Project Update: We are approved!

Two Children from the Tamale Children's Home

The Ghana Project Team has been hard at work making our vision of providing the Tamale Children’s Home with reliable water and an improved cooking situation a reality. Early in March the team passed our biggest hurdle, the design review by the Technical Advisory Committee, with flying colors.

As of early March, EWB-USA has approved the design for the Ghana Project. The construction cost for this project is estimated to be $15,000 and that fundraising goal is nearly met. Currently, the primary focus of the design team is to finalize our construction schedule and materials list. The team is also finalizing plans for tasks that can be completed prior to our arrival. There is just under six weeks left before our implementation trip in early May.

Plans for our trip are also well under way. The travel team has received a myriad of shots to inoculate us against everything from the flu to yellow fever. We are also preparing ourselves mentally, by learning to recognize the signs of "culture shock". Some of us are making our packing lists, while others of us are already packing. I am more than ready to get my very first stamp in my passport. 


Tonight we are going to experience our first Ghanaian meal, right here in Jacksonville, FL. The entire group is going to eat at Comfort's, a true Ghanaian restaurant. We plan to sample dishes such as Red Red, Yam Balls, Fu Fu, a rice dish,  and Groundut Soup. I'll be able to describe them better in a follow up post after I've tried them (With pictures hopefully). Many of these dishes will be staples of our diet in Ghana. Although I am told we can get pizza in Accra, which might be a welcome change after what might be two weeks of eating rice.