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In just a few hours, I will board a plane, the first in a circuitous series of transportation that will land me in Ho, Ghana, not to return until July 25. The words “holy shit” come to mind (and in fact have been coming to mind on a fairly regular basis lately). Like [...]

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This morning’s email from my contact: “We are also looking into organising for you a one day workshop where you will teach some selected liberians here in Ho Municipality how to go about the practices here. So please when coming if you will need any materials for the teaching you can bring it along.”
Assuming [...]

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Quick Ghana update:
Except for the last rabies shot, I am done with my vaccinations. I am impervious to disease! (How I wish that were actually true…) Yellow fever, rabies, MMR (measles mumps rubella), hepatitis A/B, polio, TDAP (typhoid diptheria pertussis), meningitis. I start my malaria pills in a couple of weeks [...]

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Several people have expressed interest in knowing the quotidian details of my Ghana planning. (I had to look up “quotidian” to make sure I was using it right. The 2nd definition, according to the American Heritage Dictionary of Google, is “Recurring daily. Used especially of attacks of malaria.” Which seems appropriate.) [...]

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Here is my very exciting news that I haven’t really told anyone yet, although it’s obviously been in the works for awhile: I am going to Ghana for a month this summer! I’ll be living in a town called Ho, which is in the southeast, on the Volta lake. I’ve agreed to volunteer [...]

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