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Comment by Brenna DeKovessey on August 21, 2009 at 10:16pm

Hi everyone! I am going to Ghana on September 26 also! Does anyone have any idea what to pack? I am so excited to meet everyone!

Comment by Lana Bazzy on August 16, 2009 at 11:11am

hi! I'm going to Ghana on Sept 26 for 6 weeks, I'd love to meet anyone who's also going to be there at the same time, so we can maybe start organizing some trips! I'm really looking forward for the trip, It'd be great if anyone had some advice too :)

Comment by Joss Ellams on August 4, 2009 at 8:17pm

Rachel, a phone from the UK does work. I actually bought a Ghanaian simcard while I was there. It was about £4 and it was about £1.50 to call a land line in the uk for about 5 minutes. Have a look at my blog to read about my 6 weeks there. I LOVED it!!!

Comment by Chelsie Bitton on August 4, 2009 at 2:43pm

Mid-thigh length (or longer) shorts are okay to wear at home base and when wandering around town. You cannot wear them to placement tho, so be sure to pack skirts and capris/pants.

Comment by Rachel Lowe on August 4, 2009 at 5:28am

Hi, I'll be in Ghana Sept 26 - Oct 17. Would love to hear from anybody who will be there at the same time or who is there now. Im so excited but very nervous. I would like to know that I am going prepared but the handbook is quite vague! Does anybody know what the phone situation is there? Will a mobile from the UK work? What exactly we pack? etc etc. Would appreciate any advise. Thanks :)

Comment by Carissa Lynch on July 17, 2009 at 10:40pm

Hi everybody!! I have really enjoyed reading everyone's comments and advice! I am heading to Ghana on September 26- November 21 so let me know if you will be there at the same time!! I would greatly appreciate any advice, things to do on the weekends, and or things to pack or be aware of :) Thanks guys!

Comment by mary beth walters on July 8, 2009 at 9:55pm

I'm landing in Accra in 3 short weeks and I am just so over this waiting process (although I need the extra time considering I am no where near ready to get on the plane). First I want to offer a huge thanks for everyone who has offered their views and experience. I'm so glad to have the benefit of your wisdom.

I'll be in Hohoe for 12 weeks in the Intern-Abroad program so I'm hoping to have plenty of time to travel and experience Ghana. I have loved looking at the posts from everyone's trips. Keep them coming.

Does anyone have anything to share about what they struggled with? What drove you nuts at times? What was mentally challenging? What are those things you wish you had known (like Chelsie's issue of not having a Visa card)?

Comment by Seannen M. Sainz on July 4, 2009 at 12:07am

I'm trying to raise enough funds to go to Ghana for 5 weeks starting December 19th this year. I would like to spend my holidays abroad there and was wondering if anyone was going around the same time. I'd love to chat and hear about prior trips already made as well! Feel free to contact me :)

Comment by Christina Chu on June 24, 2009 at 8:48pm

Some of the issues around Accra, Ghana . I didn't volunteer in Ghana but I spent two weeks in and around Accra this march.

Thought this might be useful for any of you interested in sociology, environmental, and economics research in developing nations. A very real picture of how hard life is there, and not all fun and rosies.

Front Line: On the outskirts of Ghana's biggest city sits a smoldering wasteland, a slum carved into the banks of the Korle Lagoon, one of the most polluted bodies of water on earth. The locals call it Sodom and Gomorrah.
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/ghana804/


Traders on the run: Activities of street vendors in the Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana Authors: Alex B. Asiedu; Samuel Agyei-Mensah
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a902511202

Traveler's blog
http://onthewayhome.travellerspoint.com/34/

Cadbury journal. Did you know that Ghana is one of the largest producers of Cocoa, next to Cote D'Ivore?
http://cadburydairymilk.typepad.com/fairtrade/2009/04/getting-around-ghana.html

Street selling in Accra
http://web.cgu.edu/faculty/wickera/dogchain.htm

Street Children in Accra
http://www.eurojournals.com/rjis_8_07.pdf

From Wall Street to Accra
http://www.theghanaianjournal.com/2009/05/16/from-wall-street-to-accra/


MAKER FAIRE AFRICA!!!
http://makerfaireafrica.com/


This is for you guys! not me! Would love to return to Accra at some point.

Comment by Chelsie Bitton on June 23, 2009 at 8:55am

I just spent 6 weeks in Ghana. Please feel free to contact me if you have ANY questions.

*Visa is basically the only card accepted in Ghana. I didn't get that memo and it turned out to be quite a hassle.

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