Category Yendi Notes

Everyone was back at work this morning. Amama was a little late because she had to stop and greet the family of someone who had a family member die. This has nothing to do with the 2 people that died… Continue Reading →

We are still without electricity! Today is a national holiday so all the businesses were closed including the electric company. We are celebrating Kwame Nkruma’s birthday. Mr. Iddrisu worked today to pay back the loan he took for his portion… Continue Reading →

Please allow me to vent a little before going on with the Notes today. I am very happy the streets in Yendi are being renovated but there is no method to the madness of how the contractors are blocking the… Continue Reading →

Did I tell you that about 3 days ago we heard a big boom and the lights flickered once and then went off. We suspected that it was a transformer. We had no lights all night and still no lights… Continue Reading →

We spent the day in Tamale. The only real reason that we needed to go was to go to the bank and get the money for payroll and also to pick up the extra money that was sent in for… Continue Reading →

We spent several hours this morning on the back part of the property working on the soakaway pits. We lined the pits with aluminum roofing sheets. We wanted Mr. Iddrisu and Donkey to start filling the pits with rubble today… Continue Reading →

It is raining and I mean really raining.  Traditionally September is the month that we get the most rain.  Dawda the mason and one of his helpers showed up this morning to dig the soakaway pits.  We were surprised because… Continue Reading →

Dawda, the mason finished bath house # 4. It looks good; the ramps might be a little steep but usually those in wheelchairs have someone that follows along behind them and helps push them over the rough terrain. We are… Continue Reading →

We thought that the masons would finish bath house #4 today but they did not. Dawda said that they could not finish because it was bigger than the other bath houses. It actually is bigger because we made it wheelchair… Continue Reading →

It is hard to believe that half of the month of September is already in the past. We spent the morning visiting the Church at Jegrido. This is Timothy Niligrini’s home village and the residence of his older brother Daniel… Continue Reading →