Mondo's volunteers in Ghana

  September / October 2023 As I publish this blog post, the first month in Kongo community at the Upper East region has passed. It feels like it was longer than that. I didn’t have that proper dive into the new culture as I met with the Mondo delegation in Accra and we flew to Tamale together, where I accompanied them as they attended meetings with Ghana Development Community Association, their other Ghanian partner. One of the things that struck me was their School for Life affiliated organisation, which has over the decades taught over 400 000 children how to read and write so they could enrol in formal education system! Even more, many of them end up overperforming! I also did a little bit of networking on my first day in Ghana and the press officer from GDCA has shared a short documentary “Bearing the Burden”, which portrays   farmers in Northern Ghana being affected by climate change. It would prove to be a source of very important information for me. But, for now, I’m ...

    Romantic moments with my paw paw     On my birthday I arrived in the Kongo community in Northern Ghana. I thought it will be refreshing to do something on my birthday that I have never done before. And it was special, but – to be honest – also very exhausting. Travelling on the roads in Ghana is a bumpy adventure which takes quite a long time. In addition, it is incredibly hot! However, in the end I was rewarded with a comfy new home AND delicious paw paws on my birthday. Most important, the members of my host organization were extraordinary welcoming. They made us feel more than comfortable on our arrival and the weeks after... Our compound My comfy new home                                           Nevertheless, the first weeks were full of challenges. Three big challenges to be precise.    The first one was to cope with the new...