We are in an Internet Cafe! After a very full day of teaching, Molly, Kris, Sage and I took a motorbike followed by a TroTro ride to a "larger city", HoHoe. We needed an ATM :)
Life in the village never stops. We've seen children up at 4:30 am helping their parents open the market and hearing them sing at church late into the night. It's grounding to see children amuse themselves with so little. Four small fruits and a few twigs make a car that they pull for hours on a string, up and down the village street. They walk hand in hand or arms around each other throughout Tafi, laughing and joking with each other. All are so pleased to see us and accompany us everywhere we go.
Most of their days start early with chores such as washing clothes, fetching water from the river and cleaning the school grounds. After that, they head to school for the morning assembly held outside in front of the school. They raise the flag, sing the anthem, march, say their Ghanian Pledge and hear some words from the Head Master (when he is there). Their school day is often chaotic. After school, children go home and play or work on the farm, at the market or making a craft to sell.
Many families in the village have a hard time making 1 Ghanian dollar, the equivalent of 25 CENTS in US coins, in a month, so they have to be creative and truly rely on each other. We've seen kids weave thread, work on farms, make and sell jewelry. No one ever asks us for money. The strong bonds in this village make it a truly remarkable place.
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