This semester’s group of interns consists of Chelsea
Anderson, Dustin Evans, Karson Roberts, Rachel Drollinger, and myself, Ashley
Peterson. We have been in Ghana staying in Abomosu for just a little of two
weeks now. Up to this point we have loved all of our time here. This semester
we are teaching classes for first time loan applicants in Ekorso, Akodom, and
Wekpeti. We also have a group of second time loan applicants we are working
with in Asunafo. Classes have previously been taught in Ekorso, Akodom, Asunafo
and a number of other villages we are not in this semester. This is the first
semester that Wekpeti has been part of the program. We are excited to bring new
opportunities to the Wekpeti citizens.
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| Abomosu, our home for the next few months. |
I have been pleasantly surprised with the turn out and
amount of participation in our classes. The individuals we are working with are
anxious to learn and are not afraid to contribute during class. A number of
them already have existing businesses and are looking for ways to expand.
Most students are coco farmers, but there are also a number of students who
operate stores or provide food to customers.
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| Sunset we witnessed while walking home. |
When we are not busy teaching our business students we like
to spend some time at one of the primary schools here in Abomosu. We have also recently visited a secondary
school in another village that we plan to continue volunteering at during our time in Ghana and plan to start going to the local health clinic on a weekly
basis. We are finally starting to get into a schedule and are all really
enjoying our time here in Ghana. To really get into the African mindset, all the
girls got our hair braided. We’ve attended some funerals and will be going to
an engagement party this weekend for one of the teachers at the primary school.
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| Our Braided Hair |
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