Category Archives: Ghana

Kumasi, Ghana

By pertorkelson | Published: December 30, 2006
On Christmas Day the 25th of December SYDD celebrated together with the students at Edwenase Rehabilitation Centre. We had brought rice, chicken, oil, drinks and biscuits two days earlier and on the same day as the party took place we had made a provision for music (DJ), chairs and tents. We arrived around 11 am [...]
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Kumasi, Ghana

By pertorkelson | Published: December 21, 2006
Last week I received my first Christmas gifts, and the package was sent by my mother. I won’t open it until Christmas Eve. I also received a Christmas card from my aunt. On Thursday (14 Dec), I went to the STC bus station in Adum to see off my German friends who left Kumasi that [...]
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Kumasi, Ghana

By pertorkelson | Published: December 12, 2006
Work last week; on Monday (4th Dec) we attended a meeting at Okomfo Anokye Hospital (biggest hospital in Kumasi) where they wanted to know about our NGO and what kind of work we do with HIV-infected people. Last week I also interviewed several male and female orphans about food, accommodation, education, future work plans, problems [...]
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Kumasi, Cape Coast; Ghana

By pertorkelson | Published: December 2, 2006
Last Friday I and Issah were in a drop-in on our way between Dote and Adukrom, and there was another car coming against us driving in our lane (right hand side) in Tinpom. The reason why were 15-20 cows walking in the road, but when he passed us the man in the other car got [...]
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Kumasi, Ghana

By pertorkelson | Published: November 24, 2006
We have changed our schedule for SYDD Non Formal Education, starting from this week, so we teach Monday-Thursday (20:00-21:15). Monday and Wednesday are English lessons; Tuesday and Wednesday are maths lessons. We made this decision based on that we can’t be everywhere the whole time and two hours five days a week was too much. [...]
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Kumasi, Ghana

By pertorkelson | Published: November 18, 2006
I have lost my mobile phone (Sony Ericsson K800i)! It happened four days ago in a taxi, and I don’t know if it was someone sitting next to me who took it or if it fell out of my pocket. Anyway, it was very annoying, because you can’t work professionally without a mobile phone. Even [...]
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Kumasi, Ghana

By pertorkelson | Published: November 11, 2006
This past week we have had lights out at least once a day because of a fault at the electrical company. If the lights out is scheduled and you know when it will happen, then I can live with it, but when the lights go off sporadically without any pattern, then it’s very annoying. We [...]
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