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In early 2011 a dynamic group of women traveled to volunteer in a rural Ghanaian community.

Pencils & Proverbs

Pencils & Proverbs

Pencils & Proverbs is our latest fundraising initiative to help build schools in rural Ghanaian communities.

Volunteer in Ghana

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While in Ghana we volunteered with DIVOG, a leading non-profit organization in Africa.

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Recent Blog Posts

Biakpa School Construction

Many hands make for light work. During construction volunteers and villagers work together to build a three classroom school and latrine for the children of Biakpa. View the photo galleries below to see the construction progress from start to finish.  Read More

Photos, Photos, Photos

Better late than never right? After many months, I’ve finally gotten around to posting a tonne of photos from our trip. Check out the slideshow below, or you can view them directly on Flickr here. Stay tuned – many more site updates to come, including photos of the completed school!  Read More

Going Going Ghana!

After months of planning we are finally on our way! I think I am actually numb from the excitement. Currently I am sitting at the Toronto airport with Lori and Laura J. We are checked in and thru security. We only experienced minor excitement when I tried to check in my 70lb suitcase. Apparently United does not care if the extra luggage is for a worthy cause – I even tried crying while pleading with them to wave the extra fee. In the end we shuffled things around and managed to...