Power outages, bucket showers and other fun

Hi Everyone,
It's Friday morning and we still don't have proper running water. So it's been bucket showers for a week. They aren't nearly as bad as they sound and you can do a thorough job with just one bucket! Hooray for conservation. Also, people were working on the power lines last night. It was supposed to come back on at 6 last night, but in Ghana time, I think that translates to next week. Oh yeah, the cockroaches here also have wings, or at least some of them do. Hmmm, no power or running water and lots of insects. It's like camp.

But seriously, I'm doing really well. Dr. Addae has me putting together a fundraising proposal for our water project that I could potentially use in Canada. I think that I could do a lot of good fundraising back home, so I might be back sooner than originally planned. We'll see; it's still very early. But the reality is that it is hard for an African NGO to get funds from the West. It will help to have a Westerner (me) advocating for RUCNET.

Anyways, I'm keeping busy. Thanks a lot for all of your emails. A lot of you have asked about pictures and I haven't found a way to get them up. I'll keep trying. I have a few subjects that I'm looking forward to posting on that are more topical, such as corruption and the misuse of aid. It's been really eye-opening thus far. This place is incredible. That's all for now