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On Tuesday, we finished up our work at New Life Orphanage and headed over to Kumasi Children’s Home. In a previous trip, the interns had visited the home and did all the necessary work for the profiling of all the children. However, this orphanage resides in the heart of the city and receives new cases […]

Medaase, Ashanti Region!

4 Aug, 2015 in Kaeme by kaeme

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 […]

Updates

28 Jul, 2015 in Kaeme by kaeme

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

21 Jul, 2015 in Kaeme by kaeme

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

13 Jul, 2015 in Kaeme by kaeme

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

10 Jul, 2015 in Kaeme by kaeme

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. […]

Akwaaba!

7 Jul, 2015 in Kaeme by kaeme

One of our 2014 summer interns, Christine Chen, put together a fantastic audio documentary highlighting orphaned and vulnerable children issues from her time in Ghana. You can listen to it here!

Voices from Ghana’s Orphanages

12 Jan, 2015 in Kaeme by kaeme

We are excited to open applications for our Summer 2015 internship! The interns will work in Ghana June 28-August 21, with an 8-week preparation course prior to departure. Please send a cover letter and resume (transcript optional) to applications@kaeme.org. Applications are due Dec 10th.

Summer Internship Applications!

9 Oct, 2014 in Kaeme by kaeme

Written by intern Christine Chen. As I sit in the airport, awaiting my flight back to Dallas, I have a lot left to reflect on. My shoes are stained a dull red from Ghanaian dirt; a final packet of groundnuts (translation: peanuts) rests in my pocket; a couple Ghanaian bills and some loose pesewas jangle […]

A Final Pause for Reflection

21 Aug, 2014 in Kaeme by kaeme

This week’s post is brought to us by intern Lara Norgaard. As I begin to write this post I’m waiting for the internet to reboot so I can continue uploading document information to Kaeme’s electronic database. At home I would begrudge even the slightest lag in my internet, but one thing I’ve learned here is […]

Steel Resolve

4 Aug, 2014 in Kaeme by kaeme

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