We moved to Ghana a year ago to join our friend Jeremy in Kumasi. Since then, many other friendships have blossomed and we find ourselves continually meeting new and fascinating people. NAUZLEY’s PLACE Jeremy sits outside the Valco Fund Hostel where Nauzley lives. Ironically, the hostel in was founded by Valco, the […]
Zoos are not the same the world over and so Camille, Jeremy, Allison and Nauzley hied it on downtown to the National Zoological Garden to see what flavor of zoo they have in West Africa. – June 8, 2013 DYING TO GET IN Hearses and ambulances are lined up along the compound
Making the most of our trip to Accra as Amy exits the country by driving north to Aburi and sharing some quality tree time. – June 10, 2013 MEMORY LANE Bob remembers well the hour drive up the escarpment to the Aburi Botanical Gardens although much has changed. His mother used to
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In which we fly to Accra to hook up with the Waste Enterprisers crowd, take in an art gallery, see Amy off at the airport and find another one of Bob’s childhood homes – June 11-13, 2013 WE OFFICE AND ART GALLERY Things were hopping at Waste Enterpriser’s office in Osu. After
May presented us with two factory tours (Kente Cloth and Woodworking) some home improvements, lots of comings and goings, hellos, goodbyes and fresh beginnings. DEEP IN The fecal sludge to biodiesel project continues plodding along. Two brave men remove rumen from digester #1 at the plant and a gaggle of big brains
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In the Shit! – Work at the FS2BD starts to really get “down and dirty” WORLD’s DIRTY JOBS – GHANA EDITION After using a few thousand liters of rumen to inoculate our digesters back in November and December, we found it necessary to transfer the contents to the second train in order
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Last days of the barnyard experience – Kumasi, May 2 – 9, 3013 BIRTH DAY May 2nd, after three weeks of sitting on her nest beneath the back steps, six of the seven eggs hatched and Amelia was able to say good by to her dark corner. During those three weeks, she
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Touring Adanwomase, a village that specializes in weaving traditional Ghanaian Kente cloth and growing Cocoa with Kat, Morgan and Nate – May 9, 2013 VISITOR CENTER Kat drove the four of us in her land rover and we found our way to the village without any problem. Soon enough we were seated
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Intern housing and more at Casa Kumasi. Giving the steward’s quarters a makeover or “turning the proverbial sow’s ear into a silk purse” – May 13 – 17, 2013 BEFORE There are actually three levels to Casa Kumasi; upstairs where Jeremy, Justin and Allison live, downstairs where Bob, Camille and Amy
A good look inside Italo’s woodworking factory with the Friday morning coffee crowd – May 31, 2013 FRIDAY MORNING GANG This group of Ahodwo Obrunis regularly get together on Friday morning for coffee and conversation. On the last week of May, Elvira (front row, wearing a black dress) arranged for a tour of
