Friday 5th

Today was a great day at Blessed, the boys were drumming and singing, the girls were dancing. They have the best rythym. Helped the children sort through black beans to prepare for red red, the children are very self efficient they all help each other out in the kitchen. They had red red with this powder called Guri which makes the oily red red intoa  paste like form, the kids love it. I was dishing out their food and put what i thought was enough guri on their beans but obviously wasnt because the younger kids were asking for more, im like oh they really like it. They all help aroound the centre, I always see the same certain kids sweeping and cleaning up they look after the place. I wish i knew what they say to each other, its very hard trying to sort a problem out when you dont know the whole story. The older ones can get rough with the little ones but its usually because they have insulted them in one way or another, usually calling them a monkey or what most kids say to each other

It is amazing how many different heavy  things the Ghanians carry on their heads, amazing balancing acts. They put on top of their heads material wrapped around like a donut then the box, dish, bowl etc is placed on top, it is amazing skill.
I also love the way the Ghanian women carry their children on their backs with material wrapped around tied in a certain way, usually tucked into itself. The material is mostly the same color as the clothing they are wearing so it blends in. The babies bums look so cute sticking out. Even onder sisters carry their little siblings this way to take them to school. I carried a little man aroound at Blessed like that, he was a tad big but it is def a more comfortable way of moving around. The litle girls at Blessed carry their dolls the same way, adorable:-). I also saw a stroller the other day first time in Africa.

The way i travel in Swedru which is quite a small area, i take shared taxi. The way you do this you wait by the side of the road poiting to which direction you want to go to. Then if driver is going that way he will ask where and if that is the same destination you hop in. That fare will cost 40 pesewas you give it to the driver sometime through the journey, if you give him 1 cedi you just wait he will turn around and give you 60 pesewas back. They usaully drive around on empty or very close to it. Sometimes they will fill up while you are sitting in the car. Their are some really nice taxis, other ones that look like they have been in a derby. It is insanely cheap. Then tro tro depending on distance of  location usually 1 cedi, 1cedi 50 pesewas. Again bus is much safer and you dont feel the hundreds of potholes as much as in tro tro, most of the time buses are cheaper the only thing is you have to wait for it to fill up which would take longer than  tro tro. I have been lucky to hold the most adorable babies on tro tro sometimes the mother will pass the baby to me, so trusting.

Wow i only have a month left of this amazing experience i am adapting to so much more than i thougt Iwould. I have not seen much begging at all everyone is making an income though it may be the smallest amount.

Sadly i cannot drink purified water they way i love, through sachet becasue my mumma joyce said that 70% are contaminated and she said my stomach is not used to it. The water sachets are 5 or 10 peeswas not much at all i dont know how they would make much money from selling them alone. The water stays coller in these pouches more than bottles. but still a box of 1.5l bottle containing 12 will only cost 12 cedi.

We want to take the kids on a day trip Monday to the closest beach. So we will hire a tro tro to Weenemba.