Ghana

 This picture is of a kindergarten class at the Morning Star Private School in Accra, Ghana.

 Here I am stamping my own Adinkra design on Kente cloth.

Our group with some of the children at the Kumasi Children's Home.  This was probably the most powerful experience of the trip for me.  

The Slave Castle at Cape Coast.  Its hard to believe that a place so beautiful holds such a terrible past.



As my trip to Ghana is winding down, I realize just how much I have learned.  Ghana has a wonderful culture, full of beautiful art and a cherished past.  The people here work so hard every day to survive, and they are very proud of their work.  The children are loving and sweet.  And yet this is a nation with serious problems as well.  The days that have impacted me the most are the ones where I see children and women struggling.  We went to the Kumasi Children's Home and these kids have nothing, because the government provides so little funding.  The people in charge do the best they can with what they have, but it is still a struggle.  I am so glad for this experience, and I hope I will never forget what I have seen here.