Recently, I have been thinking of Larabanga and everyone there, more than usual. I call that place my home and I am counting down until the day I get back there, the community spirit is infectious and being back home in England there is none of that, it’s a strange feeling… Living in a country with most of your friends and family around you but feeling more at home in a village where you spent a matter of weeks. Saying it was a life changing experience doesn’t even come close. Those few weeks have made the project what it is, sleeping on a roof under the stars… I never realised I could be captured.
When Nathalie was in Larabanga she took some mosquito nets
that had been kindly donated, in the picture (left), Ayisha and Mukarama are discussing
how to use them, they are so inquisitive, working things out for themselves,
having to rely on each other without having the security of their parents to
guide them. They guide themselves.
I had the most encouraging news from Larabanga recently too,
a young boy called Baba, paying his school fees, I have been very impressed
with his progression, his English has improved from nothing!! But even more heart-warming
and encouraging is that at the age of 4 years old, he goes back to his village
(Larabanga) and he speaks the English he can and he helps the other children to
learn too. The spirit of the children never fails to leave me speechless and
with more than a few tears in my eyes, that is why we are going to succeed in
shaping their future.
One way that we are planning to do this is through a project
funding site called Kick Starter, currently we are perfecting how we are going
to present the project on the site, we need it to be perfect so a lot of
working is going into getting it ready… Watch this space.
