February Updates

February:

Lots to say! We are having so much fun in the classroom! We are really keeping busy trying to keep up with all the kids. We had sports day at the school, in which the teachers set up a track around the soccer “field” (its all dirt) and we had house races to see who is the fastest. We never finished the final competition; we got rained out, so Augusta (my house) is still in the running!

Sister Lucy, a great friend from India who was on internship here, left in February, and we were so sad. She was always smiling and joking about everything. Her laugh will be greatly missed!

We had midterm break and the three obrunis took a tro tro to Cape Coast to visit Elmina, one of the castles they kept slaves in during the Trans-atlantic slave trade. It held 1000 slaves at a time, 400 female and 600 male. It was so depressing to see the living conditions of the slaves, and hear of everything they had to go through. It was very cool to actually visit such a historical site; this castle had been built in the 1600s. 

Female Slaves cell. They fit 150 women in here.

A cannonball that weighs 25 kg (55 lbs). As a punishment, slaves would have to hold this all day in the hot sun, or get 40 lashes and their ear chopped off.

Making fishing boats

A small memorial

Overlooking the city