Day two in Ghana!

‘How wonderful it is that no one need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.’

- Anne Frank

Written by; Ruth

Megan was up at 4:00 am this morning, but the rooster was not heard by Ruth – looked at the clock – 4:45 am. Finally got up at 5:30 am to shower which proved to be a real art in order to wash your hair while not wasting any water. Breakfast consisted of oatmeal (which we later learned was called porridge here), bread with chocolate delight on it – good but sweet, and juice. Had a very lively discussion with Esther involving some rather heavy topics - evolution and agnostics, Judaism, Gays, right and wrong (including robbery and prostitution), and something a bit lighter, our upcoming weekend.

Walked to the clinic for my second day, Mary had gone to the post office while Agnes handled the check-ins. Today was pediatrics day – well, children’s day – lots of shots to go around, not fun. Took some pictures under duress – they cried but mom made them get their picture taken anyway, another child ran away so that was a “no go”. Slow day in the clinic afterwards, watched material sales and one attractive woman tried on seven tops but did not buy any.

I shared a picture with Mary at around 11:15, learnt it was her birthday tomorrow and that her day of birth is Friday meaning her name would be Afria. I asked her what they do for birthday’s here in Ghana and she told me that if parents had money they would have a party and if they did not, they would only give 1-2 gifts.

Lunch was excellent – fried plantains, black-eyed peas, bananas, and mangoes. The discussion covered some other travel experiences, the difference between Tanzania and Ghana is clear, and talk about animals and crocodiles.

While we sat and waited outside in the much loved breeze that graces us every once in a while, Amo happened to be waiting in the dining area – somehow we missed each other. Amo finally came out, tired of waiting for us, only to find us waiting for him.

Not quite as hot today as we headed over to Senchi Ferry. Fewer children in the Library today. Isaac and Frances were with me today – both 11 years old and very good readers. Left at 4:30 pm back to the guesthouse for a short break and dinner at 6:00 pm.

Written by : Megan

Today I taught the students in my class ‘The Yellow Submarine’, although I couldn't quite remember how the song went so by omitting the chorus I presented it to them as a poem and it went over quite well. They had some trouble with the word ‘submarine’ and kept pronouncing it ‘sum-marine’. The other classes for today were Math (decimals and fractions) and reading again. Tried some sugarcane – it was very sweet but I was not able to chew and swallow it.

One of the girls, Linda, from the previous day at the library returned once again and this time chose a book that was a bit more difficult – it was really amazing to see improvement in only a single day – giving both her and I a sense of accomplishment. Samuel (the librarian) later provided us with puzzles to work on, adding a time limit to a few of them – soooo much fun.