4th of July

Happy 4th of July from Ghana!! While we didn’t get to watch fireworks
streaking through the sky, we still got to bask in the Ghanaian
culture---sitting in a stuffy room with the power out, eating rice and
beans. ☺ We have finalized our class schedule for the rest of our time
here; we are teaching phase 3 in Amonom and Abomosu. The class in
Amonom is unique in that the five students we are teaching have
created an almost co-op group of palm oil sellers. They paid off their
first loan within 6 months! We couldn’t be more excited to have a
group of dedicated, hardworking students to work with.

The Abomosu class is much larger, nearly twenty students. We almost
canceled the class because they didn’t appear to be taking it
seriously.  We let our students pick the day and time they are taught,
so there is no excuse for lateness. The Abomosu students showed up 90
minutes late!! The class is only 120 total! Douglas came down hard on
them and we’re sure that won’t happen again. The students have
apologized and we’ll be teaching them later this afternoon.

It’s an exciting period of time here in Abomosu. The NGO here, World
Joy, has raised enough money to create a beautiful learning center in
Abomosu, which we hope to be able to leverage in the future. Stephen
Sr. has just secured enough funds to start construction on a large
mill for the community, which he will rent out for a small fee. As
we’ve watched tourists and volunteers come and go, it’s been exciting
to brainstorm ways that SEED will continue to be able to mold and
adapt into what will bring this region the most economic success. More
ideas to follow… ;)