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 Ghana Week! We hope you enjoy it!

By Jonatan Arriaga,

Walking down the dusty and warm streets of a village near Cape Coast, I found myself in the entrance of a Leprosy Center. Along with the volunteers and the medical crew, our eyes started analyzing the place like a baby analyzing a new toy. So we started our way.

The blast of happiness from the children when they saw us arriving is something I won’t forget. We are going to give some medical supplies and attention to the people affected by this disease.

Knocking at the doors of the houses of the people we invited them to take the chance to receive a little treatment for their wounds. In these moments you feel great to be part of such eye-opening experience and also for the opportunity to bring medicine they need to treat the wounds.

They might have wounds on their bodies but several told me that the wounds that were really helped by our visit were inside.

The volunteers, medical crew and myself headed off to Cape Coast to keep on going with our work so we got into a taxi and said goodbye to all the people who embraced us like a family.

No doubt this is an extremely interesting placement for those who want to dedicate their life to the medical world!

Are you one of them?