Hi Everyone,
I am presently visiting "WA" the new community in the Upper West that I will be living and working for 2 years. I am writing this from the internet cafe right below my 1 room office. All is well, I graduate in about 3 weeks and then permanently move to WA beginning of December. I am busy studying for my language test and still getting used to the food and the incredible heat, very hot and I sweat alot. My new home has electricity and indoor toilet (I have to occassionaly fill the toilet with water though), The woman I am living with works for the local radio station for a young girls rights program very interesting. I will be working with several women's groups, with Shea Butter, Micro financing, Widows and the youth.
Amazing I am learning so much, I hope I can give as much as I am receiving to the people of Ghana. I love you all keep writing me, I love letters, we look for them every Thursday.
Love Joy and Blessings.
3 comments:
Hi Joy,
My name is Kris and I am an RPCV from Mozambique. I am currently studying International Development at Johns Hopkins-SAIS and a couple students from my program and I are headed to Ghana in January for an intersession experiential learning and research trip. I was hoping to get in contact with the Peace-Corps Ghana office in order to learn more about the work they are doing and hopefully set up a visit to a project site or two. I am specifically interested in gender issues and am hoping to look at gender and development projects or women's organizations while in Ghana. I haven't been able to find any other contact info on-line. Do you think you could send me your APCD's email and perhaps the email of any volunteers that may be working on gender issues in Ghana. I ran a girls' empowerment project in Mozambique and would love to see what other volunteers in Africa are doing. Thanks so much for any help you may be able to provide. Hope your training is going well! Hang it there; it's all worth it!:)
Best,
Kris Cronin (kcronin3@jhu.edu)
hello. I will be traveling to ghana, specifically Kumasi, this summer and I had a few questions. What is the average cost of living there? for food, etc? Cost of a translator? Average plane ticket cost from the states to Accra? Any customs that are really important to know about before we arrive? Any customs of gift/money giving?
Thanks!
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