Posted on May 19th, 2009
It feels like just yesterday that I was back in Walewale, with the sun blazing, looking at donkeys outside my window and seeing dozens of bright-eyed children walking to school everyday. But it’s already been over a month now that I left Ghana and I’m back into my regular routine of school and work in [...]
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Posted on March 5th, 2009
Greetings!! Time is going by so fast! When we first arrived in Ghana, we spent a week in the capital (Accra) where we were able to tour some of the country. We went to Cape Coast and visited the slave castles where slaves used to be bought and sold during the slave trade. Yesterday, Lauren [...]
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Posted on December 17th, 2008
Hello there! My name is Joyce Mankarios and I am a fourth year student in the International Development and Globalization program at the University of Ottawa. In January, I will be off to Ghana in the Northern region of Walewale (I love that name!) where I will be working as a gender advocacy assistant with [...]
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