I know I did a terrible job updating my blog while in South Africa, but I was having too much fun! And since it's impossible to summarize an entire semester in a few paragraphs, I'll just have to tell you all about it in person and attempt to be a better blogger in Ghana. Though considering my time here is halfway over, I'm not off to a great start....
So, why Ghana? Having already been to parts of eastern and southern Africa, I wanted to intern somewhere in west Africa. Through idealist.org I contacted a couple of organizations in Liberia, Nigeria, Ghana and Mali. Unfortunately, most of the groups seemed rather unorganized and wanted money more than volunteers. Furthermore, the State Department had travel advisories for Nigeria and Liberia because Americans were targets for kidnappings. So when Fred from SVG emailed me to say I could intern at the District Assembly in Nkawkaw (Ghana), I immediately said yes. And after finishing exams, booking my plane ticket and several frustrating phone calls to the Ghana High Commission as to the whereabouts of my passport (which I finally received a few hours before my plane left), I was on my way.
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