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Laura in Ghana: religion, churches, and proper good-byes
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I'm a civil engineering student at the University of Manitoba living in Ghana for four months (from May to August 2007) for an internship with Engineers Without Borders Canada. Tuesday, August 14, 2007. Religion, churches, and proper good-byes. My time here is rapidly coming to a close. I'm leaving my district this week. I'm heading to the south starting on the weekend. I leave Ghana on the 21st. I reach Toronto on the 22nd. I reach Winnipeg on the 26th. It was then that I realized the impact of me leavi...
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Laura in Ghana: August 2007
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I'm a civil engineering student at the University of Manitoba living in Ghana for four months (from May to August 2007) for an internship with Engineers Without Borders Canada. Tuesday, August 14, 2007. Religion, churches, and proper good-byes. My time here is rapidly coming to a close. I'm leaving my district this week. I'm heading to the south starting on the weekend. I leave Ghana on the 21st. I reach Toronto on the 22nd. I reach Winnipeg on the 26th. It was then that I realized the impact of me leavi...
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Laura in Ghana: April 2007
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I'm a civil engineering student at the University of Manitoba living in Ghana for four months (from May to August 2007) for an internship with Engineers Without Borders Canada. Thursday, April 19, 2007. Tonight, on the evening on the 19th, my friend asked me, "How is your head not exploding? How many days is it until to leave? Instead, I'm setting up this blog to help in communication with my friends and family during the time I'm overseas. I'm Laura Robson, and I am heading to Ghana for an internshi...
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Laura in Ghana: Playing tourist for just one day
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I'm a civil engineering student at the University of Manitoba living in Ghana for four months (from May to August 2007) for an internship with Engineers Without Borders Canada. Tuesday, July 10, 2007. Playing tourist for just one day. We had travelled to Damongo from Tamale early Friday morning for the workshop in the town where Sarah. When asking the other Junior Fellows what we wanted to see at the game reserve, the unvarying answer was "elephants! We continued around the park for about two hours, seei...
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Laura in Ghana: travelling to the coast
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I'm a civil engineering student at the University of Manitoba living in Ghana for four months (from May to August 2007) for an internship with Engineers Without Borders Canada. Tuesday, September 4, 2007. Travelling to the coast. I went to Salaga where there was a major slave market, half-way down the country. Here slaves were bathed, greased in shea butter, and given food to make them look large and healthy. They were tied to the large trees there in chains until the market day, and they would p...We vi...
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Laura in Ghana: September 2007
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I'm a civil engineering student at the University of Manitoba living in Ghana for four months (from May to August 2007) for an internship with Engineers Without Borders Canada. Tuesday, September 4, 2007. Travelling to the coast. I went to Salaga where there was a major slave market, half-way down the country. Here slaves were bathed, greased in shea butter, and given food to make them look large and healthy. They were tied to the large trees there in chains until the market day, and they would p...We vi...
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Laura in Ghana: May 2007
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I'm a civil engineering student at the University of Manitoba living in Ghana for four months (from May to August 2007) for an internship with Engineers Without Borders Canada. Sunday, May 27, 2007. I have been in my room in Savelugu for over a week now, and I thought it would be good to show some of the things that I see every day. This was disorganized, but I hope it gave a small insight into my life thus far. Questions? Sunday, May 20, 2007. Rain, rain go away! Come again another day! Within seconds I...
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Laura in Ghana: rain revisited
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I'm a civil engineering student at the University of Manitoba living in Ghana for four months (from May to August 2007) for an internship with Engineers Without Borders Canada. Sunday, July 15, 2007. The rain lasted for a long time, and while my family's most basic needs were met for the week, I also know that it was not enough to revive all the crops. Instead, the rain probably came too much - instead of giving the soil the nutrients it needed, the rain probably washed many of them away, leaching th...
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Laura in Ghana: not just the good part 2.
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I'm a civil engineering student at the University of Manitoba living in Ghana for four months (from May to August 2007) for an internship with Engineers Without Borders Canada. Monday, July 30, 2007. Not just the good part 2. Now, onto today's stories. I just keep thinking to the small boy. How his life will be changed because one day he decided to play football and fell badly. That he won't be able to do so much because of a bad decision from his parents and a juju man that didn't know how to se...In a ...
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Laura in Ghana: June 2007
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I'm a civil engineering student at the University of Manitoba living in Ghana for four months (from May to August 2007) for an internship with Engineers Without Borders Canada. Saturday, June 30, 2007. The story of the Lunga (talking drum). Even before they arrive, though, the drumming troupe in the village stands outside the chief's door to awake him, and the head drummer sings the history of all the chiefs to the village, awakening them in the process. Because this is where it starts to get really cool.
