Day 7 On Saturday, we painted all the shutters and doors of the whole of Essaman school! The second mural and form 2 classroom also progressed and now look colourful and a great environment for learning. Half way through the day, Mr Pollard took 6 students on a ‘5 minute walk’ to the junction to...Read More
Day 1 Yesterday we drove from the hotel in Accra, to Ankaful – the journey was around 3 and a half hours. On the way we drove through the city – seeing people selling things to cars, walking around bare footed and carrying things on their head, it was very chaotic and many of us...Read More
Day 6 Today started in a challenging way after we found out that a teacher at the Essaman primary school had passed away. Our thoughts and condolences go out to her family. The group responded in a very mature and responsible way by ensuring our work was done to the highest of standards. Taking a...Read More
Day 4 We got our hands dirty for the first time today, as we helped with the construction of St. John’s new library and IT suite which is being funded by the money everyone back at SJC has been raising over the last year. The four of us tried our hand at rendering and mixing...Read More
Day one: Following 19 hours of an eventful trip, involving one loss of a passport (Karim), the group finally arrived in Ghana. Upon arrival at Accra, the group were taken back by the heat, even at 21:30. As well as the sticky humidity, the students were also taken back by the mass of locals who...Read More
SIX After our trip to the rainforest, the much-needed break gave a new lease of life to the team as they began their work this morning. The main project to really kick on was the Library. For the first couple of days, the team had been waiting for the tradesmen to finish their construction work...Read More
Day Four After another early morning wake-up call from the resident wildlife, the team congregate around the breakfast tables ready to begin a productive day of project work. During breakfast, a truck arrives with a delivery of ceiling panels for the library. This is great news for the school and for the team; project work...Read More
Day 3 We had porridge for breakfast, which was a surprise for Ms. Shakes and especially for the teabag in her mug! After breakfast we went with James (a Partner Ghana staff member who we have been working with the last few days) who took us to see another partner school from Nottingham. It was...Read More
Day 3 After a 7.30 departure, we made our way to the rainforest. A quick but steep walk up the hill was a challenging start to the day, made easier by the abundant wildlife: a huge ant trail and colourful birds. Once we were hundreds of metres high we embarked on 7 wobbly canopy walks...Read More
6/7/2014 Today we began our Ghana adventure, meeting early at Gatwick airport. After a quick hop down to Lisbon and a long stay over and one delayed plane later, we had finally arrived in Accra. After clearing through immigration we met our guide for the week, Yaw and our driver who took us to our...Read More
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