SATURDAY AUGUST 13TH 2011 MY SON`S WEDDING DAY !:)

MAYBE NOT A CHALLENGE BUT THE MOST  PROUDEST MOMENT OF MY LIFE TO BE ABLE  SEE MY YOUNGEST SON SO HAPPY AND SO MUCH IN LOVE :)

                                               Above : A very proud mum and dad :)

Above my sister-in-law Mavis and my two nieces Georgina and Philippa

Our last day of teaching at Bepong Presbie School in Ghana

Thursday 21st July,

Spent the last day making masks with the children with colured card ,glitter,and lots of stickers! The children absolutely love stickers ,the children would fight and scramble over each other to get one !!!! 

 I have had one of the best experiences of my life ,working in Ghana with these children ,i will miss Ghana so much ,the people are so friendly and happy ,as i left the school classroom and said good-bye a little girl looked up at me and said "i love you ":)

The last couple of days i felt  poorly and thought maybe i was just tired the journey home was unbearable because i was feeling sick  and had headaches but when i got back home  i went straight back to work but a phone call to the doctor that one evening when i couldn`t take the sickness feeling and headaches anymore  at about  midnight it resulted in me having to go into hospital to have some blood tests etc ,i was worried it was a blocked shunt in my head due to my tumour but the hospital  thought i had meningitis or maleria but after a couple of nights in hospital i was  diagnosed with Samonella in my bloodstream ,which is very rare and very dangerous but i thankfully recovered after a week of taking very strong antibiotics :)

Boat trip to the other side of Lake Volta to take medical supplies ,toys and T-shirts to a very poor community .

Wednesday 20th July 2011

This morning we packed suitcases full of medical supplies ,clothes,nappies,toys and my Manor House Park  T-shirts donated by Anna Ryder Richardson to give to a poor community living the other side of Lake Volta .

" i was really looking forward to this day ,knowing we were going to make a difference to this community was a wonderful feeling "

Below; " The boat trip over was amazing !"

When we arrrived there were also boats full of volunteers from other volunteer houses in Ghana ,we were welcomed with a ceremonial drink , then we distributed the clothes rice ,medical equippment etc

BELOW :  "i will never forget the faces on the children :) "!!

"we sat around until all the suitcases with donated clothes etc were collected and tready to give out to the people "

"Jack one of the volunteers holding up one of 100 T-shirts Anna Ryder donated to the children and adults in Ghana "

ABOVE :"One little boy wearing one of the T-shirts which was slightly too big but he loved it  "!!

 BELOW : Two young men proudly wearing their T-shirts:)

"when we arrived back on the other side of  Lake Volta one little girl summed up the day with a magical  song  "

MORE FUN AT THE SCHOOL WITH THE CHILDREN :)

TUESDAY JULY 19TH 2011

Today i was accompanied by Jack another volunteer ,we had great fun making mobiles with the chidren and it was also very hard work spreading ourselves with nearly 50 children ,plus other children coming in through the doors joining in the fun  !!!
I cannot remember how many times i must of said "SIT DOWN "!!!!!!

"We displayed all the children`s work across the classroom "

"Below some of the children in the playground ,excited to have a photo taken by one of the children .......SMILE :)"

"When we arrived back at the volunteer House i soaked my legs and feet in water so the mosquito`s wouldn`t be able to bite them ,i am covered with bites which have turned into huge boils ,they itch like mad and the the sun and heat doesn`t help :( "!!!

" And to finish the day the electric has gone off and we are standing around  in our room we all share with head torches on our heads LOL!!"

Back at the Volunteer House in Atitbie and a trip to Nkaw kaw

MONDAY 18TH JULY 2011
We woke up this morning to Thunder and Lightening ,we took a taxi ride  to the school but  found it closed up , heavy rain  in Ghana means children who walk for miles do not turn up for school until it stops ,this didn`t happen until very late in the day so we stayed around the volunteer house and then went in to Nkaw Kaw a busy town full of shops (not shops like you and i know ) and a market selling deep fried lizard ,snails and very smelly fish and lots of fresh fruit .

"people in the town selling fish and vegetables "

"never one to miss out on a bit of fun and get everyone dancing and  laughing "!!

"loved the way they carried everything on their heads effortlessly "

                                            ABOVE:      "Lots of goodies for sale "

                                                      "Very ,very smelly fish !!!"

                                                
 "wash and buy your carrots "LOL!!

                                   The tomato`s were lovely and we ate plenty of them "

                                                "A little boy carrying cooked snails "

                                        "I think this was a deep fried snake or lizard "!!!

"Above  A beautiful little Ghana Girl "