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Trip Start Mar 27, 2008

Trip End Oct 01, 2008

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Where I stayed

Anomabu Beach Hotel

(Cape Coast hotels)

Flag of Ghana Cape Coast, Ghana
Tuesday, June 24, 2008

We finished our inspections for CHRAJ with Ekon the slum community, and the report writing began in earnest this past week. The team, consisting of Mr Aggrey, Alex, Koji, David and me, locked ourselves in the office for most of the week pounding out the reports on all the institutions we have visited over the past few months. It was tedious work, as most of the electronic forms were cumbersome and the handwriting hard to decipher, but we got through it. This is one of the most important things that CHRAJ does, and the report compiled by head office is presented to Parliament every year. It is one of the few opportunities we have to tell the politicians (and the press) what is going on in hospitals, schools, prisons etc. in order to enact change. Whether anything ever changes I'm not so sure. Watching Mr Aggrey during the inspections it became clear that most of the institutions we have visited he has inspected year after year and the improvements, if any, seem always to be small. But regardless we write on hoping that someone is reading

At Eagle FM

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The radio broadcast with Eagle FM was a topical one this week. In celebration of father's day we spoke about the involvement, or lack thereof, of fathers in families and its impact on human rights. Earlier that week Obama had just given a speech to a congregation in Chicago where he called out to black fathers in America to take more responsibility, and own up to fatherhood. It provided good fodder for discussion.

The weekend was spent with Marc and Stephen in between Accra, Anomabu Beach, and Cape Coast. Saturday night we had an American themed BBQ at the house where I made onion rings and French fries, and Sossah wowed us all with his grilled chicken. The night progressed to a couple local spots and ended with the group busting some moves on the dance floor of Hacienda. On Sunday Stephen and I went shopping for high-tops, which he managed to buy even cheaper than mine (outrage!), and consuming lots of food. Marc and I had heard about a nice German owned restaurant on a hill overlooking the beach near Cape Coast, so the three of us ended the weekend there eating seafood and drinking ice cold (for a change) Star beer.