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Ghana 2009 - the final day

Friday was a chill-out day before flying home overnight.  Mid-morning, we headed off to the local market in Tema.  It was a great experience, particularly seeing all the fresh food stalls.  A highlight of the... read more »

Ghana 2009 - Day 8

Today we got a lie in, getting up at 8:00am rather than our usual 6:00am, which was gratefully... read more »

Ghana 2009 - the final distribution day

We headed to Ofoase which was up towards the mountains.  It was such a change in scenery - much greener than further south.  After setting off at 7:00am on what we were told was to... read more »

Ghana 2009 - Day 6

Today we had another fairly long journey to our distribution site, leaving again at 7:00am.  We were based in a church in Asesewa.  I think many of the team will agree with me that this was the most challenging day of the trip so... read more »

Ghana 2009 - Day 5

We left at 7:00am for a distribution in Winneba, just over two hours away.  We were based in an open space outside the council offices.  For me it... read more »

Ghana 2009 - Day 4

Today the team went in pairs to several different churches.  This enabled the word to be spread more widely about the work of ‘Wheels for the World’.  Between the whole group, we... read more »

Ghana 2009 - Day 3

Today we headed to Teshie for another distribution.   We were due to be based outdoors but fortunately we were offered some shelter so we didn’t all end up with heat stroke!  It was another... read more »

Ghana 2009 - Day 2

Today, we carried out our first wheelchair distribution locally in Tema.  We arrived at our destination around 9:00am, where there were already several people waiting... read more »

Ghana 2009 by Lucy Wood

After arriving late last night, today was spent mainly sorting through all the wheelchairs and mobility aids.  They were already colour-coded into sizes.  However, we needed to divide them up into the different distribution days.  Three... read more »