This past weekend I decided to bring the Canadian "classic" car wash fundraiser to Ghana. With a few of my friends from LECIAD, we got out our soap, buckets and rags and washed cars to raise funds for the computer lab project I'm working on in Bobikuma. On Friday we started at a campus 'lecturer hang-out/drinking spot' and announced the project and asked if we could wash their cars. Most were quite supportive, and a number even gave us money without us washing their cars. That was the best.
Saturday we continued the car wash at one of the graduate student hostels, despite staying up late the night before dancing and eating kebabs at the GRASAG (grad students association) 'bonfire' (there was no fire, so I'm not sure why it was called that...or maybe I got the name wrong). We weren't as financially successful with the students, resorting to washing some cars by force in some cases, but we did make enough cash to contribute to the project.
The computer lab is nearly finished - we are basically left to build the desks and put in the computers. The computers are arrived and in the Rotary Centre warehouse in Tema. I should be able to pick them up in the next couple of weeks after a short 'handing over' ceremony. Will post pics of that soon!
Off to Côte d'Ivoire for a LECIAD class trip this weekend...and the following month marks my last month of classes. While I'm enjoying my classes for the most part, I'm really looking forward to focussing more of my time on my dissertation work which has, unfortunately, fallen to the wayside a bit lately. I'm sure if Becky and Lindsey read this they'll be chuckling, knowing it never fell and instead hardly took off ;-)
Saturday we continued the car wash at one of the graduate student hostels, despite staying up late the night before dancing and eating kebabs at the GRASAG (grad students association) 'bonfire' (there was no fire, so I'm not sure why it was called that...or maybe I got the name wrong). We weren't as financially successful with the students, resorting to washing some cars by force in some cases, but we did make enough cash to contribute to the project.
The computer lab is nearly finished - we are basically left to build the desks and put in the computers. The computers are arrived and in the Rotary Centre warehouse in Tema. I should be able to pick them up in the next couple of weeks after a short 'handing over' ceremony. Will post pics of that soon!
Off to Côte d'Ivoire for a LECIAD class trip this weekend...and the following month marks my last month of classes. While I'm enjoying my classes for the most part, I'm really looking forward to focussing more of my time on my dissertation work which has, unfortunately, fallen to the wayside a bit lately. I'm sure if Becky and Lindsey read this they'll be chuckling, knowing it never fell and instead hardly took off ;-)
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