I've arrived!!

Yay! this computer is finally working!!! I've been in Ghana since sataday and its already been quite aN EXPERIENCE! When we arrived in Accra on sataday morning we were immediatly placed in our "tro tro" which would take us to our village. It was a LONG journey on very bumpy roads! when we arrived- 8 hrs after leaving Accra we were greeted by what feelt like hundreds of ghanan children all dsperatly grabbing at our hands and screaming "brouni! brouni!!" (white person). When we finally were able to shake them off we set down our things and ate. That evening we had to go and meet with the village elders!! that is something i wont forget. it was alot of shaking hands and we had to tell them our mission.
the next day sunday we went to the church of grace. churches is ghana are very different from churches in UK. THEY DONT SEM TO HAVE ANY ORDER. ITS JUST RANDOM! People just came and stared singing. we then played for hours with the children who are soooo cute!! we went to see the place where they collect water which is very steep and difficult to manage but with a 8l bucket of water on your head ir must be impossible!
Today we began teaching which was very strange but o much fun
right ive got to go as my internets about to run out!!! more soon!!

Coffee Morning

Hey thanks to anyone and everyone who came to our coffee morning! It was a huge success and we raised over £400!!!!!!! We plan to use this money to buy supplies such as pens and pencils for the children to use in the school. Thanks to everyone for all there support!

Preparation!

I got inspired to start a blog after watching the film Julie and Julia, which by the way is a really good film. Julie decides she will set herself the task of cooking every recipe from Mastering Th Art Of French Cooking by Julia Child in one year. She decides to keep an on line blog of her (very stressful) experience. Anyway I thought I should make a record of my on coming adventure to Ghana in just over a months time. What is this so called adventure you may wonder. Obviously something to do with Ghana- hence the title! I will be traveling to Ghana with a group of 10 volunteers (including my mum), from the UK to teach in a primary school in a village located around 50km from Kumasi the capital city of the region Ashanti. The group is made up of trained primary and secondary school teachers and two teenagers (me and one other). The trip is being sorted out through the charity Ashanti Development (www.ashantidevelopment.org). To prepare for this trip I, like many other volunteer workers and holiday makers, have had to put up with a grand total of 7 (!!!) jags. Not something I would ever want to go through again. I mean how many illnesses can be at rick at catching in one country? The answer, I have discovered, is an awful lot. 

Protection is not the only type of preparation me and mum have been taking.  Raising money to buy equipment for the very limited school is another thing we have been focusing on. This weekend we are having a coffee morning at our local church hall which we hope will raise a lot of money for the school.