Forty women circle around a metal box bound by four separate padlocks. Many of them have children with them, either secured to their backs by a colorful wrap or, if the children are old enough, they play outside of the meeting place with the other children. These women are here to invest in their village […]

As I climbed the gray speckled marble steps up yet another floor, I clung closer to the damp concrete wall beside me, always keeping one hand flat up against the cold surface. The stairs were slippery from the rain water that had fallen earlier that morning and there was no railing for me to hold […]

The wind gently rustles my light blue camp staff shirt as I watched the sunset ahead of me. While I sat on top of my family farm’s grain elevator, the sun-baked gray steel is serving as a perching point for not only myself but all of my thoughts and ideas. Tonight was the last time […]

Whack! Whack! The sound of an ax smacking into wood rang in my ears as I walked up to the farm only a quarter mile down from my house. A woman dressed in her colorful Ghanaian dress effortlessly picked up the ax again and swung it at her feet into the old tree. The large […]

If we are being honest, sometimes Ghana takes its toll. Projects can take a long time to start, bush fires during Harmattan make it rain ash, going to the market means attracting a lot of attention, exposing teachers to new ideas can be challenging, the churches are loud, the market is loud, the eating spots […]

“Why did you choose to study agric?” It’s a question I have asked many of my students. With a variety of majors to choose from at the SHS level, I often wonder what prompts some students to purse agriculture in a country where farming is viewed as the “poor man’s occupation”. I was particularly curious […]