Mondo's volunteers in Ghana

  It’s not the first time I’m doing such an experience but the reality is that you’ll never be 100% ready. The first few days you’ll always miss your home, your people and you will feel lonely. I guess it is important to realise the normality of the process to avoid being overwhelmed by it. Here is the thing I’ll try to do in the next few days: I will try to find small things that make me smile, things that make me feel better and that remind me why I am here and why it is worthy to be here.   As soon as I entered the meeting room for my welcoming meeting, I read this write on the board. It was meant to be for me but coincidentally it was exactly what I needed at that moment. “Nothing last forever!!”, I think that is something we should all remember when we begin a new path: with time everything gets smoother and easier. The sense of loneliness had fastly faded and for how much I miss my family and my home, I know I will find home here also. Yesterday when I came back fro...

  It wasn’t my plan to write so much so frequently, but the fact is – a lot is going on, despite Kongo being in a predominantly rural setting. I think it’s appropriate to start by listing my observations from the professional perspective.                   First and foremost, there is plastic and waste everywhere. I saw a trash can only once in Kongo, in front or the District Education Office. Plastic bags are heavily overused. If you simply buy a bottle of water, they’ll put it in a small, black plastic bag. Just another day I saw a street dog tearing off pieces of a plastic bag with sauce leftovers inside! (The most shocking discovery is that dog meat is eaten here) ☹ As for the people, they just discard their trash as they go along. The locals drink their water from 500ml plastic bags which can be seen lying everywhere.   There is a company, ZUUM LION, whose workers come early in the morning and collect the...