Arrived in Ghana last night and took most of the evening to negotiate with the parking attendants to actually be able to leave the airport. Seems that if you slow down in a taxi they can just boot you and demand payment on the spot. We worked it out. Let no one in their right mind mess with Nana Ama Yeboah. They will not come out well.
Today we have done a great deal of planning and working out a way to get internet access. We met with Loren, our architect in Ghana who is doing the structural side of the drawings. We are very close to finalizing the Ghana end of things and going for the building permit. It is very exciting.
Nana and I are having a great experience planning for the opening of the bike shop and sewing centre. We will see immediate benefit to the people of Okurase.
We will be holding a health fair on July 25th. Dr. Ghartey will conduct a vision clinic and we will be providing dental care and educational programs on HIV, environmental cleanliness and its relationship to health. Nana has set this all up and it’s great. She has also made an important link with child welfare. Steve McLeod-Bryant sponsored a little boy for school and this enabled him to get on the National Insurance Scheme. The boy has a very bad hernia and the insurance will allow medical care. He will wait 4 months to have surgery. NOW THIS HAS CHANGED. Due to Nana’s link with child welfare, this little boy Evans and 3 other children with hernias will get the needed medical procedures in 1 month. Child Welfare has a way of working out things quicker. So, naturally we are thrilled. We are meeting with the children, their parents, and child welfare on Friday morning to plan how to proceed.
As always, Ghana proves to be very welcoming, very exciting, and demands thinking out of the box. More soon.
Cindy
