I didn't plan to be at an Internet cafe today so no cable to upload pics again. It's shame too because I am in Koforidua after a hike and a refreshing dip in the Boti falls. The pictures are magnificent. It's meant to take about 3 hrs to get there from Agomeda (where we are staying). We somehow managed to get connecting trotros really easily and were at the falls by 8AM and finished the trek by 11AM. An hour swim at the falls and it still only 12PM. So we decided to visit Koforidua. Unfortunately there isn't much to see here but it's big town do we bought biscuits and decided to check our emails (p.s my mobile phone probably has better specs than this computer).
There are about 5-6 kids in the 3-5 yrs range at the orphanage. They are happy, mischievous, playful like all kids should be. It is truly a testament to how well this orphanage is being run. They have setup a family like environment with "mammas" in charge of different age groups. It is very heart wrenching to think that 90% of these kids have HIV. The fact that they are so blissfully ignorant makes it that much worse. They are wonderful kids.
Teaching is hard. These village kids don't have a very good foundation since some of the older ones just started school. The kids don't see value in it. Their parents don't care and think school is useless and that the kids should be working in the farm. The few fulltime teachers are there because it is a government requirement to serve the community for one year and so the heart is not there. It's very hard work and after teaching for 6 hours in the hot Ghanaian weather in a building with no walls you get very tired. Word got around that I knew a little bit about computers and so I'm helping the orphanage out with that as well. IT is probably where I can add most value here so I am happy to do that stuff.
Until next time.
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