Week One!

Almost a week has passed and I finally have a good enough wifi connection to post at least one blog post. (Warning: This may be long since it's a whole weeks worth of experiences!)

We finally arrived at the ProWorld Bunk House in Cape Coast, Ghana last Saturday around 1 AM (8 pm MN time) after traveling for 37 hours. I can't begin to explain how happy I was to see a bed and shower, even though the shower is nothing like you would expect it to be like. But hey, at least we have a shower!

On Sunday we had orientation and the town tour all day. My first experience in town and dealing with the taxi's was crazy! There are so many roaming pigs and goats! This picture is of one we found on the beach!

I have learned a few things about the taxi's here this week: 1) Taxi drivers do not follow any laws. They pass each other on the wrong side of the road and take sketchy back roads to get you places faster 2) You will always feel like you are going to die while riding in one. 3) They honk for everything; to say hi to each other, to turn, to get Abuni's (white people) attention.

Monday was Republic Day for Ghana so everything was closed. We went to a beach called Anomaba to just relax. We met lots of Ghanian children there who played futbol with us, braided our hair, and taught us songs. They were apart of a traveling band so they also taught us how to play the drums and dance. It was amazing just to see how happy these children are!







The rest of the week I worked at my placement site for the month! As a few of you may know, the day before I left for Ghana I got an email saying I was no longer able to work at the orphanage. My new site is the Department of Social Welfare (DSW) with the government here in Ghana. On Tuesday, we had orientation and were able to go see a daycare inspection and sit in on two family child support court cases. Wednesday and Thursday were spent working at two other daycares because DSW wants us working at the daycares to help improve them. I will go into details about the project site more in a later post once I finally know exactly what I am doing!

(Our view from the DSW office)

Now that I am starting to figure out when wifi usually works, I will post more updates in the next few days about where I'm working and our excursions this weekend! Miss you all!