A shout out to Cool People Care to give thanks for the mention of G-lish on their inspiring, world-changing site. “This young and growing organization is working in Ghana to provide sources of income for women and to make an environmental statement.” Continue reading
A stroll along any road in virtually any city or village in Ghana invites ugly scenes: plastic rubbish virtually everywhere. It’s one of the major complaints tourists have about traveling in Ghana. Continue reading
Plastic bags are to the Ghana landscape what fallen leaves are to Autumn landscapes in cooler parts of the world. Unfortunately, this is not a seasonal phenomenon; it’s a 365 day a year phenomenon. Continue reading
(As an Australian woman) you know you’re in a cross-cultural relationship when…You shake a large flying bug from your hair and say to your partner, “Oh it’s just one of those bugs you used to eat as a child…” Continue reading
In high school he told me that, when we were in primary school, I’d called him all sorts of racist names. I really thought he was joking. I couldn’t remember calling him names at all. But he insisted I had. Continue reading
How to draft a constitution for an NGO in Ghana Continue reading
This is the second in our series about starting an NGO or non-profit in Ghana. At this early stage, these tips can be applied to starting a business, non-profit or NGO anywhere. Continue reading
If you’ve been interested in funding or donating to development projects around the world, you may understandably be overwhelmed by the number of web sites and options. Continue reading
Today I published a post at our other blog, This is Ghana, in honour of Africa’s greatest living woman, Wangari Maathai, and partly to urge Ghanaian women to question the status quo in Ghana from a female and environmental perspective. Check it out and let us know what you think. Do you know Ghana’s Wangari Maathai? Continue reading
We have a new site www.g-lish.org where you can read all articles from This is Ghana in a much more organised fashion. Read Key attributes of a helpful volunteer there. As a volunteer myself and first time traveler to a … Continue reading
We have a new site www.g-lish.org where you can read all articles from This is Ghana in a much more organised fashion. Read Cautionary Tales: What to look out for in a volunteer program there. We hope our tough-won experience … Continue reading
We have a new site www.g-lish.org where you can read all articles from This is Ghana in a much more organised fashion. Read Climate Change in Ghana: Blog Action Day 2009 there. I used to think that ‘Adaptation’ was the … Continue reading
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