Monthly Archives: January 2012

CWS Fellowship Staff

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

I often blog about the awesome staff we have here at CWS, who work full-time both in the States and in Ghana. However, there is another special group of CWS team members who don’t get as much blog love: our … Continue reading →

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Team B Wrapping It Up in Tamale

Posted on January 18, 2012 by

Despa! Good morning to our friends and family. These last two days have been our final days in our village, Libi. We continued household monitoring to make sure all household buckets were working properly and that everyone was using their … Continue reading →

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And they’re off!

Posted on January 16, 2012 by

I can’t believe that this day is already here! Early this morning, the 9 CWS translators and I waved goodbye as the two buses filled with the 2012 Winter Fellows pulled out of the Tamale station and headed for Accra. … Continue reading →

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Voices from the Field: Team G

Posted on January 14, 2012 by

Team G here (Katie, Caitlin, and Brittany)! Two days ago we opened our water business in Kagburashe, which was very exciting. We got to our village around 7am and upon arriving to the dugout, were very pleased to see a … Continue reading →

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Voices from the Field: Team I

Posted on January 14, 2012 by

Ahntray from Team I! Today we hit the road at 7:30am and began Day 1 of monitoring in our village called Buhijaa. We went household to household to check that each family using their blue bucket for clean drinking water … Continue reading →

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Voices from the Field: Team H

Posted on January 13, 2012 by

Yesterday was OPENING DAY in Yapalsi! After a week of arduous work setting up the facility and distributing safe storage containers, we finally got to see our work pay off. It was fulfilling to watch our women—Sinatu and Irisyatu—becoming supreme … Continue reading →

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Voices from the Field: Team A

Posted on January 12, 2012 by

Antire ! (good afternoon) from Tamale and greetings from the remaining members from team A! Yesterday was a very exciting day for us because we were able to meet face to face almost every individual in our village (Manguli). Our … Continue reading →

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Voices From the Field: Team F

Posted on January 11, 2012 by

What’s up, from Team F?!?!? Today, we had the last day of training for the women of our village, Laligu, and had to finish distributing our safe storage containers. When we met our women at the dugout, we taught them … Continue reading →

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Voices from the Field: Team E!

Posted on January 8, 2012 by

Team E here! Today we completed building the concrete platform upon which our polytank and blue drums will stand. We began the day with a trip to the market to fetch some supplies, namely the three blue 250 L drums. … Continue reading →

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Voices from the Field: Team D

Posted on January 7, 2012 by

Today was one of the most exciting days so far for Team D because it was the first day of building! As we pulled into the village, Kpachiyili, the children were all together near the entrance, Peter, our translator, told … Continue reading →

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