'To go and come' one of my favourite Ghanaian sayings. This also describes the ever-changing hugely dynamic volunteer cycle, which over this month and next is saying 'goodbye' to many, and 'Akwaaba' (welcome) to even more! VSO have two major in-takes per year - February and September and before the next set of victims, sorry the next intake can arrive to take over placements, the current volunteers must depart!
This week our shrinking VSO Bolga community said farewell to not one, but three much loved volunteers - Alice, Christina and Cherith. In Alice and Christina I also said goodbye to two brilliant work colleagues (oh how the office will be so much quieter now - no more 'SG (small girl - me) can you do me a favour...')! As much as saying goodbye and the prospect of an empty GES office is sad, the excitement builds for the next set of volunteers and I have the fun job of introducing them to Ghana when they arrive for their week of ICT (In-Country-Training). Do you remember when that was me six months ago preparing to leave home for a life in West Africa, arriving in Accra so full of hope, dreams, love, nerves...?
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| Alice and Christina hanging out in their normal office attire! Not really, this was one of their many many leaving gifts from work. |
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| The Chezza and I at last nights meat filled party! |
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