Pre-departure

I can hardly believe it. In only 2 hours I will be making my way towards the Ottawa airport, where I will be nervously awaiting the flight that just might change my life. I am going to Ghana (located on the west coast of Africa, for those of you who don't know), and I am very excited. I have been fluctuating between excited and nervous everyday for the past week, but overall I think it will be amazing.

I am going with an organisation called WUSC through their programs Students Without Borders and Uniterra. It's a little confusing, but WUSC is a very reputable and remarkable organisation.

I will be working with a organisation... well it is more like a social movement which relies heavily on civil society organisations such as NGO's as well as proffessionals. In short, I am going to be working with the Ghanain National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) whose mission is to ensure the provision of primary education to all Ghanain children. More specifically I will be working on one of GNECC's campaigns the "AFRI radio project". I have to admit that I do not know much about this project as of now, except that it is an educational radio program. I will know more details once I arrive. I will be mostly doing data entry, data analysis and report writing; but I will hopefully get a bit field work in before the end of my placement. Oh yes, and I forgot to mention that I will be there for almost four months.

I will be staying with a host family which I cannot wait to meet. I am so excited to learn how to cook and live Ghanain and it will be a wonderful experience to live with locals.

Also, I am not a very experienced flyer. I have been on a plane once before, and I have loved it. The sensation of going up into the air is wonderful-almost like going up in a roller coaster. I really hope I can look out the window as everything turns into little toys cities, houses and cars.

I am also looking forward to my stop-over in London, England. I won't be able to leave the airport but at least I can say that I've done a bit of shopping in London!

Anyways, 1.5 hours left before I hit the airport. Riley is making a delicious meal for me before I go (pasta with garlic saussage). My last meal in Canada for four months.

Cassie