Thank you to all who have made donations so far!! I want to remind everyone that my goal is to kick construction of the dorm into high gear just after the New Year and FINISH by March. That means that my PCPP must be FILLED by Christmas time. I don't get to use ANY of the money you all have so generously donated until I get ALL that I've requested. The school and PTA continue to contribute what little money they have and what they get through receipt of the students' fees in the meantime.
For those that wish to donate, it seems to work best if you use the link at the top of this blog rather than going through the Peace Corps website - sometimes parts of it go down or are under construction.
Lastly, I've discovered that Peace Corps does NOT make donors names available to me once they've donated (despite the check-box on the site that makes it seem like I will be alerted of your donation). I would like to send pictures and more personal Thank you's to donors, so if you'd like me to know you've donated, please alert me via email. Otherwise, you're free to remain anonymous and to check the blog for updates. I'm going up to Nakpanduri around Thanksgiving to check up on the progress and then again for Christmas when I'd like to give them the good news that all the money is in!
Let's build a girls dormitory, people!!
Carl
Dormitory Complete: April 2nd, 2008
The happy and grateful girls of NABSS!
The new dormitory, inside view - the new bunkbeds (mosquito nets not yet set up), cutting the ribbon on April 2nd, 2008
Students, teachers and others at the dedication ceremony, me addressing the audience (Peace Corps Country Director Bob Golledge in the background), photo-ops with students at the new dorm
Me posing with a new dorm resident, another view of the front of the dorm, me dancing with NABSS staff and students at the dedication
The NABSS student cultural dance troupe performing traditional Bimoba drumming and dancing at the dedication with the District Cultural Coordinator in the foreground
Ghana, West Africa
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Nakpanduri, Northern Region
Plastered walls, plastering pillars and installing light fixtures (behind me), the ceiling in one room
Blue nets! Blue nets! Babies and blue chairs! Blue Nets!
While three of these pictures show the roofing in progress, one is completely unrelated, but a cool juxtaposition nonetheless. In a month, Nakpanduri will have a girls' dormitory AND crystal clear mobile phone reception!
Two views of the dorm with completed blockwork, the roofing wood ready to go...
From left - The foundation at the end of November, the walls starting to take shape, the masterminds troubleshoot
From Left: A typical classroom at NABSS, the NABSS signboard, and primary school students - possibly future inhabitants of the new dormitory!
From Left: NABSS Headmaster Duut Peter Jatuat addressing morning assembly, me with the school car and driver, a patriotic student on Ghanaian independence day
From Left: The Nakpanduri market, my parents and me overlooking the Nakpanduri escarpment, and a typical mud and thatch Nakpanduri home
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