Well I am finally in Ghana!! We arrived at 7:40 am on Saturday and the plane ride wasn't that bad actually. It took us 4 hours to get to HoHoe from Accra which was an insane ride! Its all dirt roads everywhere and huge holes. Its just crazyness everywhere. We got the home base and they took us around town. At night we went to a bar called Obama Gardens. Apparently they are obsessed with our president...which I don't know why.
On Sunday we got to sleep in so I slept soooooo long. We do have bunk beds and mosquito nets over them. I have 3 other roommates, another Laura,Rachelle, and Debbie (From Britain). It is pretty hot in there to but its actually not to bad to be honest. The food is really good too. We have chicken every day for lunch and dinner. On Sunday we just had orientation and we learned about our placements and everything else.
Monday we started our placement and WOW it is so sad to see what I saw. I arrived and the teacher just left me to teach the kids, who really don't know english. It was just so heartbreaking. A lot of the kids have autism and down syndrome. The children are running around everywhere with horrible clothes and no shoes. It is just so different than what you see in the US. I will talk about it more later. I only have a certain amount of time I can be on! I miss you all!!
Laura V.
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