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Using Condoms In Africa - Judah Lakin’s 3rd Blog

Because of my fear of mosquitoes I borrowed Shawn’s protective tent to sleep in at night. It is very difficult to set up, however, because one of the two sets of poles has lost the string that holds it together. Nevertheless, with two or three people it [...]

Hunger Problem description
India is classified by the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations, as a low-income, food-deficit country. 350 million people in India face hunger, the largest number of hungry people worldwide. 57 million children in India are malnourished and make up a third of the world’s 146 million undernourished children (UNICEF [...]

I’m sorry it’s taken so long to write this update from Ghana, but I have slowed WAY down to Ghanaian time, where no one flinches when we have to wait in a hot bus for two hours for it to fill to capacity before leaving. We stay amused by watching the endless stream of sellers [...]

New Photography about the village Housing Program.

Dear Friends
Please have a look recent pictures from Kothasatram and Indiranagar. All the houses are nearing to completion, due to rainy season we are facing difficulty to continue the work.
Ravi

Dear friends
I am glad to inform about Houses at Kothasatram and Indiranagar. The houses are nearing to completion. Please find picture to see previous house and new house from K I village.
When I interviews a school going girl , she said I am so happy to see my new house and it is very comfortable [...]

Dear Friends
K I Health Care Project timely supported two children in Kothasatram and Indiranagar who were met in an accident. You all know that Adhrustamma , a widow having 3 children . Her younger son and son of Lakshmaiah who is village elder severely injured. While children were playing, Auto vehicle hit them. Both [...]

Akwaaba! We made it safely to Ghana. Eli and I are happily situated in our village, Abeka, and feel completely at home with our new “family.” We have about five new mothers and fathers, countless brothers and sisters and dozens of children. I already feel like I understand what “it takes a village” actually means. [...]

Dear all
I am glad to inform everybody that K/I Health Care project was started and helping people. So far 54 people taken medical assistance. Community Health Worker (Mr. Sagar)has been working actively to take sick people to the hospital and maintaining record , bills, prescriptions.
People are so happy being getting great support and [...]

St. Thomas
One of my favorite things about St. Thomas (The Junior High School I am working at) is the bell system for switching classes. The way in which it is done is that one student walks up and down the outside hallways with a big bell, rings it, and shouts “Time to Switch Classes PLLLLLEASE!!!” [...]

From Judah in Ghana (7/8/08)
Ghana is hot so it is best to do your jogging in the morning. Otherwise the heat is exhausting and the traffic very difficult to dodge. Today, for example, I went jogging at 5:30. There are very few places in Abeka that have paved roads, much less flat roads, so jogging [...]