I stayed in Ghana a couple of weeks after the official conclusion of our study abroad program. Week six came and went, and all of the new friends I made over the last month and a half were replaced by abandoned boxes of macaroni and cheese, along with dollar packets of ramen and finally a Read More …
Check out Working Away From Poverty, an article I wrote that appeared in the Daily Guide.
The Media in Ghana 2015 participants had the amazing opportunity to work with the Accra-based NGO, Alliance for Reproductive Health Rights. The 15 of us formed teams to create a bank of images, graphic designs, and multimedia projects that captured stories and helped ARHR with advocacy. Once divided into teams, Shirley Chan and I stationed at Read More …
Family Planning brochure: Contraception Information brochure: Universal Health Coverage brochure:
ARHR’s Executive Director Vicky Okine shares ARHR’s central mission in this piece for Ghana’s MetroTV.
At ARHR, we have partnered with MamaYe! Ghana to ensure local hospitals are maintaining the highest standard of care.
We are working to ensure rural clinics maintain the highest standard of maternal care. Visit the Mater Ecclesiae Clinic in Volta to witness the change ARHR is making in local communities.
As I’m lying in bed watching Netflix to make up for my two-month withdrawal, I realize I’ve already fully adjusted to my routine at home. In the week that I’ve been home, I’ve gone out to dinner with family and friends, to the movies, on a 9-mile hike, to a concert, and more. Even though Read More …
About 44 days and almost an hour from when I first landed here in Ghana. It’s hard to imagine that I’ve spent this long in a completely different part of the world. Short chats back home, limited wireless connection, and plenty of questions for what the next day would hold for all of us. Ghana Read More …
We take for granted the things that always seem to be there. Water, for instance, was never something that I thought could become a necessity. Hot water for showers is something that I miss back home. Here in Ghana, cold showers are typical. The hot and sweaty days here are perfect for that though. The Read More …
It didn’t take thousands of miles over ocean and land for me to feel alone. I spent a majority of my time by myself back home. It’s not that I prefer it, but sometimes it’s just easier to just sit there and read or work on something. It comes with being an introverted extrovert and Read More …
The smells of California are the reasons why home feel like home. The scent of driving past my favorite fast foods and the smell of my grandma’s garden in the backyard are what I remember when I try to describe Anaheim. Accra has a series of scents that remind me I’m away from my sunshine Read More …
It only seems proper that the first time I went to church was in Ghana. I grew up in a multifaith house, but religion was never a large part of my life. My dad is Jewish, but I never had a Bat Mitzvah. And while my mom was raised Protestant, the only Christian things that Read More …
August 1st, 2015 — Over the two months that I worked at Joy FM, I have been surrounded by some of the most talented journalists I may ever meet. I will miss them very much. George — Tall and wearing solid-colored shirts that makes him look a bit like a cowboy, I will always admire the Read More …