My weekend in the Eastern Region

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This past weekend I joined my friend, Nanayaa, and her husband, Obed, on a trip to the Eastern region where we helped put on a program for SOS Children's Village in Asiakwa. 

This was our ride- much nicer than a tro-tro!


The orphanage was the nicest I have seen so far in Ghana. Nanayaa and I spent some hours visiting with the children. Here are pictures of us with some of them-



Mama Dee and the quadruplets!



Part of the program was cooking dinner for the children-



My dinner, boiled yam with kotombre stew and egg and fish-


After dinner was the show, complete with dance performances, dance competitions (these kids can dance!) and a performance by an Afro-rap Gospel group called Preachers. Here are a few pics from the program-








The No Juju dance-


Here I am with Mama Dee, who I adored. She had so much personality and so much energy, I couldn't get enough of her!


A few more with the children, who were camera crazy-




I really enjoyed myself. Thank you Nanayaa and Obed for inviting me to come along!

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