As I looked down at my red dust-covered boots and wiped my sweaty brow with my sweaty hand, I pondered about the journey ahead. It was a long, narrow, and very un-maintained road. I heard Emmanuel (the outreach coordinator at KITA) say “this way, this road goes to Kokoben”. I responded with “lets do this”. […]

Monday’s lesson plan for the Agriculture Education class was quite simple. A quick game of Two Truths and One Lie followed by a warm up question, class discussion and group activity. What I thought would be a normal, yet engaging lesson for them quickly became a cultural one for me. As I stood in front […]

Within my host family, I am blessed to have two younger brothers. These two boys are always bright spots in my day. The oldest son, Clement, 12 years old, has many responsibilities around the house. He helps with the cleaning by sweeping off the porch and doing dishes. He also goes to the farm some […]

The thick African bush began closing in around our legs and as we hacked through the prickly vines that grabbed at us from the earth below and we began to shove past the huge tree branches, I began to loose sight of my Ghanaian guide. It was nine-thirty when we first stepped into the bush— each […]

I remember my first 4-H meeting, in the basement of a small church. My Dad made it sound like it would be fun, and maybe it would have if they hadn’t expected me—ME—to stand and state my name, age, and where I went to school. As a child of 9, I had no idea how […]

My roommates and I have been wanting to buy a goat. Kelsey, one of my fellow Nifty Northerners (AgriCorps volunteers in the Northern Region) lives in a small small village and has a baby goat born right outside her compound at least once a day. She is also fantastic friends with several farmers near her […]

It was only a few short weeks ago that I was in my room meticulously going through the AgriCorps packing list that was given to us.  This packing list included not just clothes, but other items that might make our lives in Ghana a little morecomfortable. Some of these items might seem day-to-day to Americans; some […]