Category Yendi Notes

Meri did not come to work today; she did not tell us that she was not going to be here and she did not tell Zorash or Amama but Amama overheard her tell someone that she was going to be… Continue Reading →

The Child Center was in full swing this morning. Sunday, one of our old mothers called. We first met her when she brought her little boy to the Center. He had a hair lip and cleft palate. She came several… Continue Reading →

The Ghana government gave everyone a holiday today; they are calling it Easter Monday. The Child Center was not open today so we will be slammed tomorrow. Tuesdays are traditionally our busiest day because it is the day that the… Continue Reading →

Today we made the 2-hour 15-minute drive to Mulipido, where Brother Daniel Batoln lives and works. This village is located north from Yendi. The road is in very rough shape with a couple of mammoth potholes that are 3-4 feet… Continue Reading →

First thing this morning we went out to Kulkpeni to greet the family of one of the chief’s elders that died last year. He actually died while we were working on the wall. The custom with the Konkomba’s (Timothy Niligrini’s… Continue Reading →

We had to go to the market this morning. We were out of laundry soap. We use the laundry soap for everything from washing vehicles to scrubbing the floors to doing laundry to washing medicine bottles at the Child Center…. Continue Reading →

The grandmother of Rayan, the Cerebral Palsy baby brought him to the Center this morning. Rayan’s grandmother has a large shop (by Ghanaian standards) in Yendi market. Over the years we have bought many things from her, especially when it… Continue Reading →

Red stopped by this morning. He just wanted to say Hi! And to see if I had any luck finding my purse. He worries about us! He also wanted to know if we were able to get the driver’s license… Continue Reading →

Success! I am now in possession of both a Ghanaian driver’s license and a Ghanaian Non-Citizen’s card. The people in the non-citizen office assured me yesterday that when we come back today it will only take a few minutes to… Continue Reading →

Oh! What a trying day! We left the house for Tamale a few minutes after 6:00am. We wanted to be the first people at the motor vehicle office to see about getting a new driver’s license for me because we know… Continue Reading →