Category Archives: Fellowship Program

Voices from the Field: Team E (Linda, Vanesa, Alexa and Julia)

Posted on January 13, 2013 by

Team E (Linda, Vanessa, Alexa, and Julia) has spent the past week in Nekpegu, a small village of 26 households. Prior to opening day, we had met with the chief and whole community and distributed 26 buckets to all the … Continue reading →

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Voices from the Field: Team D (Urooj, Casey and Ty)

Posted on January 9, 2013 by

Welcome to Kalinka! A beautiful village tucked in the northern region of Ghana, home to over 300 people. Our team is small: Casey, Ty, and me. Our goal is big, to implement safe, clean, and healthy water for Kalinka. Our … Continue reading →

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Voices from the field: Team B (Caroline, Amanda and Iyi)

Posted on January 7, 2013 by

We were so thrilled see such amazing community involvement!  Our village’s was named Toyinahili, about 1 hour outside of Tamale. There are approximately 100 households in the village and many adorable children. The turnout to build the Polytank stand was … Continue reading →

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Voices from the Field: Team F (Saja, Chris, Rachel and Corrine)

Posted on January 5, 2013 by

An hour and a half drive along the rough and dusty roads to the northwest of Tamale lies the village of Kasuliyili. With around 400 households (estimating about 3,500 people), and education-levels ranging from elementary to high school, some electricity, … Continue reading →

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Voices from the Field: Team A (Jordan, Josh, Kara and Lindsay)

Posted on January 5, 2013 by

The A Team, minus Lindsay who was feeling under the weather (but is back in the field today!), started building the treatment center today in our village called Bogu (pronounced something like “Bwauw”)! Our village has 40 households and two … Continue reading →

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First Approaches to Villages

Posted on January 3, 2013 by

On Wednesday, the fellows traveled to previously implemented CWS villages to practice household monitoring with their translators. It was the first time fellows entered the homes of the people and had one on one interactions. The visit also enabled them … Continue reading →

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Lots and Lots of Bonding

Posted on January 2, 2013 by

HAPPY 2013 FROM THE WINTER FELLOWS!!!! We brought in the New Year at Sparkles, a fun Tamale bar/restaurant! The fellows had a great time breaking it down with their translators and the locals! The fellows had Tuesday morning off to … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year!

Posted on January 1, 2013 by

From our 2013 Winter Fellows!

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First Visit to CWS Villages

Posted on December 31, 2012 by

Today, the fellows went to visit villages for the first time! Teams A, B, C, and D went with Kristen and translator, Amin, to Sakpalua and Kadula. Teams E, F, and G went with Sam and translator, Peter, to Chani … Continue reading →

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Packed First Day in Tamale

Posted on December 30, 2012 by

Packed first day for all of us in Tamale! With a day behind in orientation we had to get right at it. We started the day with a classic name game– with 26 of us, late plane arrivals it was … Continue reading →

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