Donnerstag, 24. Mai 2012

guabuliga pictures III

donkeys on heat
 sometimes the donleys get crazy - they can be really loud
what a kitchen!!
selling food, in walewale
last friday we went to the mosque for the friday prayers...it was an interesting experience. see some pictures from after the prayer








neighbours

another neighbour
what i see when i walk out of my compound
in 3 min. we will have a meeting concerning our micricredit programme. at 12 a solar expert is coming, to discuss our way forward. at 4pm we will have football training. besides i have to finish a report which needs to be sent to austria tomorrow...and thousands of other things will need a solution as well... so my days are busy, sometimes even start with a meeting at 7 in the morning, before the parents go to their fields. im busy, but its interesting, and i like it!

i have also some news concerning the oldest man in the village. i met him yesterday, went to his house to greet him. he is really old, skinny, and looks sick. he could not even really get up to greet us - and i decidet that its not proper to take a picture. but when i asked him about his age, his wife translated for us. he was thinking hard, and then the outcome was that he is 310. i asked her if she was sure, she asked him - and they were sure!!! but not exactly 310, most probably a bit older. but for sure at least 310. yes years! i asked her if she was talking about years - and she was. by the way this woman is a teacher in the school.

just to give you an insight into my daily life!

i wish you a good morning!

Freitag, 18. Mai 2012

second post from ghana

today 2 weeks ago i arrived in guabuliga - time to show you some more pictures!

grown women as well as girls wear beautifull, colourfull clothes

in guabuliga, the village im living, it looks like this

the child right on the back is crying because its fearing the white man

we children of guabuliga

the fourth volunteer theresa gets a new haircut

in the evening

some of the elders

me and nyaba

women collecting firewood

there are just 2 cars in the village - a common mean of transport is the donkey car







on the way to the second football match with me as the coach

looking out of the car

returning home with the heroes...we won 2:1

view from our rooftop: firt one of the 2 orphanages, behind the village

direction burkina faso

market

after work beer

kids are always happy to be fotographed

a huge buck - check out the size of the ants on the right side

meeting with hospital staff in our kitchen



he is tired...and so m i! i uploaded pictures for about 4 hours now...have to do something else now!

oh, one more thing i have to tell you. there is a teacher, and she was talking about her husband. he is the oldest person in the village. one of the volunteers met him, and she asked about his age. the man doesnt know, but the people in the village ar convinced that he is older than 200 years!!! we asked more often, but they are really sure about that! i hope one day i meet him, and then you can see yourself on a picture a person older than 200 years...

so, have a nice weekend, philip danke, dass wenigstens eine person manchmal ein kommentar hinterlaesst!


200 jahriger mann

Samstag, 12. Mai 2012

how are you sulminga?

Da subá!

Well, i arrived safely in ghana, after travelling via istanbul (including 15 hours at the airport). In ghana someboy from brave aurora, the NGO for whom i am the project leader in ghana, (www.braveaurora.com) picked me up from the airport and i was living with this big african family for some days in accra, ghanas capital.
I could learn a bit about the country, ate a lot of local food (mostly with my hands – like it a lot!!) and could get some how used to the heat. Also a dog bit me in my toe, the first time in my life. So now im happy i got the anti-rabies inoculation (tollwutimpfung) before going to india…makes me feel better now!
Last Thursday i was supposed to leave with the bus at 8 in the morning to guabuliga, up in the northern region of ghana. But unfotunately the bus was delayed, and left only at 2 pm. As i demanded i sat at the window…but i sat behind the driver, and next to an armed policeman, who was escorting the bus. It seems there have been some robberies some time back. And in the bus i was wondering about the safety, the safety of my seat. And realized that my place was the most dangerous in the bus, because if someone wants to rob the bus they have to eliminate the driver, and the ploiceman…and i was inbetween them. But fortunately nothing happened!
Anyways, the landscape was really nice, the road was sometimes miserable, but mostely ok…and i arrived at 6 in the morning in walewale, where i got picked up by some of the volunteers and the oldest boy of the orphanage.
After a breakfast i started to explore my new „home town“…wow, ist really like an african stereotype! All these round houses, many kids, its hot like crazy, all animals are so thin… i met some of „my“ workers and many oft he kids…


rahema just lost a tooth


rail way in accra


many, many people sell food and drinks on the road


maria, one of the volunteers


thats where i live, its my house


one of thee 2 orphanages "braveaurora" has


on the way to the match


praying before the match


the match ended 1:1, and then we lost after penalties

On Saturday a soccer match took place, and i saw fort he first time the team i am going to coach. The match ended 1:1, but we lost after penalties!  When i came to ghana i had 51,7 kg luggage, half of it jerseys and footballs, donated mostly by my former football club usk elsbethen…thanks a lot!! So now the team needs to improve, and then were ready to play with many different jerseys!
On sunday i went to church in the morning, to introduce myself to the community. The priest sayed that he is waiting for me now every Sunday – but i immediately told him that i will be so busy that i cant make it every Sunday…unfortunately!!!
some of my neighbours...the whole in front is used for burning the rubbish


some village kids


women fetching water


assana, after fetching water in our compound


baobab in walewale, the enxt bigger village, 30 min driving away from "home"


magda and andrea, 2 more of the volunteers

typical houses in the village...it really looks like africa, if you imagine how africa looks!!


one day i met these 4 women...see them in more detail below



Sunday afternoon i met the chief of the village. He ist he law, decides what is ok and what isnt. When you meet him you have to give him some „cola nuts“, probably something between a gift and a bribe?! And these nuts should make you some how high…yet i didnt have the chance to try them.




 those pictures i like a lot...!!!
one of the elderst people in the village, calling the other eldest with his drum for a meeting


while the kids in uganda called me "muzungu", here i am "sulminga"

 it took ages to upload these pics. i have some more, but have to upload them another day. im too tired now!
so hope you are all doing fine, and wish you the best!

sevi