Bon Voyage!

So the time has finally come for me to go to Ghana! It still hasn't hit me yet that in less than 48 hours I will be in the capital city of Accra. The program I'm participating in is a Community and Social Development Maymester, which will start on May 22 and end on June 19. Our group of 20 students will participate in various sevice learning projects. My service learning group will work with women residing in the Agoblushie slum. We have raised nearly $1000 in microloans which we will distribute to these women. We will assist them in starting their own businesses. We have organized workshops for them pertaining to team building, professional networking, reproductive health, sustainability, and financial literacy. We will also embark on educational field trips throughout Accra, Elimina, and a couple of villages. The Kwame Nkrumah National Museum, the Aburi Botanical Gardens, the Patriensa Village, and the Elimina Slave Castles are just a few of the historical and cultural sites we will visit. This is my first time going to Africa so I'm beyond thrilled. Please follow my blog as I write about my experiences in Ghana!