Winneba

When I first landed in Ghana last year, I thought I would be able to use every blessed weekend to travel to a different place in the country. Distractions meant that wasn’t the case, but now those same distractions took me to Winneba. I had to go to court and I just thought Lemons… Lemonade.…

Building Site

You know you’re living on a building site when simply taking your clothes down from the washing line becomes an episode of Fort Boyard.  At home, at the moment we’re relocating our Polytank to make it easier to get water into the house. This means the ground has been smashed up to reroute pipes and…

Dear Scotland,

As a Londoner living in West Africa I really don’t care which way you guys vote tomorrow. The closest I’ve ever got to the Scottish border was a trip to Durham and frankly that was as far North as I’m ever willing to go. I must say I find it highly entertaining to hear, from…

“Ghana to soon import water” – Forestry Commission

“Ghana to soon import water” – Forestry Commission. Sometimes it is deeply frustrating to read headlines in Ghana. Mainly because the critical thinking the President asked for is still not done (perhaps to his favour). Knowing full well that we need to not only slow the rate of deforestation, but also reverse it, why has…

Avoiding Cholera and Ebola

My timing is impeccable. I’m here in Ghana, West Africa at a time when the region is under attack from two diseases. What Ghana lacks in Ebola we make up for in Cholera. According to an article I read the number of people who have been affected by the cholera outbreak in Ghana is well over…