It’s 4 a.m. in the morning and I wake to the sound of the mosque calling my community members of Jerigu to their morning prayers. I slowly lean up out of bed and rest my body against the cool cement wall directly behind my bed. My mind is instantly filled with thoughts about the day […]

Tribal pride is a sentiment that has shone through every now and then in my observation of Ghanaians. Everyone knows who is native to the region and who is not, what foods they’re known to eat, cultural differences, reputations – the list goes on. It creates a variety of interesting situations. A group of locals […]

It’s easy to get lost in the sea of of new information, new people, and new problems that I am facing on a daily basis. Sometimes it’s easier to just put my head down and either get lost in the situation or simply bury my head in the sand. In the first few weeks in […]

I stood there on a mound of blood red soil overlooking Chief John’s farm. No large buildings were in sight. As a matter of fact, no other people were in sight. There were no other signs of human life as Anna, Bindu, and I looked out over the surreal landscape. Light green hills covered by […]

Throughout training I learned basic phrases in Dagbani, I learned about Ghanaian agriculture, and I was introduced to the Ghanaian education system. At the end of each day, however, I had my American colleagues with whom I could discuss my observations. Noting a prominent cultural difference—timeliness—I can remember thinking to myself It’s really for the […]

Walking through a very “bushy” school farm today I see something that looks very familiar, the purple and green leaves of a sweet potato vine!!! Us North Carolinians pride ourselves on this “dirt candy” and love to eat our top commodity in a variety of ways. However, unlike North Carolina, these sweet potatoes had somewhat […]