VAM Girls Academy | summer2017-seg

First Days in Ghana - Exploring Accra

I didn't know what to expect Ghana to be like. I had never been to anywhere in Africa before so the lot of my knowledge came from quick...

The past two days have been spent on site, working with groundskeepers, and contractors, and largely just each other, to document the...

Sunday was a very long day. We woke up at 4am so that we could drive early to Sogakope. Even though it was a 2 hour drive we didn't get...

These first two days in Ghana have largely revolved around meeting new people (namely our hosts and the contractors we hope to work with)...

On Saturday we met with two potential contractors who will help build our school. The first we met with in Nana's house and we talked to...

On Friday, we rested a lot in Nana's house and walked around her neighborhood. The houses surrounding hers are similar in scale and...

It's been a great time in Ghana so far. We've done so many things and I've learned so much. That's very cliché but I wasn't really sure...

(From left: Alex, Brie, Ben) Hi Friends! Welcome to our summer blog! To start off, we wanted to tell you a little bit about our project,...