There is no award for the complainer gene. We are instead judged by how we convert our challenges into teachable moments, laughter and friendship. Before coming to Ghana I thought my preventative malaria medication was once a day. In fact, it was once a week. [wide eyed, dropped jaws]. It…
A previous volunteer in Ghana told me that you have to bargain for everything in Accra. I immediately threw my hands up in defeat saying well there goes everything for me! I was intimidated by the thought of it. In my first two days here, my Operations Manager and I…
The People Well that’s obviously the first! You will feel the love from Ghanaians. You’ll be blessed with gifts from people with very little. Now that’s love. The spirit and zeal of my coworkers and the students of Enactus were so inspiring. I lost calories laughing and have become…
Take a deep breath. So for the past 4 years I have been on and off Facebook. I eventually decided that I’ll stay about 2 years ago but refused to post any photos or comments. Only in the past few months I’ve commented on posts and it’s primarily not…