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| Checking out the final product of our workshop on how to tie fabrics - head scarfs, baby carriers and using fabric to help balance the load on our heads |
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| The new street savings and loan program at Street Girls Aid This is one of the 8 circles currently in operation |
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| Learning about the slave trade at Cape Coast Castle |
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| The bustling fishing villiage of Elmina - a town named by European explorers after the riches found in the mines |
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| The vibrant and colorful streets of Elmina |
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| Mameya and Bless play with some of the new toys brought by the team and funded by our donors |
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| More interactive and interested toy action |
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| The girls couldn't get enough of the books |
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| Capacity development at its finest - the girls painted this library...we've come a long way in two weeks |
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| Break time and play time |
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| Although the boats look so peaceful, fishing is hard work here |
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| Watching the fishermen fix their nets is fascinating |
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| A ladder to??? team building in Kakum National Park |
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| After demonstrating and practicing how to carry everything on top of our heads, often not successfully, the girls show us how it is done |
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| The student and teacher and teacher and student |
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| Kathy Lillis working her biceps during a cooking class at Street Girls Aid |
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| The girls demonstrate pounding fufu |
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| The children at Kimbu creche are wondering what we are up to? |
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| A restful night |
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| A colony of birds circle the crocodile pond |
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| We had several birthday celebrations while in Ghana - Barb is enjoying one of the celebrations at the jazz club +233. Cathy Smith actually celebrated her birthday while in Ghana. |
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| Holly Callen looks through books at the Ghana Book Trust |
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| Esther was so patient with us as we learn about new cooking techniques |
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| Power tools are fun in any country |
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| Rose gets in on the power tool action |
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| Unloading books into the Kimbu creche library |
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| The Kimbu Street Library in the 5 year and up classroom |
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| Comfort and Phidelia have fun sorting the books |
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