Article #8 in the YCC Kids Club Ghana Student Life Stories Project My First Day at YCC By Edinam Tamkloe, Age 13 My life is full of stories, but I’ve got to say only one for now. So I choose to talk about my… [Read More]
Ghana Volunteering
Starting to Understand Accra… and Staying Legal
As you read this pre-programmed post, I am headed back into Accra to meet up with the Ghana Couchsurfing.org clan, as well as several friends of friends of friends of friends, and to finalize my visa extension paperwork. The events of this article occurred… [Read More]
Pamela’s Article: A New School
Article #7 in the YCC Kids Club Ghana Student Life Stories Project My First Day at Covenant Preparatory School By Agbi Pamela, Age 14 “That school is full of witches and wizards!” was what people said about Covenant Preparatory School. “Don’t go!” But I… [Read More]
Emmanuella’s Article: Earthquake Panic
Article #6 in the YCC Kids Club Ghana Student Life Stories Project Waiting for the Earthquake to Strike By Boateng Emmanuella, Age 14 Around two o’clock in the morning, neighbors ran from door to door yelling for people to come outside. “An earthquake is… [Read More]
A School You’d Likely Never See
As the half-broken taxi thumped into another rocky crater on the endless dirt road, I gasped to Collins, “You seriously bicycle forty-five minutes down this to work each morning?” My friend chuckled and nodded. After weeks of planning, I was finally going to see… [Read More]
Elikem’s Article: Kumasi Zoo
Article #5 in the YCC Kids Club Ghana Student Life Stories Project A Trip to Kumasi Zoo By Dedi Elikem (aka: “Endless” Elikem), Age 12 I was scared when I saw the tiger opening its mouth. It looked like an old yelling monkey and… [Read More]