Day 11 – 13/07/2017 Today we focused the morning on finishing the painting in the canteen. Then as break came to an end Sports Day stared; the girls took part in a football match against the Dutch Komenda girls, everyone got stuck in and despite losing the first half of match 2 – 0 we...Read More
Day 10 – 12/07/2017 We woke up this morning to the sound of the cockerel and clear blue skies, and whilst pottering across the dry, red sand, in the blue glow of dawn, from my tent to the water tank for my morning wash bucket, I started to realize, with only a few days left,...Read More
Day 9 – 11/07/2017 We started our day after a cold night of open air, but we were soon contented after a breakfast of pancakes and nutella, leaving us ready to get on with a day of hard work and scolding heat. Divided into two teams, most of us started by painting the walls of...Read More
Day 8 – 10/07/2017 Today, we really cracked on with project work. We started by painting the furniture to go in the canteen and then varnished the desks and chairs to go in the ICT suite. By lunch we were ready to start painting the walls in the ICT suite and designing the murals. After...Read More
Day 7 – 9/07/17 This morning we went to three different churches; Methodist, Catholic and Pentecost. We were made to feel incredibly welcome; with lots of dancing and singing. After lunch we went to Elmina Castle with our buddies, on the tour we learnt about the slave trade and it was very moving. A quick...Read More
Day 6 – 8/07/2017 Today we travelled to Kakum National Park, where we embarked on the canopy walk, suspended above the trees. Walking across 7 rope bridges, everyone was able to take in the beautiful rainforest scenery, which we managed to capture in beautiful pictures and videotapes. After that we made our way to a...Read More
Day 5: 7/07/17 – Yesterday, shortly after a breakfast of pancakes, we were split into two groups. One for masonry and one for carpentry, ready for some hard work. Before we started project work, we went into groups consisting of math, English and RS and then got straight to work. This tested us as many...Read More
Day 4 – 6/07/17 After an early 6 o’clock rise, and breakfast there was a trip to the beach, which was the first time we had visited for leisure. The beach trip was followed by a session of assisting the students with I.C.T and Library work. By the end of the sessions all the British...Read More
Day 3 – 5/07/2017 We woke up at 6, after having to move tents due to rain. The sand around us looked like a seabed at low tide after the rain got considerably worse over the course of the morning. However, a breakfast of eggy bread put us back in the right mood, and we...Read More
Day 2 – 4/07/2017 After a four hour drive to Dutch Komenda, we were welcomed by many children who all ran up to the bus to greet us. A tiring dance later, we were introduced to our buddies and staff and we presented our gifts to them. We set up our tents and made our...Read More
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