So this is my first blog, which is pretty pathetic since I've been here coming up to three weeks now. No excuses really, except that I'm really getting into the Ghanaian chilled out way of life - which is basically do very little very slowly!
I'm on two placements - one with the Northern Ghana Network of NGOs which up until this week had been extremely boring (although it had given me plenty of time to perfect my solitaire skills). This week however my NGO joined up with Aron's to take some delegates from Uganda Malawi and the UK to see some villages about 140km away near a town called Bimbola. We spent the day discussing something Aron's NGO had been working on called Community Score cards. It was really interesting and great to get out of the office and into the field. I also went to a seminar on the Millenium Development Goals, which actually turned into a very uncomfortable white-bashing session (the best phrase of which came from some UN guy - 'The city of London is built on the bones of our slaves and the blood of innocent Africans') - as the only white person in a room of about 70 I just sank deeply into my seat at this point. Nonetheless, very interesting!
My second placement is with Jo and Dan at Morning Star school. Its great fun there and such a contrast to half the week's office work. I teach with a young Ghanaian who despite his use of the cane is actually a really good teacher. Its really frustrating work, especially when they don't listen to me (because i refuse to cane them), and I've spent about an hour a day trying very hard (to mostly no avail) to teach them how to tell the time! Still, when one of them eventually gets the right answer its SO satisfying! I'm also learning loads of christian hymns which I can't get out of my head - they are very catchy!
Not much news other than that but all in all, everythings going very well!
Sasha x
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Sasha...teach them Adon Olam as well as the Christain Hymns and even up the balance.
Guess it was unpleasant to sit there and be lectured on how London was built.Historically, London's exploited was the various immigrants which flowed from the port e.g. Irish, French,Slavs...even us Red Sea Pedestrians!! Still I a not sure they would appreciate a history lesson...they just want to project all their frustration on to another group.
I fear you would be a forceful teacher... that is until you develop a bout of giggles whereupon it all goes to pot!!
Keep well and out of harm's way.
All our love - Harley's adoptive parents
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