Yo!
Yesterday we had our swearing in ceremony to mark the end of Peace Corps Training. The event was really cool... the U.S. Ambassador to Ghana was there and the trainees did a dancing and drumming performance. So now I am an official Peace Corps Volunteer. We all went out one last time in Kukurantumi last night and now we are all headed to our individual sites. I am at the PC sub-office in Kumasi with a bunch of people for the night and tomorrow we will visit a monkey sanctuary on our way to the Upper West Region. I am excited to see the monkeys.
The elections took place last Sunday with relatively few problems and the results were released Tuesday. No candidate received a plurality (the top 2 had like 49.4% and 47.8% or something) so there will be a runoff election on December 28th between the NDC and NPP candidates. As a preventative measure, all PC volunteers will have to remain in their communities between Dec. 23 and Jan. 2. So that means, unfortunately, none of us will be together for Christmas or New Years. But, it should be fun to move into my house and get settled and have the excitement of the holidays and the election going on.
Ok, it's getting late so I think that is all for now. Keep the emails coming.
1 comment:
yo,
I showed your blog to my class for the first time last week. They seemed to think it was pretty cool. We will check in with it when you post new entries, so there is your motivation to keep them coming. Plus, I got a calendar from the PC that I will hang on our wall when the new year starts. Looking to maybe do some letter writing in the near future, cause who doesn't love getting mail? (expecially those living in isolated parts of West Africa). Thanks and keep up the good work.
-Hammy
(12/22)
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