A Secret To Happy Pregnancy From West Africa Travel
Now halfway through my pregnancy, everything is suddenly so much better. Why? Because I finally realized something. This requires a travel metaphor to explain. When I lived in …
Ghana Volunteering
During my year-long leave of absence from teaching in 2009-10, I spent three months living and teaching in Ghana. It was the highlight of my around the world travels! See all the stories from my time there here.
The Power of One Cheesy 80s Song During World Travel
“Rains Down in Africa” by Toto Travels With Me! One of the few songs I had on my small, cheap computer to travel around the world for 9 months was …
From Hot Ghana Sweat to Giant Snow Banks, a Year Apart
It is difficult to write this because the heat has been broken in my apartment for five hours, and my bones (finger-bones included) are now ice-encrusted. Maybe you’ve heard: we’ve …
The 10 Most Yummy Foods of World Travel 2010
I have another piece entitled: “The 7 Most Delicious Foods of Around the World 2009.” Yum! Now another year of voracious eating has passed, bringing my munching mouth through Ghana, …
This Site Featured in the Boston Herald, Tiger-liciously!
“Please please don’t write anything awful,” I begged the reporter over the crackly cellphone line. “I just got this new job and I really like it and I’m not trying …
YCC Ghana’s Genius Reading Club Program
We have discussed where clothes you donate might end up, but what about the BOOKS you toss into the “Donation” bin? Me, I only had a hazy idea of how …
Help Great Ghanaian Students Visit Britain!
We need your help! In exactly two months, an amazing group of Ghanaian students and teachers from Youth Creating Change of Ghana is scheduled to leave their county for the …
My Interview About Ghana on Amateur Traveler Podcast!
Thrilling! My interview with Chris Christensen about volunteering in Ghana has just been published on Chris’s world-famous site, Amateur Traveler Podcast! For the full interview homepage on Amateur Traveler, click …
Lucy’s Article 2: The Result of Running From School
Article #31 in the YCC Kids Club Ghana Student Life Stories Project The Result of Running Away From School By Lawani Lucy, Age 13 “Run fast, Lucy!” my friend shouted. …
Pamela’s Article 2: A Painful Lesson
Article #30 in the YCC Kids Club Ghana Student Life Stories Project Understanding an Adult’s Punishment By Pamela Agbi, Age 14 This story is a story I will never ever …