Africa, Day .... whatever this is

What a day! We spent the whole day at University of Ghana and I got enough footage to use up 6 tapes. I'll post some of the footage when I get a chance.

Today was the big day for All Nations Education. Everyone involved with the program was there at the university, including the Provost, the Dean of Students, the National Director for World Vision Ghana, and all five scholarship students. Since you're not here and you haven't heard Josh's spiel 5 bajillion times like I have, you don't know about how ANE is not your average scholarship. Josh has (and I have no idea how he pulled it off) had meetings with some really significant local community leaders and connected them with the students to act as mentors. The students, in turn, will connect with primary school students and mentor them, through Opportunity International. Together, the ANE students and primary school students will do community service projects with World Vision. Confused? Here, let me explain with pretty shapes.



That's ANE in a nutshell.

So today, for me, was filled with hours and hours of filming ... mostly interviews. It was great to talk with everyone involved. They all had legitimately interesting things to say, and I feel like we got a taste of how much passion and support there is behind this program. Which is great, because I got it on film, and with any luck we can communicate that passion to potential donors.

After getting back to the hotel we grabbed some Chinese food in Osu (which is like the downtown area of Accra).

I haven't posted a blog in the past few days partly because I haven't had much to talk about, partly because I was lazy, and mostly because I was sick. The second night here we had some chicken at a take-out place in Osu, but our plastic forks kept breaking, so we ate with out hands. Which was stupid. I'll spare you the gruesome (and sometimes painful) details, but basically I spent about 3 straight days either on the toilet or in bed. There was a good 36 hours there where I didn't have a bite to eat. No fun at all. But by God's grace I'm feeling much better now.

After an exhausting day today, we're taking it easy tomorrow, which should be a good chance to catch up on importing my tapes and also to get some much-needed rest, exercise, and pizza by the pool.