Monday, 18 May 2009

ai

help... second, third and fourth thoughts.
too much going on at the moment, so I'm not able to write it here... keep your fingers crossed for me, will ya?

Sunday, 10 May 2009

placement accepted

In the end of April I was offered a placement in Walewale, Ghana.
Here it is:me and my sea: 15hours away from each other.
but I'm expecting Walewale to make up for that with an unbelievably starry sky for example!
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here is some information I found on care.org:

Map of Ghana


Population:20.5 million

Urban Population:36%

Major Ethnic and Linguistic Groups:Akan - 44%
Moshi-Dagomba - 16%
Ewe - 13%
Ga - 8%
Gurma - 3%

Religions:Christian - 63%
Traditional beliefs - 21%
Muslim - 16%

Population Growth Rate:1.45%

Life Expectancy:56.5 years

Infant Mortality:53 per 1,000 live births

Under Five Mortality:100 per 1,000 live births

Maternal Mortality Rate:210 per 100,000 live births

GNP Per Capita:$290

Percentage of Literate Adult Males:83%

Percentage of Literate Adult Females:67%

Percentage Population With Access
To Safe Drinking Water
:
73%

Country Description:

CARE USA opened a country office in Ghana in 1994. In addition to HIV/AIDS prevention, CARE is developing programming in agriculture and natural resources, health care and girls' education. Since July 1996, programming in Ghana has been managed under CARE Togo.


some people volunteer as a way of running away from their lives.
those people usually need to run away from volunteering shortly after getting there.
you cannot run away from your life.
thank goodness:)