Posts Tagged ‘Ghana’
Welcome home HA: Ghana volunteers
It is with a blend of gratitude, regret, and excitement that we extend an early welcome home to our Humanist Action: Ghana (HA: Ghana) Ghana volunteers.
Read MoreHumanist Action: Ghana in Ghana: Volunteer Chronicles (part 4)
Chiemi Maloy is a Humanist Action: Ghana volunteer who has traveled to Ghana for the first time as part of a year-long service commitment in the town of Cape Coast. This is her second entry in this blog series. (Click here for her first installment.) One of the best and worst parts of being away…
Read More400 Years- An Invitation to Mourn, Celebrate, and Imagine
In this blog, former HA: Ghana Ghana volunteer Christian Hayden shares his thoughts on the Year of Return. The “Year of Return, Ghana 2019” is a major campaign inviting the worldwide African Diaspora to return to Ghana. The year chosen commemorates 400 years since the first enslaved African arrived in Jamestown, Virginia. A few historians…
Read MoreHumanist Action: Ghana in Ghana: Volunteer Chronicles (part 3)
This article is part of a series written by FBB volunteers detailing their experiences in the Humanist Action: Ghana. The opinions expressed in this article may not necessarily express those of Foundation Beyond Belief as a whole, its staff, or donors. Elroy Leday is a Humanist Action: Ghana volunteer who has traveled to Ghana for the…
Read MoreHumanist Action: Ghana in Ghana: Volunteer Chronicles (part 2)
This article is part of a series written by FBB volunteers detailing their experiences in the Humanist Action: Ghana. The opinions expressed in this article may not necessarily express those of Foundation Beyond Belief as a whole, its staff, or donors. August 2019. On June 27th, I left Salt Lake City with three suitcases and a…
Read MoreHumanist Action: Ghana in Ghana: Volunteer Chronicles (part 1)
This article is part of a series written by FBB volunteers detailing their experiences in the Humanist Action: Ghana. The opinions expressed in this article may not necessarily express those of Foundation Beyond Belief as a whole, its staff, or donors. August 2019. How do I sum up my last three weeks? Well, for starters, I…
Read MoreGuest blog: In Service, be as Selfish as Possible
There is a cautionary tale that frequently surfaces in discussions about international aid. Women from a particular village walk miles to the river to do laundry despite the donation of a laundry trough circling the village’s water tank. The organization that donated the washing station failed to realize that laundry time serves another function: women-only…
Read MoreWhat alternative is there? Hope and resiliency in Kukuo Villiage
The people in my life who know me have always told me that resiliency is among my strongest traits. In my family, we refer to it as being “German stubborn” because my mother’s father’s family hails from Germany and every last one of us is stubborn to the teeth. If you want to get me…
Read MoreKilling witchcraft with kindness
Due to a technical issue on our blog, we were unable to post these articles as they were being written. We apologize for the delay. This article originally ran at Applied Sentience. If you are interested in being a part of the 2016-2017 Humanist Action: Ghana, we are currently accepting applications. You can find all…
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