Turn off your chats and hold all your calls – you’re about to enjoy a delicious ride through history. There was no sweeter way to end the Crop Over season than to visit an old plantation that is surrounded by 400 acres of sugar cane, gullies and mahogany trees.…
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…
This past week has seen an early morning me. I am a morning person by nature but my schedule has been so off that I haven’t seen the sun rise in a while. I’m not sure if it’s the extra dose of B-12 or the miracle that I’ve been…