The Beginning

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...