When Donkey and Mr. Iddrisu came to work this morning they were dressed in their good clothes because we were going to go to the palace to greet the Ya-Na, the king of Dagbon. We had not seen him since… Continue Reading →

The men that attended the monthly class were very happy to get the monetary gift to be able to buy corn for their families. After the class was over Steve distributed the money. Daniel, Timothy Niligrini’s brother stood up on… Continue Reading →

Donkey’s friend that we wanted to hire to help Donkey haul blocks could not come today because he had to go to his farm. Donkey said that he and Mr. Iddrisu would start hauling the blocks without the extra manpower…. Continue Reading →

We were about to sit down to eat lunch when Red and his helper showed up. Red is our go to man when we need something made. For the past few days Red has been working on a new sleeping… Continue Reading →

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 →