I went with a team of 10 people to the Village of Hope near Accra, Ghana, West Africa June 5 - 13, 2006. It is an orphanage, school, and clinic. We painted the alphabet with corresponding pictures in many of the classrooms. We also built shelves for the library. Spending time with the children was the best part and I know it meant a lot to them and to us! The following posts are filled with images from my trip and are not necessarily in order.
Here's me painting "jumprope"
Pat and Barry carrying one shelf to the library.
The shelves look great!
Here's Ken with some of the kids.
We got lots of help painting!
The house parents were VERY encouraging!
I was told there is almost always a line outside the clinic everyday. People come from miles around to the VOH's clinic.
This education center has plans for a second floor. They go ahead and occupy the first floor before the 2nd one is built.
This under construction Prestoncrest house will be the next home to occupy more children. They are hoping the VOH will be able to house 200 kids when this is open.
A beautiful tree near the village of Ojobi.
Monday, we left the VOH and went into Accra. We visited the Heritage Christian College and took a tour of the property and buildings under construction. The first floor is already used for classes!
We were asked to be careful when taking pictures outside of the Village of Hope. So when we went into Accra, we took almost all of our photos from inside our bus.
The roads were lined with things for sale. These are mops and buckets.
This is the outside of the gate at the airport in Accra. Akwaaba means "Welcome".
We went to the market to buy souviners but couldn't take photos. This is the drum Tommy helped me haggle for. The money exchange and the haggling was just too confusing for me! But I love the drum! On it, is the Adinkra West Africa symbol GYE NYAME, which means "except for God".
I had a fantastic and meaningful time while in Ghana. I encourage anyone to contact me if they would like more information about the Village of Hope or Heritage Christian College in Ghana, West Africa. Prestoncrest plans to send more teams over there in the future. Please get involved!
4 comments:
Awesome. I bet you didn't want to drive there. It looks a little chaotic!
Yes, the traffic and crowd were very thick! People would come right up to your window to sell you anything! We had one persistent guy who I finally bought a map from. Ha, it was kinda funny.
about the traffic and people selling, it's also like that in parts of Mexico. it can be a bit annoying, but the trips are worth it. these pictures are so beautiful! it seems like you may have gotten as much out of this trip as you put into it. what a wonderful feeling!
btw: the children are adorable and that is a beautiful tree! you took great pics!
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