“Children,” boomed the Grand Quiz Chairman, “are you happy?”
“Yes!” yelled the two hundred schoolkids in the audience.
“I asked,” hollered Chairman Moses Kawkaw with a grin, “ARE YOU HAPPY?”
“YES!” sang Sogakope’s youth at the top of their lungs, “YES!”
Today’s Grand Quiz was brilliant on about ten different levels, which became clearer and clearer as the day went on.
At first, however, I didn’t really understand the concept. I did know that Bright Star [...Read More!]
How can you bear to do it? How can you send the baby of your womb out across oceans, into this wild, scary world? Moreover, how the heck do you help pay for it?
The roosters sprinted across the yellow dust between the parents of YCC children and the YCC staff as John stood up to speak. He started the meeting at 2:20, only twenty minutes later than scheduled, [...Read More!]
A delightful way for a teacher to be introduced to her future students is to attend an award ceremony celebrating their previous year.
It is scientifically proven that if a teacher comes into a classroom thinking about the talents and strong brains of her pupils, the pupils in turn will achieve greater academic success. We humans have a nice way of rising to high expectations, don’t we?
So huzzah and tra la [...Read More!]
“Please do not be offended,” said the soldier at the Volta River roadblock, “but are you a spy?”
“No I am not.” replied Dan respectfully.
“Are you sure?” asked the soldier, eying Dan’s fancy camera.
“I am sure,” said Dan.
And thus began our epic journey to the distant hill town of Aburi to fulfill the mission of Backpacking Granny: 1) Take seed money from the U.S. to Ghana to buy hand-crafts, 2) which Dan [...Read More!]
What luck that brought us all together at this wonderful organization in Sogakope, Ghana!
When Ghana emerged as my dream destination a few months ago, I joined the Couchsurfing.org “Ghana” group. (Tip: Do this on CS before going to a new place!)
Almost instantly, I received a dozen welcoming messages from various people and organizations in Ghana who were eager to have visitors and volunteers. One emerged as the most interesting [...Read More!]