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Saturday Sep 04, 2010

It's Ghana time...

Wayzo, encoyna Tom (Hello, my name is Tom - translated into the Ghanaian dialect Ewe)!

So here goes, after 9 months of preparation and fundraising, we are leaving for Ghana this afternoon! And what a 9 months it has been. I applied for this project as a last minute thought and my project was nearly over before it started when I realised I'd handed in my form two days late! Anyway out of nowhere I found myself sitting in front of my computer a few weeks later with a congratulatory email not quite sure what to make of it. Sitting here now with our imminent departure and I couldn't be more glad that to bea part of this International Project, it has been one of the most rewarding and enjoyable experiences of my life thanks to the friends I have made and the challenges that have been put in front of us.

I'll be honest that I'm feeling pretty nervous about getting out there, making a good impression and proving that I can offer something useful to the community that we are working in. I'm sure these little worries will dissolve as we get settled in but for now the nerves are still lingering! However I couldn't have asked for nine better friends to go with me to Ghana and I know we will have a fantastic three and a half weeks ahead of us and I'm sure that we'll be able to both teach, and learn from, the community in which we will be immersing ourselves for the duration. With any luck we will find a local internet cafe in Ho so watch this space for updates of how the project is going(and possibly of our 10 day travel adventure in Ghana once the project is done) : ]

Akpey (thank you),

GL! Tom

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