Title: Michael Cashman (
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Sharing skills and changing lives - handover workshop - 17/Jun/2010 21:11 - 5285 days ago
Accra, June 16th and 17th. It's the last 2 days of my assignment with VSO Ghana. The idea is that I can pass on some of the skil...
Sharing skills - in supporting organisational assessment - 03/Jun/2010 21:00 - 5299 days ago
I've been asked to put togethertips and help on the assessment process forvolunteersthe usage and customisation options of the O...
Malaria, puncture and kindness - 31/May/2010 17:49 - 5302 days ago
I go the local clinic, forced there by too much time all last week in the smallest room in the various houses we stayed in. .......
Lawra - and Greg's send-off - and return to Walewale - 28/May/2010 22:33 - 5305 days ago
On Friday we talk through Organisational Development next steps with Alison the Teacher Support Officer in Lawra. Our itinerary ...
Wa - new volunteers, picking up from the assessment Haydn and Linda led - 27/May/2010 22:25 - 5306 days ago
We travel to Wa to help Dorien (new Management Support Officer) and Joanne (new-ish Teacher Support Officer - arrived in Februar...
Jirapa, and another Organisational Development Success Story - 26/May/2010 22:16 - 5307 days ago
We make the short trip to Jirapa from Nadowli to meet Cath and Aaron and see the impact of organisational development in Jirapa....
Nadowli - Joint Introduction Meeting for Patricia and Laura - 25/May/2010 21:58 - 5308 days ago
Patricia and Laura invited us to their JIM (Joint Introduction Meeting) because of the organisational assessment component ...
To Nadowli and meeting the GES staff - 24/May/2010 21:04 - 5309 days ago
Late change of plan for this week. I was going to be in Upper West and Charlotte's plan was to join a trip to "Overseas" (the re...
A week (mostly) in Walewale, and a Joint Introduction Meeting - 21/May/2010 19:00 - 5312 days ago
We have an interesting time over the weekend communicating with a new VSO volunteer who may be coming to Walewale. Communication...
Malaria, Accra and malaria - 14/May/2010 15:27 - 5319 days ago
Charlotte doesn't feel well enough to go out of the house on Monday, but on Tuesday we get her to hospital. One again our neighb...
An (extra) ordinary Monday morning at the office - 10/May/2010 23:29 - 5323 days ago
Charlotte is unwell and has had a sleepless night, and I go in instead of her for the regular Monday morning meeting at the...
Visit to the Kukoa at Gambaga - 08/May/2010 22:26 - 5325 days ago
We make a last-minute decision that this weekend we will visit theKukoa("witches' camp") atGambaga. This is mentioned in the Gha...
TENI Launch - 30/Apr/2010 19:02 - 5333 days ago
National launch of TENI project (Tackling Education Needs Inclusively)and storms in Walewale as per the 22nd April blog entry&nb...
Ouaga - do go! - 27/Apr/2010 17:53 - 5336 days ago
Well, after Charlotte's semi-sleepless night enlivened byFacebookingincluding a long chat with my nephew in Japan, Charlott...
Storm and sting - 22/Apr/2010 23:59 - 5341 days ago
Well to begin with the storm is enjoyable - one heck of a breeze through the house, which makes a change. We watch some of ...
Sitting in a warm lake - 20/Apr/2010 20:49 - 5343 days ago
Lake Point Guest house is not far from Kumasi, on Lake Bosamtwe which is a meteorite crater some 8 kilometers across.The i...
Akwidaa, the Atlantic, not waving but drowning - 19/Apr/2010 21:01 - 5344 days ago
Off ToAkwidaafor three days of get-way-from-it-all at the Safari Beach Lodge. No internet , no phone signal (except, as we later...
Kakum - and Dennis, Annette and their babies - 15/Apr/2010 19:15 - 5348 days ago
For the Kakum rain forest, we negotiate a taxi ride from Cape Coast. We reach there at 8.30 am, and the small party (about a doz...
Elmina - 14/Apr/2010 23:18 - 5349 days ago
ElminaCastle was built by thePortugese(a local chief gave away this enormously strategic piece of rock) later captured by ...
Cape Coast - 13/Apr/2010 23:18 - 5350 days ago
We made it to Cape Coast from Accra in just over two hours in anair-conditionedtro-troin good condition (5.50 cedis rather than ...
Crimimal Record fingerprint check in Accra - 12/Apr/2010 22:47 - 5351 days ago
This is a very functional entry, for the benefit of anyone else wanting a criminal record check in Ghana, e.g. to cover time vol...
Accra for a day - 12/Apr/2010 22:32 - 5351 days ago
This is Kintampo, which compared to an average British motorway services has much better mango markets but much worse toilet fac...
Athena's leaving party - weeekend in Tamale - 11/Apr/2010 22:15 - 5352 days ago
It's Athena's leaving party in Tamale, she's going back to the Philippines next week.We never seem to have a photo of both of us...
Navrongo and Zebilla - 09/Apr/2010 21:32 - 5354 days ago
Charlotte& I decide to go to Zebilla (volunteers at Ghana Education Service) via Bolga (Widows& Orphnas Mision, hel...
A landmark - 07/Apr/2010 22:51 - 5356 days ago
This is a notable day. For the first time since 1997 we are not parents of teenagers (Daniel is 20 today). Charlotte has a beer ...
Email recovery ... episode 28....... - 06/Apr/2010 22:30 - 5357 days ago
This isn't the best place to log this, but I'll put it here in case it helps someone who Googles here.The Vodafoine U...
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