Title: Emily Hopkins (
Ghana)
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Harmatten Winds of Change - 28/Jan/2011 15:43 - 5060 days ago
I came back to Accra to be met by the Harmatten, I wasn’t quite sure what this was before I came to Ghana so see definition be...
On Reflection - 30/Nov/2010 16:53 - 5119 days ago
Some of you may have heard that I am leaving my current job the Ghana National Association of the Deaf to take up a new role wit...
Literature - 03/Nov/2010 12:30 - 5146 days ago
One of the great joys of being in Ghana is having the time and lack of distractions to read a vast array of different books. I a...
A year in Ghana - 07/Oct/2010 12:57 - 5173 days ago
As I come to write this blog I can hardly believe that in a few days I will have been living in Ghana a whole year! As I reflect...
Hairdressing! - 27/Jul/2010 14:49 - 5245 days ago
This blog in entitled‘Hairdressing’ largely because I have spent the last 2 weeks out of Accra in the Eastern Region facilit...
The Beautiful Game - 05/Jul/2010 13:53 - 5267 days ago
It would be fair to say that I have never watched so much football since I have been living in Ghana, the African Cup of Nations...
Wedding! - 25/Jun/2010 16:14 - 5277 days ago
As the wedding season kicks off in the UK it is with great excitement that I report that today I attended my first wedding in Gh...
'This is Africa' - 01/Jun/2010 15:53 - 5301 days ago
“This is Africa”, sometimes shortened to TIA, is a phrase I hate. It is meant to lessen the shock of what you see here, but ...
Hospital - 11/May/2010 15:33 - 5322 days ago
It is fair to say that I would be doing very well to come and live in Ghana and not have a trip to the hospital…I guess I expe...
Women - The world’s greatest untapped resource!? - 28/Apr/2010 16:54 - 5335 days ago
The subject of this blog entry is simply‘Women’ as it has been something fairly high on my work and personal agenda for the ...
April the month of celebrations! - 15/Apr/2010 12:19 - 5348 days ago
For me the month of April has always filled with great excitement and joy, I have many fond memories of my childhood In April, s...
Visiting the Chief, Elephants and Crocodiles! - 23/Mar/2010 17:04 - 5371 days ago
I decided to have a few‘cultural’ experiences while in the north and my Kentish friend Samantha who is placed on the Ghana/B...
The North/South Divide - 11/Mar/2010 12:46 - 5383 days ago
It was with a sense of great anticipation that I ventured‘up north’ for the first time In Ghana. Being based in the southern...
Working away... - 29/Jan/2010 10:14 - 5424 days ago
My work in Ghana is very varied and this week I have been called upon to travel out of town to a number of different locations f...
Back to Ghana - 29/Jan/2010 10:03 - 5424 days ago
It was with a sense of great excitement that I returned to Ghana after 2 very festive weeks spent in the U.K, I was encouraged t...
3 Months in.... - 13/Jan/2010 16:02 - 5440 days ago
Please note that this was supposed to be updated before Christmas..whoops! A new one will come very soon.....3 months in....I mu...
You shall go to the ball..... - 18/Nov/2009 11:56 - 5496 days ago
Before we came away to work in Akropong I had a call from my friend who is a fairly senior American Marine here in Ghana invitin...
Working nine to five... - 18/Nov/2009 11:53 - 5496 days ago
It has occurred to me that after being in Ghana nearly 2 months I am yet to write anything about my job here, given that it is t...
Beauty - 04/Nov/2009 13:38 - 5510 days ago
I have decided to name this post‘beauty’, it is fair to say that so many thoughts have been running through my mind since I ...
Building blocks - 13/Oct/2009 14:27 - 5532 days ago
Gosh a lot has happened since I posted last, I have met new people, started work, suffered from a horrendous bout of food poison...
Starting out.... - 01/Oct/2009 16:10 - 5544 days ago
I was granted a few days to settle in to my life in Ghana before I started work today. I spent the time opening a bank account (...
AKWAABA - welcome! - 28/Sep/2009 14:13 - 5547 days ago
So I have been in Ghana just over a week and am having a wonderful time, it has been quite a whirlwind and I have to keep remind...
Untitled - 07/Sep/2009 16:38 - 5568 days ago
Going to Ghana with VSO.....As I am sure most of your already know I am leaving my home in the beautiful city of Canterbury, Eng...
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