 31/Jan/2010 12:06 - 5422 days ago
Ghana recognises that gender equality is a key priority for the nation. The“millennium goals” for Ghana include:Eradicating ...
Two Schools - 23/Jan/2010 23:00 - 5430 days ago
The dry season continues with a vengeance. There are more frequent grass and forest fires, which means lots of ash in the air, t...
Gold - 23/Jan/2010 18:41 - 5430 days ago
For those interested, here is an entry, without pictures, about Ghana's economy. Many thanks to our volunteer friend, Anthony, f...
Housing - 16/Jan/2010 16:24 - 5437 days ago
This week has been a very busy one, preparing for training sessions with headteachers. We have amended the UK’s National Stand...
Back to Wa - 10/Jan/2010 14:22 - 5443 days ago
We are now back in Wa and revived, ready for a fairly hectic term. If we do achieve all we have set out to do, we shall be very ...
Travels In Ghana - 01/Jan/2010 16:09 - 5452 days ago
Over this last week, we have been travelling around and learning more about the history and culture of Ghana.Ancient Ghana was o...
Christmas 2009 - 27/Dec/2009 21:05 - 5457 days ago
We hope that all our family, friends and colleagues have had a really good Christmas and are looking forward to the New Year wit...
From Wa to Kumasi - 21/Dec/2009 18:09 - 5463 days ago
It is now Saturday 19th December and the term has ended. We have had a busy couple of weeks, working with a number of schools an...
A day in the life of Wa Model Primary School - 14/Dec/2009 10:35 - 5470 days ago
We are working with a wide range of schools, but we are doing more intensive work with 8 schools. One of these is Wa Model Prima...
Village Life - 04/Dec/2009 12:12 - 5480 days ago
Last week I (Haydn), found myself in Naku. We have travelled in Africa, India and the Caribbean and we have encountered poverty ...
WATER - 27/Nov/2009 18:03 - 5487 days ago
Living in Northern Ghana has really brought into focus the significance of having a regular water supply. We are living in compa...
Politics and Hippos - 23/Nov/2009 18:22 - 5491 days ago
Ghana is a unitary republic with a multi-party democratic system. Executive power is invested in a president, currently John Eva...
A week in Wa - 14/Nov/2009 20:38 - 5500 days ago
Our first trip out of Wa was last Sunday when we travelled to Jarapa, a nearby town, to visit some VSO friends. It was a truly G...
Life in Wa - 07/Nov/2009 15:53 - 5507 days ago
Each morning we wake to a cacophony of distant sounds. The crickets send us to sleep and we think they must chirp all through th...
Introdution to Schools and Neighbours - 01/Nov/2009 10:35 - 5513 days ago
This has been our first week of significant visits to schools. We have visited 5 different schools and met some very impressive ...
Religion - 24/Oct/2009 13:01 - 5521 days ago
Most Ghanaian people are very religious. It is automatically assumed that everyone believes in a god and belongs to a religious ...
Living in Wa; Town Life - 17/Oct/2009 00:12 - 5528 days ago
Last Saturday we were in the centre of town at the“beauty pageant”. 70% of the marks were allocated for “intellect”. Thi...
Education in Wa - 10/Oct/2009 11:45 - 5535 days ago
Our role is to support the development of leadership and management in the Wa District Education Service and in a number of scho...
Daily Routine - 03/Oct/2009 19:06 - 5542 days ago
We have now been in Wa for one week and we have managed to sort out a daily routine in the house, as well as gain much understan...
Accra to Wa - 28/Sep/2009 15:46 - 5547 days ago
Well, we have made it to Wa. We enjoyed getting to know Accra a little bit, although it is a very busy, sprawling city, with tra...
In-country training - 23/Sep/2009 17:23 - 5552 days ago
We are now half way through our training. We’re learning a lot about the social, political and economic aspects of life in Gha...
Accra - 22/Sep/2009 06:35 - 5553 days ago
On Saturday, bruv& sis, Mac and Jane, took us to Heathrow Airport. This was really appreciated and made the departure that m...
Nearly there - 14/Sep/2009 18:46 - 5561 days ago
The visas have arrived and we leave in 5 days time. Our practice packing, unpacking, and re-packing session was hilarious and le...
Two weeks to go - 01/Sep/2009 11:55 - 5574 days ago
As we continue to prepare for Ghana, a few challenges present themselves.We have just started taking Larium for malaria preventi...
Preparations are underway. - 24/Aug/2009 16:12 - 5582 days ago
Preparations for our placement in Wa, Ghana are now well underway. We have recently returned from an excellent VSO training cour...
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