SAUSAGE!

So this week in one word- SAUSAGE! It was one of the best weeks we have had since being here, just because we had multiple activities and we were able to travel to the Upper East region, because we had the Mid-Term Review in Bolgatanga. There were good and bad things about the trip, the one bad thing was the travel. We had to travel 3 hours in a bus or shall I say Tro Tro as they call it, which is like an old school bus with more seats crammed into it, so as you can image it was quite uncomfortable. But, everything else was amazing, we got to see some amazing sights and in fact saw the first hill since we have been in Ghana!  Once we got there we had a nice reunion with the groups from the different districts as we have not seen them since the training at the Gillbt House.

Bus journey to Bolgatanga

The mid-term review in short was an overview of how all the groups are getting along and a big security up date as the elections are coming up and the Harmattan is also about to begin. Oh and back to the one word description of the week; the reason I said sausage is because for the first time since being here we were able to buy sausage in Bolgatanga and it was amazing!! Especially in a bread bun with some tomato ketchup! It just took us back home a little as it's been one of the few foods we have had since being here that tastes like anything from back home. 

On the Thursday of this week we had the group from Tolon come to visit us as they are on the same project as us, NFED (Non Formal Education Division), but one cohort behind so they wanted to come to see how we are doing and take some of the knowledge back with them. We booked the big ICT hall as we have a really small office which definitely wouldn't have been able to fit us all in, and we had a big meeting that lasted several hours and consisted of us asking each other questions and relaying any information that we think would be beneficial. Once the meeting finished at around 4:30pm we decided to have a little social activity before they had to leave at 5pm, so we went and had a quick Alvaro (A non-Alcoholic beverage) at the local bar, which was nice.

In all this week went by very fast, and was helped along by a bike ride we went on, on Saturday, exploring around our community. So as a whole I would say the week was a win.