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"Equal rights equal opportunities: ...

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:02:00 +0800

(Ghana / There's Something About Ghana...)
Monday March 8th was International Women's Day. I felt a need to do something about this and like everything in Ghana it would all be done last minute. So with the help of the wonderful Joan at the ...
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Holy Mole (it rhymes here)

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:23:00 +0800

(Ghana / Danny V Peace Corps Updates from Ghana)
One of the best part about visitors is that they take lots of pictures! Here's a hodge podge of the last 2 weeks.Katie’s 2 week visit flew by. We covered more of the country than I ever thought sh ...
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Spring

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:03:25 +0800

(Ghana / Caroline in Ghana)
The Harmattan has ended. No more does black ash fall like sickened crows into my courtyard fouling water and disintegrating into blots of powder when I try and sweep it.Now it has begun to rain a lit ...
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Spring

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:03:25 +0800

Engagement!

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:42:45 +0800

(Ghana / Caroline in Ghana)
Grant Dobbe and I would like to announce our Engagement!From Ghana Peace Corps 07-09We'll celebrate with a traditional Ghanaian 'Ko-ko-ko' ceremony at the end of April and another when we return to American in September.
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Engagement!

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:42:45 +0800

PC Ghana Swearing In Video

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:24:37 +0800

(Ghana / YouTube)
Author: bdshanfan14 Keywords: Added: March 9 2010
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Moving around....Ghanaian style

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:22:00 +0800

(Ghana / Vanessa:Peace Corps:Ghana)
Since I've been doing a fair bit of travel recently I'd thought I'd give a little overview of the overland travel methods here in Ghana.There are basically 3 modes of transportation I take advantage ...
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Rome Pictures

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:41:00 +0800

(Ghana / I am what I choose to become.)
The first of the Rome pictures have been posted. I have more but because of how long it takes to post the pictures I thought that I would post them in stages. I had a great time in Rome with Mom and ...
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In which I ask some very important questions

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:52:37 +0800

(Ghana / Grant Dobbe)
The first question I asked was of Caroline. She was taking a nap and I entered the bedroom with a little ring box. She woke up and saw the box and after a little nervous fumbling I got down on one ...
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Not a bad way to wait

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:54:00 +0800

(Ghana / Ira on the Road)
With business school responses slowly approaching I have managed to fill my days to the brim keeping my mind at bay as much as possible. Thanks to forethought and planning my Cheri's sister Carrie ...
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Untitled

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:25:56 +0800

(Ghana / Waking Up In Ghana)
ghana Happy Independence Day!all my love maria
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Nine Months in Ghana

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:58:27 +0800

(Ghana / Brendan's Blog from Ghana)
Thursday marked nine full months in Ghana. Every time I sit down to try and figure out what I’ve learned what mistakes I’ve made and what I’ve done right I can’t do it. In my mind the w ...
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The Grant Application

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:55:47 +0800

(Ghana / Brendan's Blog from Ghana)
I submitted my application for a grant to Peace Corps last week. Part of the application involved writing a considerable bit about the project and its aims the community and their needs and plans ...
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Kayayo movie

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 11:58:50 +0800

(Ghana / Caroline in Ghana)
One of our past Peace Corps volunteers made a movie about the Kayayo in Ghana - girls who leave their village to carry things in head pans in large cities. The girls can earn a lot of money to help th ...
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Kayayo movie

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 11:58:50 +0800

What a few weeks since returning

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 07:41:00 +0800

(Ghana / I am what I choose to become.)
I know that I said that since I got the Internet modem at the house I would try to post something at least once a week but since I got back from Italy I have been up to my eye balls with work. Which i ...
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Support me!

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:28:00 +0800

(Ghana / Life's a trip...)
Hello from Takoradi. In this blog I am going to update you with my new job. And then ask for you to save up some money to donate to the NGO.So I've been going out everyday with the founder of Mercy ...
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A new friend

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:27:11 +0800

(Ghana / Caroline in Ghana)
Was wanting a shower after my job so I pulled down the bathing room curtain and out ran a 'giant!' spider - body was the size of an unshelled peanut and leg span must of been more than 4 inches (tho ...
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A new friend

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:27:11 +0800

Redistribution in Ghana

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:08:00 +0800

(Ghana / DeeDub in Ghana)
February 27 2010. Redistribution in GhanaThis time we’re talking about weight. I now weigh exactly what I did when I first married but the distribution seems to be quite different. The waistline h ...
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Dark days

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:41:00 +0800

(Ghana / DeeDub in Ghana)
February 22 2010. Just came through a really hard two weeks but I think it will all be fine. We knew that the Cadbury Foundation had approved funds for our grant but didn’t have any details. And ...
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The non-proposal

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:32:00 +0800

(Ghana / DeeDub in Ghana)
February 1 2010A standard farewell in Ghana is to say “I will come visit you there” so when a cab brought me home last week I wasn’t surprised to hear the driver say that. We had talked briefly ...
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America Rocks

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:02:00 +0800

(Ghana / Cam & Kym's Peace Corps Page)
We have now made it to America and are loving every minute of it. Great food and lots of family. Dawn and Thomas' wedding was beautiful and a blast. We are just enjoying the time spent before it is a ...
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not-so-strange bedfellows

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:25:20 +0800

(Ghana / Orion watching over me)
China throws birthday bash for Zimbabwe's Mugabe
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"Made in Ghana" by Chris; 02 March 2010

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:41:00 +0800

(Ghana / Tammi & Chris: Our Peace Corps Odyssey)
In Ghana safe filtered drinking water is most readily available in clear plastic bags or sachets with a company name printed on them. It costs 5 pesewas the equivalent to 3 cents. These are the prima ...
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Things are (somehow) better!

