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Sam in Ghana: The Village of Kukuo
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Thursday, July 31, 2008. The Village of Kukuo. There is absolutely no coco grown in the village of Kukuo, nor is there in most of Northern Ghana. There are however, some of the nicest people anyone anywhere could hope to meet and I had the privilege of doing just that this past week. The village of Kukuo at sunset. 1 Gain a better understanding of rural livelihoods and poverty in Ghana. 2 Learn more about the farmer members of the NILRIFACU rice cooperative and the services NILRIFACU provides. The family...
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Sam in Ghana: My Compound
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Wednesday, July 2, 2008. Oops, I almost forgot to post this. I thought it might be interesting for people to see what my compound in Tolon looks like. Graphics courtesy of Rick Kim. My compound in Tolon. Click to enlarge. Keep up the good work. November 10, 2008 at 11:47 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Other Must Read Blogs. Andrea's summer in Ghana. My JF placement, revisited. Leaving Ghana and Returning to Canada. G {squared} glynnis in ghana. Notes from a Ghanaian Adventure. How to Grow Rice.
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Sam in Ghana: May 2008
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Thursday, May 29, 2008. Just some of my compound's residents. Adisa is in black, behind the pot. Arysha is in yellow, behind her. Sala is in the redish dress in the front row. Arysha has never been more than 10km from her home in Tolon. Arysha is a reminder of what is possible. People say “sweet” when something tastes good. This caused some confusion at first since people would offer me food and ask “is it sweet? 8221;, to which I would cautiously reply, “not really, is it supposed to be? Time is another...
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Sam in Ghana: July 2008
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Thursday, July 31, 2008. The Village of Kukuo. There is absolutely no coco grown in the village of Kukuo, nor is there in most of Northern Ghana. There are however, some of the nicest people anyone anywhere could hope to meet and I had the privilege of doing just that this past week. The village of Kukuo at sunset. 1 Gain a better understanding of rural livelihoods and poverty in Ghana. 2 Learn more about the farmer members of the NILRIFACU rice cooperative and the services NILRIFACU provides. The family...
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Sam in Ghana: How to Grow Rice
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Friday, July 11, 2008. How to Grow Rice. 1 Obtain some rice seed. Rice seed is rice that hasn't had the husk removed. To a farmer this may seem like an obvious fact, but it wasn't to me so I thought I'd mention it here. 2 Plow your field. Enlisting the services of a tractor will cost about 25 Canadian dollars per acre, while a bull ox is slightly less. 3 Use sticks and rope to delineate rows about 15cm apart. 7 Planting is complete. Take a rest before returning to the village. 9 Watch your rice grow!
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Sam in Ghana: Impact
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Thursday, August 21, 2008. At the same time, I recognized the need to try to have impact. Not only is it important to me on a philosophical level, but I think trying to have impact is the only way to really understand why it’s so difficult. Zakeria learned MS office and excel. Zakeria, Ayesha and 'Assembly Man' would often teach each other computer skills. I did a profitability study of NERICA rice. So did I have the ever elusive impact? My host family was incredible to me during my stay in Ghana. I'm a ...
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Sam in Ghana: April 2008
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Sunday, April 27, 2008. Because All Good Stories Need An Introduction. This is the first of what I hope to be many posts over the course of this summer. For those who don't know, I'll be spending three and a half months in Ghana as a Junior Fellow volunteer with Engineers Without Borders Canada. The following is a short description of what I'm doing and why I'm doing it. What is Engineers Without Borders Canada? And on the untying of Canada’s existing foreign aid. Where Am I Going and What Am I Doing?
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Sam in Ghana: Ben's Bus
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Saturday, July 12, 2008. 8220;I forgot to tell you the name,” he says to me, “it’s going to be called Time.” In a country where punctuality is rare and most forms of transportation simply leave when they’re full, Ben has a vision for something different. Time is the name of his bus and it does just that; leave on time. Ben dreams of starting his own bus company called Time. Government transit (and most transit for that matter) is often erratic and unreliable. So what’s stopping him? My perception of how ...
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Sam in Ghana: June 2008
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Thursday, June 26, 2008. As I near the middle of my placement and have surpassed my sixth week in Tolon, I feel like the town deserves another visit. I’m still eating a lot of rice and maize, but they’re starting to grow on me. My favourite local food is probably waakey (“wa-chay”), which is made from rice and beans. Adisa (my host mother) sells waakey to school children every morning and I almost always go and buy it from her. Frying eggs on a charcoal cook stove. American forces outside my home in Tolon.
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Sam in Ghana: August 2008
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Thursday, August 21, 2008. At the same time, I recognized the need to try to have impact. Not only is it important to me on a philosophical level, but I think trying to have impact is the only way to really understand why it’s so difficult. Zakeria learned MS office and excel. Zakeria, Ayesha and 'Assembly Man' would often teach each other computer skills. I did a profitability study of NERICA rice. So did I have the ever elusive impact? My host family was incredible to me during my stay in Ghana. Notes ...
