Day 3 - 13th August - Alice + Naomi

First Project Day

We woke up at 4:30 by the prayer call and had our first showers in Ghana. After a lush breakfast of scrambled egg, bread and beans, we were led by a group of local dancers to meet the elders and be accepted into the community. On the way we were ambushed by children fighting to hold our hands, and asking us to be their friends.

We started our projects, painting, coconut husking and log striping, ready for treatment. After around six hours the playground is nearly finished with just a little painting left (when Ella and Kambole have bought some red paint!)

We then met our buddies and had a dance sesh where we taught them British dances such as ‘big fish, little fish, cardboard box’ etc. They then went home to have dinner and wash while we had ours.

At around 8:00pm we all met up again to have bonfire and dance, except Ella who went to bed with a tummy ache. All the village girls braided the girls from the team’s hair. It was very painful. Following the villagers up to us was a tiny lost kitten…awww!

Then we went to bed and had a good chat with Matt H, Connor, Alice, Naomi, Lucy, Emma, Kambole and Catherine trying not to keep people awake (i.e Ella) Good times!