I only wanted a simple answer to a simple question. The women in the farming groups I work with have been asking me how to make tofu, or ‘soya kebabs’ as they are called here (it’s always sold cut, fried, and on a stick). After we finished a large soap …
Village Savings and Loans Associations: Filling the Local’s Needs Created by the Insecurity of Farming in Sirigu, Ghana Hello from Ghana! I’ve almost hit my year mark of leaving for my journey to West Africa to serve in the Peace Corps, and I can’t believe how fast the time has …
Hello! So here it is, my first post at site as a fully-committed Peace Corps Volunteer! I’ve been in Ghana for four months now, and have completed a whole 1/24th of my service at site 🙂 . So far, it’s been going well! The ups and downs have been a …
Tuuma tuuma! This is the traditional greeting in Gurune (the language I’m learning here) for a person that is busy at work, be it farming, carrying a heavy load, etc. I also think that it’s appropriate for my wonderful classmates back home busy with thesis work. For those readers not …