This week has been dedicated to visiting the cocoa farms of
all of the eligible students in our Asamama class. Douglas has taught us that
if there is mistletoe hanging in the farms, that is a bad sign, because it
negatively affects the growth of the cocoa trees. He was entertained when we
told him that, in America, if you walk under mistletoe, then you must kiss him.
Judging from the look on his face, this fun fact only confirmed to him how
crazy Americans can be. After visiting eight farms this week, we are heading
out for a long weekend to Cape Coast in celebration of Ghana’s Independence Day
on March 6th. Douglas is joining us for part of the trip, which we
are very excited about!
We’d like to give a shout out to Spencer for his great
effort in collecting from a past recipient who hasn’t made any payments in over
a year. Spencer has been very dedicated to helping this recipient finish off
his payments so that he can be out of debt! Spencer is planning to follow up
with him next week in order to hopefully collect the rest of the money that he
owes.
Once we return, we are looking forward to getting down to
business with writing up business plans and then finally funding some of the
great students we’ve discovered in Asamama!
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