http://blog.projects-abroad.net Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:29:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By Tessa Okell, Assistant Manager - Projects Abroad Peru We are writing to you as past Projects Abroad volunteers to let you know a little more about the situation regarding the emergency here in the Sacred Valley. Foreign press have been focusing on the evacuation of tourists from Machu Picchu due to ... http://blog.projects-abroad.net/?p=639 Peter in Ethiopia By Dr. Peter Slowe, Founder and Director - Projects Abroad Ethiopia is amazing. It is an incredible fact that Lalibela, Emperor of Ethiopia a thousand years ago, had a vision and decided to dig down to build churches underground rather than to build them on the ground like ... http://blog.projects-abroad.net/?p=634 By Jonatan Arriaga, Are you or will you be volunteering in Ghana? Check out these top 3 suggestions from volunteers already in Ghana. -Embrace the fact that Ghana is different; do not try to fight and learn from it; it is part of the process. Anna Slattery, USA- Care - Adapt to the ... http://blog.projects-abroad.net/?p=630 By Jonatan Arriaga, The kids at Kumasi Children’s Home saw a different dawn that morning. They had an extra reason to smile. They were playing football that day. We got into the orphanage and the energized and vibrant kids warmly welcomed us! Football, football, is everything they were talking about! ‘Pass me the ... http://blog.projects-abroad.net/?p=626 By Jonatan Arriaga, When I arrived in Ghana I started wondering where the buses were! I just could see an army of little screaming-vans in the streets. This little vans are adorned with a man in the main door, a man who tries to shout louder than the other screamers ... http://blog.projects-abroad.net/?p=622 Jonatan and Mamud Editor Note: Jonatan Arriaga, the Deputy Manager of Projects Abroad in Mexico, is spending the next couple of months in Ghana working with our staff and volunteers. He will be sending in regular updates of his time in Ghana and we are devoting the next week on the ... http://blog.projects-abroad.net/?p=617 Editor Note: Jonatan Arriaga, the Deputy Manager of Projects Abroad in Mexico, is spending the next couple of months in Ghana working with our staff and volunteers. He will be sending in regular updates of his time in Ghana and we are devoting the next week on the blog to ... http://blog.projects-abroad.net/?p=611 Editor Note: Jonatan Arriaga, the Deputy Manager of Projects Abroad in Mexico, is spending the next couple of months in Ghana working with our staff and volunteers. He will be sending in regular updates of his time in Ghana and we are devoting the next week on the blog to ... http://blog.projects-abroad.net/?p=605 Jonatan in Cape Coast Editor Note: Jonatan Arriaga, the Deputy Manager of Projects Abroad in Mexico, is spending the next couple of months in Ghana working with our staff and volunteers. He will be sending in regular updates of his time in Ghana and we are devoting the next week on ... http://blog.projects-abroad.net/?p=601 http://blog.projects-abroad.net/?p=597