Getting Ready + Donations
11.06.2010
Thanks to everyone who subscribed – the more the merrier! 
Since our very first entry our Ghana “To-Do-List” has been thinning out gradually: our visa application proved successful after an anxious three month wait, we have sorted out our travel insurance, flights, bought mosquito nets, gone through gruelling vaccinations (Hepatitis A, Typhoid, Hepatitis B (x3), Rabies (x3), Yellow Fever and Diphtheria) and other, rather tedious and exhaustive payments and paper work. 
On the bright side, we had a great time immersing ourselves in a quest for finding the perfect straw hats, sturdy sandals and summery clothes. Because if one thing will be certain throughout this adventure, it will be the tropical temperatures and ever-present sunshine. This will be a welcome change from the miserable weather Glasgow has to offer! 
All the organising aside, we are still hoping to raise some money for the children we are setting out to help. As mentioned in the first entry, these children have next to nothing and especially the school that shall be constructed by Ben and the one Emilie will be working in, are in desperate need of the following materials: children's books, pens/pencils and basic writing materials, toys for the lower primary, footballs/netball, sport equipment and kits (jersey's), paint for the currently bare classrooms, used computers (desktops or laptops) and so on.
DONATIONS:
Due to soaring costs and not enough sponsoring members, United Playground, the NGO we are travelling with is not a registered one, making it harder for us to raise money. Unfortunately, this website does not support the registered PayPal Donate Button, but for those who have Facebook and want to use this secure way of transferring money (without the need to register), this can be done on: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ben-Emilies-Volunteering-Adventure-in-Ghana/128251587197713?ref=ts
If you want your donation to go to any of the specific needed materials listed above, please don't hesitate to state this to us. We will also gladly report to you how your donations (however small) have helped the children out or send you pictures.
And if you can help us in any way, would like more information or are feeling particularly generous, please don't hesitate to contact us: (Emilie) iarlanthirien@hotmail.com or (Ben) bjconan@hotmail.co.uk and we will do our very best to help you out/ provide you with needed bank details and information.
Those impatiently waiting for our next entry, might have to wait a while as our agenda's for the next few weeks seem to be filled to the brim: next week we are moving apartments, the following week Emilie has her family coming over for her graduation on the 24th of June, followed by the arrival of Ben's family for his own graduation on the 1st of July. And exactly 7 days later we set off on our long journey to Ghana! A more busy and exciting schedule seems nigh on impossible!
Speak (write) to you soon!
Ben & Emilie x
Posted by Fat Face 15:12 Archived in Ghana Tagged preparation
