Time to celebrate...and time to say goodbye! I really can't believe my year in Zebilla has come to an end. Time has flown so fast, and I feel like one of the luckiest people on the planet to have had the year I've just had. Life in Zebilla has been the most wonderful experience. The people have been so utterly friendly and welcoming, and the friendships I have made here have made it SO hard to say goodbye. The pace of life and the ways of the world in Zebi...

It's so hard to say goodbye! I had a wonderful last few weeks and last few days with the World Vision team in Bawku West where I've been living this last 11 months, and am leaving my placement on a real high. The work has really got going again as we have been in busy season, many projects kicking off the new financial and operational year, and actions underway to already begin reaching the super high targets in Child Welfare, Health, Education and Water and S...

Come to Ghana, come and see, all the children smiling happily! Come to Ghana, come and see, so many children sitting under mango trees... Why do they do it, what's going on, why did I decide to write this little song? Because so many children, who love going to school, have to lie on their stomachs because they don't have stools. So what's the next step? What can we do? Have you heard about this man called Tutu? A new invention, stamped with...

One of the last and most interesting activities of my placement before I left was helping with a massive disaster relief distribution effort for families affected by floods that swept over many villages back in July. It's taken a while for things to take off, the goods arrived months ago and have been taking up all our storage space ever since, but after lots of negotiations with the different district departments involved in the distribution things were finall...

I'm writing this blog sitting on the beach in Kokrobite. It's mid morning and the waves are crashing onto the white sandy beach, the hustle and bustle is picking up below me from where I am sitting in my gorgeous roof-top spot (!) and the sun is softly melting away the clouds. The breeze is cool (ish) and fresh, and later the weather will be sizzling so I am making the most of this quiet moment, drumming in the distance, a lady singing as she sets up her brig...