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Thursday Jul 29, 2010

Ghana 2010

Hello! We're Katie, Marcey, Tom, Josh, Maisie, Ruth, Liz, Amy, Laura and Becca, and we make up the 'International Project' run by Exeter University's volunteering society, Community Action.

Community Action are a student-led volunteering society at the University of Exeter, offering students numerous volunteering opportunities in the local community. Last year the 'International Project' was born, bringing the success of Community Action's local projects to Ghana. Ten students travelled to Ho in Ghana's Volta region to work with the non-profit, grass-roots organisation Dave Squared Volunteering on a number of community projects and this year we're going back! Projects we will be working on in Ghana include: assisting in an orphanage, running a 'summer school' for children during their school holidays and coaching youth football.  

The entire team were selected by interview. Myself (Katie) and Marcey were appointed Project Leaders by the society and we then had to try our hand at interviewing! After a week of interviewing over 30 possible candidates we made our selection. It was incredibly difficult process and was always a worry for us that we would pick individuals who did not mix well - fortunately for us everyone has got along fantastically (thus far..!!).

The project is entirely fundraised for by the International Project team and since September we have done so extensively. We have thus far: mastered the art of speed-baking and all put on a few extra pounds hosting a number of bake sales, become packing pros through bag-packing sessions in local supermarkets, given a presentation about our project at a university-run 'Africa Nite', hosted two sponsored football tournaments, approached slightly-worse-for-wear-and-thus-very-generous student clubbers during night-club raiding and run our very own 'Take me Out' event – a one-off dating show for Exeter's students. We have also been fortunate enough to benefit from a number of donations from volunteers, enthusiastic lecturers and the Exeter University Alumni Foundation, of which we are extremely grateful. We also have a collection at London Victoria station coming up in the next week which will hopefully ensure we have met our target - we are yet to find out if we have done so, fingers crossed we will be able to update very soon with positive news!

Katie (Project Co-Leader)

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