Abby tries to keep lessons at the orphanage fun, while dealing with challenges presented by a sometimes apathetic orphanage staff. As she learns more about the kids at the orphanage, she is continually impressed by how inventive and resourceful they are. She also takes a trip to Cape Coast, a city home to a national park and two historic slave forts.
Reading practice at the orphanange
A section of the canopy walk at Kakum National Park
The slave fort in Elmina
A Ghanaian guide leads a group through the slave fort.
Abby continues teaching lessons at the orphanage while also getting to know the kids better – she is quickly adjusting to the realization that kids half her age are much better than her at soccer. She also discusses the importance of price negotiation when purchasing everything from wooden crafts to taxi rides, as well as her trip to an amazing waterfall in the Volta Region.
Flag drawings from a lesson at the orphanage (some of the kids may have taken some liberty with the colors...)
View from the tro on the way to Wli Waterfalls
Making the climb to the upper Wli Falls
Wli Falls
Abby and a few other volunteers take the kids at the orphanage on a day trip to the Boti Waterfalls, as she continues to confront the challenges of teaching geography and other subjects to the seventeen kids of Mt. Zion Orphanage. She also discusses her weekend trip to Accra, the capital of and largest city in Ghana.
The kids head to Boti Falls.
Boti Falls
Abby in front of Independence Arch in Accra
Abby talks about the challenges of organizing lessons for the seventeen children of the Mt. Zion Orphanage while they are on holiday from school, as well as her trip to Kokrobite Beach.
Teaching geography in the orphanage dining hall
Kokrobite Beach
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Beads for sale in Kokrobite
