God’s Time is the Best – shopping in Ghana

Britain was described by Napoleon as “a nation of shopkeepers”, but in 2013 I would say that this title is much more appropriate to Ghana. “Hustle” is a daily part of life for many Ghanaians and wherever your tro-tro (bus) stops there is always a number of people looking to sell water, food, footballs and […]

My Ghanaian summer

A few photos to show what I got up to during the summer of 2013. Best enjoyed listening to the song below:

Ghana V Zambia

“I recommend that you get inside before it gets too busy,” said Mourinho (not the Mourinho, but Dan’s friend) to us as we stood outside the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi, each of us grasping a ticket to Ghana’s final group stage match of the 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign. With over four hours to kick-off Chris, […]

A series of fantastic events.

Originally posted on Luke's Mystical Adventures:
Last time I wrote I briefly updated you readers on what happened between me getting here and going to ada foah, since then there have been a few things that have happened and I will run you through these one by one before giving a brief overview of…

Church at St Cecilia’s

On Sunday the whole KickStart Ghana Summer School team were invited to meet the community of the church that is connected to the school. We were all really honoured to be invited (even if 7am was a little early…) and were asked to introduce ourselves to the 300 people at the service. The Father also […]

Summer school, football coaching and a haircut

Apologies for the delay in the latest blog post, but since I last wrote seven new volunteers have arrived and five of those have left. They’ve been completing a large variety of work. Chris Minch has settled in well to the role of Assistant Volunteer Coordinator. His time has been taken up by airport pickups, […]

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 […]

Softball

Originally posted on lifelauralondon:
It’s not rounders. It’s actual softball. We play in a charity league with my friend Dave’s charity KickStart Ghana. Last year we were the little-team-that-could and knocked out other charity teams who had 100x the amount of staff/budget/resources of KSG. This year or record isn’t as good, but to be fair…

The definition of time in Africa

I recently finished reading The Shadow of the Sun: My African Life by Ryszard Kapuscinski, an excellent book detailing his account of post colonial Africa from his first hand experiences. One section that particularly struck me was the concept of time when compared from a European and African perspective. I can especially relate as he wrote this section […]

The Musings of an African Volunteering in Africa

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

Infographic: The economic outlook for Africa

A fantastic infographic on the economic outlook for Africa from The Times business section.