Tuesday and Wednesday
As promised, today’s post is short. Not much to report, other than that Hotmail doesn’t work very well here. It’s very odd, considering Yahoo addresses work well. I’ll be on tomorrow. Today we went to our office for the first time. It is a pretty modest space above a very busy street, although every street in Ghana is very busy. Dr. Addae, Maxwell, who runs the finances, and I discussed some of the projects and where I’ll fit in. I think that I’m going to focus on establishing the farmers’ co-operative I mentioned last week. Our goal is much bigger than just one truck. We want to pilot this on a district (municipal) level, so we are going to need a few million dollars to start it. We are going to work on the business plan and get everything in place, then approach various organizations, of which there are many, for a grant.
The other projects I’ll be working on will be water, mobile rural clinics and establishing a school (construction is about to begin, so there isn’t much to do but supervise occasionally). Where exactly I’ll fit in remains to be seen, but I’m sure I’ll find something to do. That’s it for now. Oh yeah, today I saw a sign for Chewass Art Works. That’s up there with Gina Pee Pee Communication Centre.
It’s now Wednesday morning, but since I’m going to post this today, I’m just going to write it in yesterday’s news. There are some issues with this place. So far, they’ve been funny more than anything, although 9 months of this might stretch my patience. There is something wrong with the water system. Nothing comes out of the taps but the toilet manages to flood the floor if the water valve is left open. But it is still nearly impossible to flush it. I’ve been using a bucket of water to shower for the past few days. It’s actually not that bad, although I’m glad I’ve had 23 summers at Go Home to get used to bathing with cold water.
Not much else to report today. It's been slow. Things move at a decidely more leisurely pace here. There was a problem with RUCNET's account at the bank that kept us there for almost two hours. Also, today we went to the university printing press. I'm going to go there a couple of times a week and work towards establishing a Twi language paper that could potentially fund RUCNET. It's really exciting, although it's a bit funny that I'll be working on a paper I won't be able to read. That's all.
The other projects I’ll be working on will be water, mobile rural clinics and establishing a school (construction is about to begin, so there isn’t much to do but supervise occasionally). Where exactly I’ll fit in remains to be seen, but I’m sure I’ll find something to do. That’s it for now. Oh yeah, today I saw a sign for Chewass Art Works. That’s up there with Gina Pee Pee Communication Centre.
It’s now Wednesday morning, but since I’m going to post this today, I’m just going to write it in yesterday’s news. There are some issues with this place. So far, they’ve been funny more than anything, although 9 months of this might stretch my patience. There is something wrong with the water system. Nothing comes out of the taps but the toilet manages to flood the floor if the water valve is left open. But it is still nearly impossible to flush it. I’ve been using a bucket of water to shower for the past few days. It’s actually not that bad, although I’m glad I’ve had 23 summers at Go Home to get used to bathing with cold water.
Not much else to report today. It's been slow. Things move at a decidely more leisurely pace here. There was a problem with RUCNET's account at the bank that kept us there for almost two hours. Also, today we went to the university printing press. I'm going to go there a couple of times a week and work towards establishing a Twi language paper that could potentially fund RUCNET. It's really exciting, although it's a bit funny that I'll be working on a paper I won't be able to read. That's all.
posted by Tony at 2:34 p.m.
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