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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Lady Ferret: [QB] I never saw any hotels like that, not even a ropey Holiday Inn... not even in Accra. I saw a Novotel... but that was all. When I arrived I stayed in a diddy hotel called Aiport View before being moved to the house. I used to visit colleagues in Labadi and Tulip hotels, they were the two best ones in Accra. Sri Lankan owned the one and the food was amazing. There is no Macdonalds or KFC in Ghana, it was such a pleasure to visit a country without seeing Golden Arches destroying the sky line, and even though there is no civil war in Ghana there is a very high level of corruption. the stories i wish I had tome to tell about people I know who got thrown in jail... google juju as well, that was freaky! I know a guy who had a bad juju placed on him! I did not see any Internationsl schools either. I saw a lot of local schools, especially those that accommodated the high influx of orphans they have. There are also many disabled people in Ghana as many adults bear the physical scars of the effects of polio and sadly, HIV/Aids. This disease is threatening society at an astounding rate. There is an Island on Lake Volta call Dodi that purely relies on toursits for an income and you get a boat there and the locals dance for cash. Then the boat returns to the main land with an island member to get food and he returns on the next boat. It is an amazing country. I only eer saw Americans and they were fantastic, so kind and generous. Sadly many people cannot get work for whatever reason and they cannot afford the basic preventatives against malaria and it is sad to see babies dying or to go to the orphanage and see children whose parents have fell victim. Anti-malaria products can be the equivalent of the average monthly pay! This upset me. So yes, TL, it is that terrible a place. Again, unless you have lived it you will never understand from googling it. BTW, I was there as a volunteer to educate villagers about HIV/Aids. With no electrcity there is no outside influence and for eg. when bleach first arrived in Ada, the locals drank it as it read 'kills all known germs' they thought it included Aids. :( I do have happy stories but no one wants them lol ... The best thing I ever did was get out of The UK. The only regret I have is that I didn't do it earlier. I hope this lady embraces teaching these children mentioned in the article and increases the employability rate in young people within the village. Knowledge can be such a powerful thing. One line I will always remember was from an orphan named Jacob in Accra. He had 2 dreams; One was to own a book and the other was to see what is over the horizon. My heart breaks when I look back :( I would return tomorrow if I could guarantee I would not get malaria again... [/QB][/QUOTE]
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