{"id":2279,"date":"2022-04-12T13:15:07","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T13:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leopardshark.com\/ghana\/?p=2279"},"modified":"2024-09-24T00:26:03","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T00:26:03","slug":"home-still-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leopardshark.com\/ghana-trips\/2022\/04\/12\/home-still-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Home ; Still Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Beth and I are back in the United States.\u00a0\u00a0The last three days have been full.\u00a0\u00a0Beth and I first visited Ghana in 2011.\u00a0\u00a0We have learned so many things about the culture and customs here, from how to eat fufu to the unique handshake that ends with a finger snap. But more importantly, we continue to learn the heart and soul of the very diverse peoples of Ghana.\u00a0\u00a0On our first trip, Ghana appeared to be a British English-speaking country where people were happy, friendly, and very very black. What we saw in that first comfortable visit in the capital was true. Our eyes see what we know \u2013 language, color, food, and laughter.\u00a0\u00a0While English is a binding common language brought by the British, dozens of distinct peoples, with unique mother tongues, span western Africa. The Bimoba people in the Northeastern part of Ghana walk from their homes in Ghana to their crops in Togo. National borders have been drawn over shifting tribal lands. The Fulani are nomadic, and their peoples spread across the Sahel. The Twi Asante speakers from the coastal area traded across the region, spreading their trade language from the lush coconut groves to the arid but fertile soil of the north. There is so much richness here. There is a shared national pride and culture, from their stable democratic government to their world cup soccer team.\u00a0\u00a0Yet there is always the core culture of the peoples \u2013 the \u201cnations\u201d that share tribal customs and language — smiles, tears, and stories we are still learning.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The capital, Accra, brings all these people together. It was a joy to work with the team at The Philip Centre as they mobilize people to bring good news, joy, clean water, music, and training materials to all the nations in Ghana.\u00a0\u00a0Most trips, we fly into Accra and in less than 24 hrs we are in the remote villages of the North.\u00a0\u00a0It was a delight to spend time learning more about the work in Accra, the new Urban Ministries<\/a>, and the Leadership training.\u00a0\u00a0Beth worked with Abraham to design new logistic processes to stage materials from the US to Accra, to Tamale, to the Northern villages and the moto riders. With the new processes, the entire team can be better equipped. On our last trip, we built a mobile recording backpack and trained Joshua with the new tools.\u00a0\u00a0For the Accra base, the next step is a small soundproof recording room so the team can do voice-overs for videos, podcasts, and produce small videos. Joshua will be continuing to edit and organize audio as work with the team for next steps.\u00a0\u00a0Zoom is our friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our next trip?\u00a0\u00a0Hmmm\u2026 stay tuned\u2026 maybe you will get a surprise blog post\u2026. Photos from our work at the Philip Centre below…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The new building that is part of the Philip Centre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The team, sending us off…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Beth and Abraham work out new logistics plan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Cynthia Mensah in her office working<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Joshua editing media and planning for our next project<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Evening recording sessions outside<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Doctor Pricilla prepares to share<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sarah at work at her desk. She coordinates partners and volunteers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Porsche sitting at her desk. She leads the new Urban outreach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Abraham leads facility and operations at the Centre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Beth and I are back in the United States.\u00a0\u00a0The last three days have been full.\u00a0\u00a0Beth and I first visited Ghana in 2011.\u00a0\u00a0We have learned so many things about the culture and customs here, from how to eat fufu to the unique handshake that ends with a finger snap. But more importantly, we continue to learn … Continue reading Home ; Still Learning<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-16"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leopardshark.com\/ghana-trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leopardshark.com\/ghana-trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leopardshark.com\/ghana-trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leopardshark.com\/ghana-trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leopardshark.com\/ghana-trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2279"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/leopardshark.com\/ghana-trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2293,"href":"https:\/\/leopardshark.com\/ghana-trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2279\/revisions\/2293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leopardshark.com\/ghana-trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leopardshark.com\/ghana-trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leopardshark.com\/ghana-trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}