We arrived safely in Ghana but the heat was a real shock! We had all forgotten what it is like to feel hot after the cold weather in England. We have been well looked after by the Salesians. They have a wonderful complex just outside Accra with a boys hostel, car mechanics workshop, football field, schools etc. They have also just finished building a Girls hostel – a mile or so down the road (for obvious reasons!). The girls will be educated here but they will sleep in the hostel. They have a really good project set up here managed by Br. Gunter with the assistance of a local Ghanian called George. They are very organised and thorough and this gives us great confidence that the funds we sent are used wisely and efficiently.

We are just about to head off to Liberia where the real work will start in earnest. The last 24 hours have been quite relaxing although we did have a tour of the local Salesian projects yesterday. The accommodation here is really good so we are a bit reluctant to leave the comfort of this complex but at least our time in Liberia will kick start the New Year diets!

More news to follow soon…….

News | 3rd January 2009 @ 9:30 am