This blog comes to us courtesy of Isaac Jones This week we started with a holiday on Monday. To celebrate the holiday, and Nicole’s birthday, we went with Nicole’s aunt’s family to dinner. After an enjoyable meal where we discovered how delicious Shawarma is, we danced. Our van driver, Prince, really enjoyed the classic Ghanaian […]
Monthly Archives: July 2015
This week’s post comes to us courtesy of Janine Cadet After a week of completing two orphanages and an exciting adventure at Mole National Park, the Kaeme group eagerly entered into Week 3 of our trip! Our next stop was Adullum Orphanage in Obuasi. Our first day there we started with our informal interview […]
Challenges Mixed with Adventure
Anyone familiar with Ghanaian culture knows the role that football, or soccer as Americans call it, has in the society. One cannot walk down the street without being bombarded by endless advertisements and vendors selling jerseys with players ranging from the Asamoah Gyan, the captain of the national team, to the more well-known Cristiano Ronaldo. […]
Land of Elephants and Football
This week’s blog post comes to us courtesy of Nicole Acheampong Hello, Kaeme friends! Being in Ghana again has been simultaneously exhilarating and soothing. I am Ghanaian-American, my parents having grown up here before emigrating to the U.S. for university and job opportunities. This trip marks my sixth time visiting my family’s home country. It also […]
The Persistence of Waiting
Our first blog post of Summer 2015 comes to us courtesy of Nancy B Sutter! Oh what a week it has been! The Kaeme 2015 summer interns have arrived in Ghana! By Monday, June 29th we were all united in Accra for our official first day of what I call our ‘internship adventure’ together. […]