As I am writing my final journal for now I am sitting at Heathrow waiting for my connection flight to Stockholm. My plans changed once again due to various reasons so I have left my […]

Still Africa – but not so strange anymore. Somewhat more like home these days. People know me now. Everywhere I go people greet me and call my name. Not to mention that I am treated […]

As always there has been a change of plans… For those of you who knows me well I guess this does no come as a big surprise lol 🙂 However, due to various and very […]

Time is closing in on me. My stay in Buduburam is coming to an end and as much as I am looking forward to get a brake from it all (as I am a totally […]

We came up with a name for out bead project: BLING (Better Life in Ghana) and the project is now fully up and running. We actually succeeded in getting in run through SHIFSD (one of […]

It is the small things and incidents that kind of make us refer to T.I.A. All those odd things that would never happen back home but that happens here every day, all the things people […]

Just got an sms from my mum complaining about the fact that I have not written in ages so here I go… ELEPHANTASTIC!!! We have just been on a 5 days roadtrip around the whole […]

There are chickens everywhere. In the streets, in the schools, in the shops, in the houses, on the tro tros…everywhere I go I see chickens. Chickens! Everywhere! And there is garbage and waste disposal everywhere. […]

I realized I have not written in quite some time now so I guess an update on my life in Buduburam is appropriate ? The last two weeks has passed by in a tremendous speed, […]

T.I.A. This is Africa. Not only is this Africa, it is a refugee settlement in Africa. I am not quite sure how to explain to you what I mean by that, how to explain to […]

Michelle got out of the hospital monday night and then returned to camp yesterday afternoon. However the doctors at the hospital did not find out what was wrong with her (the malaria test was negative […]

So this have been one of the worst weekends I have had in a long time. Not all of it has been bad, but pretty much… Started off with the fact that Phyllis was leaving […]

Oh I am so excited!!! I am in the middle of planning a peace day here at camp together with SHIFSD and NETLOG (the two organizations that I am working with) as well as the […]

Obroni means white person in Tri, which is the native language here in Ghana. I get called obroni wherever I go these days. Either that or the kids will giggle and scream “white lady” , […]

This weekend I went to Cape Coast to see and explore some of Ghana and West Africa’s beautiful coastline as well as to learn about the horrendous history of the slave trade that went on […]

So here comes a little background information on the Budumburam Refugee Settlement where I am currently working as an intern at SHIFSD, so that you can get an idea on how it looks like and […]

So here I am…it is HOT HOT HOT. I am sweating and being stared at, it is caotic and noisy, it is exiting and scary… so all in all I guess I can say that […]

Dear all (swedes, malaysians, englishmen and women, norwegians, indians, germans, frencies, austrians, irish people and all the rest of you that will be following me on my journey to Africa)! I can’t believe I am […]