This morning I went to OPD. We got there at appox 7:30. Everything starts very early in Ghana. During this time, Sam came to say that Christian has gotten worse. I initially didn't follow as i didn't want to overcrowd him with visitors but I couldn't concentrate. So me and Ellie made our way to see him. He was pretty ill but more psychologically distressed than anything. He needed to go home and so I spent the rest of the day tackling insurance. I had to become ...

This weekend we went to cape coast. In true African style it was rushed, late and unorganised but it was completely worth it. On the friday we went to visit the slave castle after 6 hours drive. It was built by the British and used as a holding bay for slaves. I felt ashamed to be British. I've never felt that before. To know British people held 2000 slaves there ready for 'exporting'. For 3 months 800 people would be kept in a tiny dungeon. There was no light...

This weekend we went to cape coast. In true African style it was rushed, late and unorganised but it was completely worth it. On the friday we went to visit the slave castle after 6 hours drive. It was built by the British and used as a holding bay for slaves. I felt ashamed to be British. I've never felt that before. To know British people held 2000 slaves there ready for 'exporting'. For 3 months 800 people would be kept in a tiny dungeon. There was no light...

Today was school health outreach. The aim of school health is to educate children about basic health and hygiene as well as performing 'head to toe' checks on the children. After a demonstration on how to brush your teeth properly we went straight into checkups. My first job was to be on the wounds bay. My job was to clean the cuts and scrapes the children had. Most children seems to have some sort of wound. I imagine this is due to the sort of terrain Ghana is ...

We finally arrived in Accra after a mammoth day of travelling. Richard the volunteer coordinator met us and took us to where we are staying for the night before we travel to the volunteer hostel in the morning. I'm not really feeling very well at the moment as I have a bad cold but i'm excited. I thought we'd be left to go to bed but instead we were taken to a bar. It really seems like the neverending day. We had some beer jug things and the pressure was on to dr...