PEDIATORKOPE ISLAND -
ADA
You have not lived until
you have done something for someone who cannot repay you...
Going to live on an
island without electricity and running water for 3 months is a big challenge. Beginning from January, I will be interning for 3 months with Empower Playgrounds on an Island in Ada known as Pediatokope Last week I had the chance you go visit the Island and to meet my host family.
You know how its great when you tell people the amazing thing you will be doing
and everyone is happy and excited for you, then you finally get
to visualize what it is going to be and you realize that
you are scared to the bone because its right in front of you and it is as real
as it gets. No running water, no electricity which means NO Fans No TV No
internet. Life is back to the basics when we had time to think and create and
spend time with people without running off to see the next TV show or
to Skype with friends living a million miles away. WHAT
HAVE I GOTTEN MY SELF INTO...
As scary and crazy as it
seems I know this is going to be an amazing adventure. In any case, I've got
nothing to lose. A few months without all these basics wont kill me, It only
promises to make me a stronger person. To leave my comfort zone for the first
time in my life and to think about others more that i think about myself. Life
does not get any better than this I tell you and I hope in the end I will
appreciate this awesome opportunity to be a blessing. But most of all, I hope
to leave something that will help better the lives of the people who live on
the island especially the children and to leave something behind that
transcends anything this growing material world has to offer.
In view of this, I have
started a small donation drive at the hostel I live in and hopefully, I will have
enough basic supplies for all the children and for some of the families I will
be working with. I am hoping to start an after school programme so books and
supplies would be great. Thanks to Najwa Yasmeen Webster for donating most of
her stuff to me before leaving Ghana. I will keep you posted when the items are
distributed.
These are pictures of the Island :)
Life does not get any better than this...
