Arriving in Accra

Week One has been at the Lattitude Country Managers Henry's house with all the other volunteers. I arrived with 13 other volunteers at night, so waking up the next morning was like waking up in a whole new world. I was up super early because of jetlag, and we had bread with nutella for breaky.

This whole week has been about orientation, so we've been going to a hotel conference room in the morning to get told all sorts of information, and a teaching skills course. The afternoons have been about taking it easy, and it's really hard not too nap as there's basically nothing to do. I'll share some of my highlights from this week, as already I've had a couple of really cool experiences. 

Day 1: All of the volunteers piled into a tro-tro (small bus) and drove through the area where we're living this week. It was our first chance to experience Africa, and all the locals would wave at us, especially the kids. We get "Obruni!" (Means white person) shouted at us constantly, but always in a positive way. It's quite funny, and especially the kids love seeing us here. 

Day 4: I was walking with a few of the other girls and a woman named Happy introduced herself to us. She is a teacher at a small school that she and a few other young woman opened. It is run as an NGO for the children in the community that cannot afford to go to school. About 50 student attend, ahd she asked if we could come the next day to see it. So, the next morning about 6 of us went, and met the kids. Happy told us it was Math/Science day and as I was chatting with some kids, she handed me a small book, and told me to take this class. So, without having any idea what I was doing, I started teaching about 20-30 kids, ranging from 3 to 9 years old, some math. It was shapes and counting, and I loved it. It's hard to gage their understanding and whether whatever we were saying was the right level for them. It was an excellent preview for teaching for us. 

On our last day most of us,