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I have been very fortunate in my life and in 1984 I was inspired by my wife to give something back to the community. Funded by my company, ISA, I founded a small charity to offer people the chance to embark on an experience that could change their perspective on life.

Travelling, my own passion became the first focus of the charity, as I understood its ability to expand people’s horizons, both physically and emotionally.

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Report on Ghana Sept 2007

My three-month stay in Ghana in the autumn of 2007 was, in several respects, unlike anything else I’ve ever done. I arrived in Ghana in September and it was the first time I had ever been to Africa. Having had some experience of the culture, the climate, the smell of a country like Ghana would have been good preparation, but was by no means necessary. Ghana is different in almost every way from other sub-Saharan countries and discovering the continent for the first time in the way I did – actually living my life there and experiencing the culture as part of daily life – is an excellent introduction to, as our project co-ordinator loved to call it, ‘African life’.

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Back Home

So I arrived back home last tuesday, and today (tuesday) I’m heading off to Romania (blogspot to be arranged).

This week has flown past however Chiyumu seems along way from here.

My last week in Zambia was full to the brim, after saying adios to the others in Lusaka me and Teacher T (Thomas) headed to the Agricultural fair, to see our NGO performing and say bye to them and give them an update of what had been happening since their last visit.

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Photos on Flickr

  • Holly and Phillip
  • Playground at CEJOCEP
  • Chiefs in Emmanuel's hometown

Quotes

Going away and seeing such amazing things has made me realise that I can’t possibly spend my life in one country. I think it has also made me a much more patient person, or at least I hope so. ‘Pole Pole’ as they say in Swahili or even ‘Mora Mora’ from Madagascar. There are both sayings that mean ‘slowly slowly’ a concept that is applied to life as a whole in Africa and enables one to appreciate other people’s values and ways of life.

Phyllida Price, Malvern Girls’ College, 2006

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