Category Archives: Challenges

Voices from the Field: Team Tijo (Britty, Steven, Nicole and Tiffany)

Posted on October 29, 2012 by

Team Tijo’s opening day happened on Wednesday. They had prepared for days making sure the polytank was filled to the brim. With 187 households it was important to get the polytank all the way full to be sure to have … Continue reading →

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A Small Small Intro to Ghanaian Government

Posted on September 7, 2012 by

With the recent tragic passing of President John Atta Mills and the December elections approaching, the Ghanaian government has been making international news headlines. What you don’t hear as much about are the local government institutions that keep the country … Continue reading →

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Rain Dance

Posted on April 12, 2012 by

Its that time of year again. The time where the storm clouds start rollingggg in, the nights cool off, and everything begins to go from brown to green. Of course the rains won’t begin in earnest for a couple months, … Continue reading →

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Baseline Data

Posted on November 13, 2011 by

You can’t solve a problem if you don’t know what exactly your problem is. For this reason ‘baseline data’, or information about your problem before you start fixing it, is key. In our reality of limited financial and human resources, … Continue reading →

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Voices from the field: Team 3!

Posted on June 10, 2011 by

June 9 Today, Team 3 ended their morning in the village with the grand opening of the Community Water Solutions water treatment center in the Kpalguni Village.  Being a relatively small village with a focus on farming yams, most of … Continue reading →

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Countdown!

Posted on May 19, 2011 by

The countdown until the start of the 2011 Summer Fellowship Program is officially in single digits! The Fellowship Leaders arrive in Tamale on Sunday and the Fellows are just a few days behind them. We can’t wait! This week I … Continue reading →

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Day 3: Household Visits, Lab Training and Full Implementation Review

Posted on January 4, 2011 by

Day 3 of the Fellowship was a very full day for the teams.  The first half of the day was spent visiting existing CWS villages.  Each team visited a different CWS village.  Half of each team monitored sales at the … Continue reading →

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The Ultimate Test of Patience and Perseverance: My Experience Buying a Truck in Ghana

Posted on February 25, 2010 by

In a previous post, I discussed how my work in developing countries has taught me a lot about patience. I pride myself on my ability to “go with the flow” when working in the field and I rarely let the … Continue reading →

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Safe Storage Containers

Posted on October 10, 2009 by

I spent the beginning of this week in Accra, the capital of Ghana, meeting with The Melcom Group, the company that manufactures the buckets that CWS has been using for our safe storage containers.  Safe storage is a key component … Continue reading →

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Patience

Posted on September 29, 2009 by

One thing that I have learned from development work is patience. For example, here is the story of my day on Wednesday: Date: Wednesday September 23rd Goal: To get a map of the Tamale Water Expansion Project 11:00am: Peter and … Continue reading →

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