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Monday Aug 30, 2010

Less than a week :)

I'm BUZZING for ghana in 5 days time :D I can't believe how quickly it has come about...I'd independently organised a trip to volunteer in South Africa for the summer or 2010 but had to cancel it due to unseen costs, so when the opportunity to go to Ghana arose I wasted no time in filling in the application. Being a first year student at Exeter, I was still very muchfinding my feet at uni and didn't think I had much of a shot of getting into the International Project team, but went along to the interview thinking I'd get some experience and apply again next year. Fortunately for me, I received the email a couple of days later saying I'd been successful and I was ECSTATIC! The fundraising period has been stressful at times but a brilliant way for the 10 of us going to Ghana to get to know one another. Everyone has put in so much effort and you know you're travelling with people who feel what we're doing is important. It's also a great excuse to put on crazy events and get local people interested in a good cause. I've loved it and am so pleased with how well we have done as a group. Now, with jabs completed and equipment bought, I can't wait to get out there and experience a culture so different to my own, meet wonderful people and get involved with the kids, all with a group of students that a year ago were strangers to me and now have become really good friends.

Ruth.

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