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:34:00 +0800

(Ghana / An Obroni's Story)
Written February 28 2010It’s kind of funny to see how this blog progresses sometimes. The last entry I wrote was full of frustrations and thoughts of early termination due to a lot of problems that ...
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Under water to on a train

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:11:00 +0800

(Ghana / Ira on the Road)
My five days on Perhentian Island were much needed and very much enjoyed. After cranking through the scuba course I took a day to walk to to a gorgeous beach. Having seen the beach from one of my div ...
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Life in TOM uh lay

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:19:22 +0800

(Ghana / Kimmie in Ghana!)
So last time I wrote I was in America and promised to post pictures of my visits home. My my…how time flies. It’s been a while. Let’s see…what have I been up to… Let me summarize. My ...
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Photos! Photos!

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:01:23 +0800

(Ghana / Caroline in Ghana)
From Ghana Peace Corps 07-09Don't forget you can subscribe to my picasa to get notified of updates!Any photo requests?
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Photos! Photos!

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:01:23 +0800

(Ghana / Caroline in Ghana)
From Ghana Peace Corps 07-09Don't forget you can subscribe to my picasa to get notified of updates!Any photo requests?
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Life in Ghana is slow

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:36:00 +0800

(Ghana / Julie's Ghana Adventure)
I last said I wanted to hit the ground running after training and I guess I have at least hit the ground trotting. Since I got back to site I have started looking into our clinic and what needs to ...
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Party Pants

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 10:12:00 +0800

(Ghana / Danny V Peace Corps Updates from Ghana)
Your lucky week I let Katie write up the blog so you don't have to read my writing! Here's what she's got to say:It definitely is a different culture over here. It is a lot more laid back. If someth ...
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25 February 2010 – eeeewwwwww!

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:09:36 +0800

(Ghana / 1person)
So I have had an itchy arm for about three months. No rash but maddenly itchy. oh boy. I saw my Peace Corps doctor in January and we decided to wait a bit. So this week sports week at my school I decided to go to Accra to see a dermatologists for this weird itchy arm. To [...]
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A Bus System Reopens Rifts in South Africa

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:34:36 +0800

(Ghana / Orion watching over me)
This article in the NY Times speaks volumes about a South Africa divided by transport. The taxis are dangerous and many people have no other option. It's sad to see how violently opposed this safe affordable public transport initiative is.
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Big Changes

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:19:00 +0800

(Ghana / Life's a trip...)
Sorryo I've been busy and sick. Here's the scoop: I have a new 'site' as PC calls it. And that means i have a new job and new house. I'm still living in the same community. I know some of you are pr ...
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Changing gears

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:40:00 +0800

(Ghana / Ira on the Road)
I left India with a wide variety of new experiences under my belt. I loved the country (many travelers either love it or hate it) but was ready for the next leg.Traveling solo again I flew to Singapo ...
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Somedays you only cross one thing off yo ...

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:03:09 +0800

(Ghana / Caroline in Ghana)
Today I learned how to use Scribus to make a brochure. It is very pretty and I only abused my font-privileges a teeny-tiny bit.bonus: I'm in two of the pictures!
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Somedays you only cross one thing off yo ...

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:03:09 +0800

Tamale

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:30:26 +0800

(Ghana / Peace Corps- Ghana Africa)
Right now I’m in the Northern Region visiting with Daria and doing some work. I have contacts who are selling some of Kente products from my village at the cultural center here in Tamale. I need to collect some money from them and see if they want to sell more of the products. [...]
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ms. Amos & ms. Humpherson: thank you

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:01:43 +0800

(Ghana / Waking Up In Ghana)
I overpaid for the cab. I had never been to Kalpohin before hadn’t heard of it until the day previous and the driver had obviously made note of it. Adisa had me tell the driver to bring me to the ...
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Back to Ghana

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:51:00 +0800

(Ghana / I am what I choose to become.)
Well all good things must end and so must my wonderful vacation with my family. I did not think that I was homesick until my parents got on their plane and were headed back to the States and at that ...
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Rachel is awesome.

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:35:52 +0800

(Ghana / Uploads from j_schneidman)
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a recipe

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:00:00 +0800

(Ghana / Joy in Ghana)
most of the foods we eat here cannot easily be made in america because it would be difficult to find things like yams and cassava and such. but my favorite dish is rice balls with groundnut soup and ...
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Volta Voyage

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:09:57 +0800

(Ghana / Caroline in Ghana)
Being in Peace Corps is really awesome.For a long time I've been wanting to visit the beautiful Volta region of Ghana but had never had an excuse. I've also been missing my friend Jennifer and wantin ...
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Volta Voyage

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:09:57 +0800

In which we almost see a hippopotamus

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:54:53 +0800

(Ghana / Grant Dobbe)
It’s been a busy month. I turned 26 (thank you to everyone who sent birthday wishes!) and I feel no different whatsoever. I also got more computers in my computer lab which involved quite a bi ...
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“Comings and Goings” by Tammi; 21 Fe ...

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:03:00 +0800

(Ghana / Tammi & Chris: Our Peace Corps Odyssey)
ECG-That’s supposed to stand for Electricity Company of Ghana. But many say it more accurately stands for “Electric Comes and Goes”. Lately it’s been doing a lot more going. It doesn’t ...
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Untitled

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:42:00 +0800

(Ghana / There's Something About Ghana...)
Recently I went to Kumasi for some In Service Training. Things went well. This is a pic of the whole training group for WATSAN!! We had a good time. Good food. etc...This is the counterpart I brou ...
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Having too much fun

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:53:00 +0800

(Ghana / I am what I choose to become.)
I am having so much fun that I almost can't stand it. I did not realize how much I missed hot water a big bed a blow dryer cheese butter and a number of other things and my family is of course at ...
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