Ghana: My home away from home
On Aug 2, 2014 I went to Ghana on a six month secondment with Engineers Without Borders Canada as a professional fellow with AfriLEAD...
"Life is Hard"
The fellows are in their placements all over Ghana. Filled with new tools and AfriLEAD positivity. The AfriLEAD team was taking a break...
Mole, Mole, Mole National Park
Mole, Mole, Mole National Park (yes that was for you Austin Power’s movie buffs and that is how it is pronounced) is Ghana’s largest...
One Month in Ghana: 10 Things I Have Learned In Tamale
10 Things I have learned living in Tamale: 1) When it rains, it's a torrential downpour and nobody leaves the house, place of work, etc....
Two Weeks of Foundation Learning Completed...These Fellows have the energy to make change!!
It has been one month in Tamale. The Young Managers Program at the AfriLEAD Institute is well underway. We are in Week 3 of Foundation...
Inspire: to make (someone) want to do something : to give (someone) an idea about what to do or crea
What an amazing two weeks with the EWB venture I was placed with, the Young Managers Program. The 6 month training program is looking for...
How life it is - First Day in Ghana
Took a tro tro (to Makola Market). First you may ask, "What is a tro tro?" It's like a passenger van that fits many people. It's hot,...
Last night in Canada...my bags are packed and ready to go to Ghana.
I'm on my way to Ghana tomorrow. I'm excited to start working with the Young Fellow Program (YFP) venture with EWB. First stop Accra...
EWB Pre-departure Training in Toronto: Blogging and pizza making with EWB pro-fellows
A night of talking about about our blogs, our pre-departure assignments and pizza making. Day 3 of pre-departure training with the other...
2014 Engineers Without Borders - Run To End Poverty
I ran for the second year in the Calgary Marathon Run to End Poverty on June 1, 2014. The 2013 Run to End of Poverty was my first...
