Category Yendi Notes

We were back in Tamale again today!  We went to check on our criminal background check.  We were disappointed that it was not ready to be picked up.  The guys who filled out the paperwork for us a couple weeks… Continue Reading →

The roofers were only here for a couple hours this morning putting the ceiling on the veranda.  It looks very nice and we were pleasantly surprised when Abochi, the organizer of the project, did not charge us for the extra… Continue Reading →

This morning a mother brought her very malnourished son to the Child Center.  He was 1 ½ years old and only weighed 4.8 kilos which is 10 ½ pounds.  As with many of these severely malnourished children they are not… Continue Reading →

The carpenters got the roof framed in today and the facial boards put on, well they were one facial board short.  Abochi the carpenter is going to have one cut and planed.  They will put it up tomorrow without it… Continue Reading →

The roofers came this morning to start roofing the new building.  Abochi, the carpenter, told us that he would bring 3 men to help him with the work.  We were surprised when we saw 5 grown men and 4 teenage… Continue Reading →

We didn’t have to drive very far this morning to visit the small group of Christians that live in the village of Kulkpanga.  This is an unusual congregation because it is made up of people of the Dagomba Tribe that… Continue Reading →

The roofers got their wires crossed this morning.  We talked to Abochi, the foreman yesterday and told him that we wanted to start roofing on Monday.  At 7:30 this morning the roofers showed up to start working.  We were not… Continue Reading →

We were in Tamale again today!  Lucky us!  We had gathered everything that the Social Welfare Department required for the renewal of the license except the criminal background check.   We took all the documents for the Social Welfare officer to… Continue Reading →

We are pooped!  We have been in the back field for the past 4 hours putting the poison on the lumber that the carpenter will use for the rafters for the roof on the new building.  This time we used… Continue Reading →

A new baby with a hair lip came to the Center today.   The baby was a little girl.  The parents did not have health insurance for her so they could not proceed to Tamale without getting the insurance.  The mother… Continue Reading →