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Today is my last day in Ghana. My flight leaves late tonight for
Italy, and I will land in the U.S. mid day on Friday. Saying goodbye
is never easy, but I am confident that I have done good work and
helped develop the PROFESA school for future success.
Yesterday Mesh and I took a trip to Ghana Book [...]

After a couple of days under the weather, things really came around this week.
I’ve been teaching computer classes at PROFESA and the students are
seriously engaged. Its a lot of fun to work with dedicated students,
and I think they have just as much fun getting to work with a
foreigner with a funny accent. I’ve also been [...]

After a busy two weeks here in Ghana I decided it was time to see a
bit more of the country. I left on a tro-tro (small bus) from Accra
with no real destination but north, and nothing on my back but my
guitar. Reading my guidebook, I decided to go about 6 hours to the
Likpe village cluster [...]

So much has happened since I last posted. Mesh and I have hit the
ground running with the Career Development program which will target
highschool students in Abeka and show them options for furthering
education, careers, and health. We have networked with 5 schools in
the community who have agreered to the program. PROFESA students are
signing on to be [...]

Classes have resumed at PROFESA, and I finally got to see Meshach’s
program in full force. All my doubts were squandered when I saw the
incredible teachers working at PROFESA. The teachers work long hours
(one of them works 6am-7pm teaching daily), but have the privilage of
teaching to small and engaged classes. The students are truly
passionate about their [...]

JET Volunteers Demonstrate True Meaning of Volunteerism
The Dalit people of KI Village were so happy to host another group of volunteers, but a little sad to see them go. They already miss the International Volunteers, who worked on the Building Communities project from 25th December 2007 to 3rd January 2008. The volunteers spent almost 10 [...]

Greetings,
Its been a number of days since I posted because I was traveling with Meshach and his family to his father’s home village (Arkra, it sounds much like Accra and I get them confused) along the coast. The trip took four hours, a taxi, a tro tro, and another taxi, which broke down along the [...]

Building Communities India Project - V
The fifth Building Communities project was held from 25th December 2007 to January 3rd 2008 at KI Village, Kavali City, Andhra Pradesh. 17 International Volunteers from the US, Canada, Australia and England working as JET English Teachers in Japan, came through Longitude to work with ARV to build houses for [...]

Last night I arrived safely in Ghana. Meshach met me with his father outside the airport and we took a taxi to the hotel in Abeka. Meshach took one look at me and said “you need rest.” He was very right and I passed out quickly.
This morning we explored the main market street for food [...]

I’ve arrived safely in Amesterdam in 2008. To much chagrin, there was little ruckus on the flight over, no complentary bubly or anything. However, this did allow me to get some pseudo sleep for a couple of hours.
I’m not good with time zones but I know I’m not supposed to be awake right now. I’m [...]