Last day with our Buddies Before the closing ceremony which included drumming and dance and fire eating performance, we took a trip to the clinic inside the refugee camp armed with medical supplies. The clinic is very simple and has to be able to treat 1000 people. The pharmacy is just a cupboard in the...Read More
Today we started the day off with toast and some scrambled egg. Then moved on to the minibuses for two hours with our buddies (had to stop a few times due to some buddies hitting travel sickness?). We eventually got to the canopy walk where we had to hike through the jungle, having to stop...Read More
Day 3 – Tuesday, 22nd October 2019 We had a fabulous rather sweltering day. The connection between our buddies and got stronger and stronger as we had our outreach program and workshop where we went to the local Islamic school to see their classroom quality and then went and taught the kids how to build...Read More
Day 2 – Sunday, 20th October 2019 Today we traveled from Accra to Elmina. The journey took a long time but when we arrived we were greeted with lots of friendly faces and some incredible food. After lunch we walked to the market in the weirdly warm rain which was a positive change from English...Read More
Day 10- 1st November, 2017 Yesterday we finished the classrooms which we had been working towards for the whole trip. It was so good to finally finish it and the reaction from the kids was really moving. Towards the end of the school day the local children who attended the primary school came and looked...Read More
Day 9, 31th October 2017. Yesterday we had another full day of project. We managed to finish painting the ceiling and the murals on the back walls. Gemma even salvaged the blackboard paint which was essentially black water but after several coats now looks like something you could write on. In the morning we spent...Read More
Day 8 Monday, 30th October 2017. Yesterday was another full day working on the project. We had second coats to put on, ceilings to paint and murals to complete. You could tell everyone was suffering a bit from the heat as the rate of work was slower than previous days. Harry and gemma taught an...Read More
Day 7 Sunday 29th October 2017 We woke up an hour later this morning and had breakfast at 8. We all split up and went to church with our buddies where we danced and sang and all gave testimony! We then set off for the journey to Elmina where we had a tour of the...Read More
Day 6-Friday 28 October 2017 After the usual morning routine we started the day meeting up with our buddies. We then began our one and a half hour bus journey to Kakum national park. When we arrived we were all very excited to be there since us and our buddies had never been to the...Read More
Day 5- 27th October, 2017 Upon arrival at the school, we immediately resumed work on the painting and carpentry. With the painting, we applied the second layer of yellow, and began to apply the brown sections to the pillars and walls. With the carpentry, we cut a frame for the chalkboards and mounted them alongside...Read More
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