A House for Crossed Crocodiles: 2003

Woe: Community Presentation

Bah bah da ba pa ba dah! Malaria!! Well, I continue to be amazed at what this project is being used for. Laying the groundwork for a p...

I have six coconuts here, ready to break my fever. It’s been four days now, and the hospital isn’t open on Sundays. Note: Although conveni...

Now the shift to work. Besa, the country director, is now piling on projects, and I am becoming more and more aware of the ingrained polit...

Group Discussion: Township Focus Group

Group Discussion: Produce Merchants

Woe: Profile Presentation

Group Discussion: Farmers

Sometimes I feel like the cover illustration of the Little Prince. My horizon tangential to the world. Sitting on the beach engulfed by the ...

Six weeks. The anxiety has hit. It started months ago in my dreams. I would be tooling around the valley doing nothing in particular--dr...

Group Discussion: Market Women & Merchants

Nsync--made it to Ghana.

For the first time in 3 months I feel like I am back in high school. Girls club.

For all those who have ever had to wake me up when I was asleep and stubborn, I apologize.

Do you think under the 3-year warranty on my laptop “removal of dust” and “general maintenance” will also cover ‘removal of ants‘?

“Why are you learning how to do that?” “Do you even have coconuts at home?” they all ask. But who knows when I’ll need to make my own coc...

I am honored to be in the presence of the ‘Saved By The Bell’ guru.

the rain permeates everything. redirected by the tin… puddling on the sand flattening the footprints in to slow polished dunes. pressing d...

“You’ll shoot your eye out.” -- Major Mary Keti to her 12 year-old son, Ben. The Red Ryder BB Gun of Ghana is a fantastic double barrel ne...

That was the time it took for the vibrating full-body massage to turn back into a pumpkin, otherwise known as my tro-tro from Accra. One h...

Reason #12 for washing while you go:

If you want to draw attention, have a yevu ride a bicycle. If you want to draw a crowd, have a yevu drive a car.

Save the ‘Road Kill Game’, tro-tro games vary from car games only in their degree of morbidity. #4: Which Body part would I incur severe d...

Jiggers. For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

“Crackle hissss. . . Have you found anything yet?” “We ain’t found sh*t.” --Spaceballs (while ‘combing’ the desert)

Alive. That is how I was eaten last night. Ok. Now on to the show.

I guess I should describe Woe a bit, since my only descriptions have come through in goats and tro-tro’s. I know I am close to home when I...

It is the small random things that catch me by surprise. I was down the way, helping Gershon water his tomato plants one afternoon. I than...

Monday . 11 August 2003 Meeting with Togbi and CCS Volunteers paraphrased conversation regarding the plan and future vision of Woe Brie...

block construction local materials sand cement aggregate rebar timber frames asbestos or tin sheetin...

I’m currently sitting in the kitchen at our house in Woe, typing this e-mail. (I‘ve been advised by previous volunteers to write e-mails on ...

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