A busy two weeks

Two weeks already? Ghana has a fantastic way of making time go incredibly slow and fast at the same time. When you are waiting for a tro-tro (mini bus) to fill up, knocking back unwanted offers of meat on a stick, in the mid-day heat and humidity, it feels like the seconds are minutes and the minutes […]

Ghana, Ghana, Ghana!

“Three months in Ghana? Wow, that’s a long time,” is the phrase I’ve been hearing a lot recently. Sure, three months in West Africa isn’t the typical summer vacation but I know from experience that the time will zip by in a flurry of volunteers, projects, blog posts and Azonto moves. This summer I’m acting […]

The Musings of an African Volunteering in Africa

The Musings of an African Volunteering in Africa. An eloquent insight into this issue.

A rant about overseas volunteering

For those of you who know me you might be a bit surprised to see the title of this blog. Through my work with KickStart Ghana and other roles I am normally telling everyone how fantastic volunteering is and why they should get involved. I also espouse the benefits of overseas volunteering and tell people […]

KickStart Ghana Party 2012

On Saturday 13th October we hosted our annual party celebrating the successes of KickStart Ghana, giving a big thanks to those that have volunteered with us and explaining why people might want to get involved with our work in the future. Over the past four years we have many successes, here are few we discussed at […]

Response to voluntourism article

Further to a recent article in The Beaver (the London School of Economics student newspaper), week of 9th October, page 23, looking at the pros and cons of voluntourism I sent the editors the following letter. Re: Voluntourism in Senegal It was great to read about Felicity’s recent volunteering experiences in Senegal and the benefits she felt […]