I've now been in Ghana for two months. Many people back at home have been asking about the work I'm doing here so I thought I'd explain briefly and then recount the story of a recent meeting. My role is a Community Advocacy Support Officer (CASO) and I'm based with a partner organisation called ProNet North. I mostly work on a Comic Relief funded project called Tackling Educational Needs Inclusively (TENI). This means I'm working with ProNet to deliver educatio...

In Ghana, the concept of time is not quite the same as back in the UK. "I'm coming" can literally mean the person is around the corner, or it can mean they are an hour away. Living in London for the past two years I've readily been part of the crowd that sighs and shakes their heads when the tube is 8 minutes late - "8 minutes?! What a disaster!". So needless to say, I've found the Ghanaian attitude towards time has taken some adjusting to. But I've managed t...

I've now been in Ghana two weeks and I'm already behind on my blog. I'm not sure how that happened but the daily tasks like hand-washing my clothes, feeding the dogs and occasionally chasing goats out of my garden have somehow taken over! The journey from Accra to Wa was hilarious and arduous in equal measures. It definitely deserves its own blog post. Although, to be perfectly honest, I'm not sure my words will be able to adequately describe it. I travelled...

Hello! Akwaaba! I arrived in Ghana safely last Sunday evening along with two other VSO volunteers from the UK, and three from Canada. This six of us have been doing in-country training for the week. This consists of us learning a lot about VSO's work in Ghana, having local language training, and asking endless questions to the current volunteers. The three current volunteers have been amazing at looking after us and answering our questions but after this week ...