Ghana: The volunteer house and stabbing crabs!

I had my first day at school today! It was an experience on its own, but I thought I’d split stuff up in chapters, and talk about the school and work there another time.

Sooo, the house! I am staying in Accra, which is the capital of Ghana, in the area called Teshie-Nungua more specifically near the Borabora hotel. I haven’t even taken any pictures of the street or the area, because I’ve been so focused on settling in and getting used to the heat and the food. 

 

So the house is quite large and the yard is surrounded by a wall, like most houses in the area. There is a livingroomarea with a tv and chairs and sofas. Then there are four bedrooms for the volunteers, two for the girls and two for the boys. The girls have their own bathroom, which is… messy. I’m not 100% sure if we are supposed to clean it ourselves, but we’ll see after a while :P 

Right now there are only 6 girl volunteers; one Irish girl who sleeps in the bunk above me, three British girls (two of them are friends) and one Spanish girl. Plus me! Also living in the house is the CEO of the Dream Africa Care Foundation, Jamal. 

The cook is called Yvonne and she makes breakfast and dinner for us. She’s also in charge of the kitchen area. We’ve got a big fridge where they keep the food, and where we can store our own food. I’ve only got some juice and a bottle of coke in there so far. 

Yesterday Jamal bought live crabs at the market and Yvonne was going to prepare them. She had to stab them with a knife to kill them. It was fascinating and the best thing was that she was so calm about it! We were squealing and jumping out of the way, because the crabs were really putting up a fight. 

There are also two house dogs; Bobby and Peace. Bobby is very affectionate and once you got his attention he doesn’t go away. He doesn’t have a tail though, but his little waggling stomp is pretty adorable. Peace does like to be close to people, but she doesn’t like to be touched and actually starts to whimper if you try. She got hit by a car and doesn’t use one off her legs. They both have fleas though.

Sooo, I guess that’s the house! :)