Ghana Update #4 - December 12, 2013

Well, I’ve finally come to the end of my Ghana road. As you can see, I’ve worn my one pair of flipflops entirely through ($4.00!), that means its time to come home.

I had an absolutely lovely time in Zambia last month with Christina. For those of you who want to read an interesting tale of one of my particular adventures there, you can find it in my last blog entry: http://www.dojustice-lovekindness-walkwithgod.blogspot.ca/2013/12/a-day-in-life-of-super-heroine_2.html

But it wasn’t all fun and games while I was there – I was able to take advantage of the somewhat lessened heat, the incredibly increased quiet and the relative solitude of my little converted transport container (I had it all to myself for a few days!) to finally finish my analysis.

For those of you who really wanted to know, you can find the latest final draft version of my analysis/report here: (Analysis of the Property Rights of Spouses in Ghana) but I don’t recommend trying to read it. It is quite long and may be somewhat dry to those who don’t work in this field. But I am encouraged that the people here in Ghana including the lawyer that I have been working under seem very excited with the ways in which they feel they can put the information I’ve gathered to good use in their continued battle against domestic violence in this country!

I’m making final preparations to return home now and am quite looking forward to it. I really feel as though my time in Ghana has been profitable and useful for WiLDAF in its work fighting violence against women in this country, and I’ve made some really great friends and lasting connections which is really encouraging. I definitely would not want to live in Accra, but I am going to miss Ghana.

I won’t say too much more, but I just wanted to thank everyone for your continued encouragement and prayers throughout my time in Ghana. They really meant a lot to me and to the people I’ve been working with. I will be back in Canada by the evening of December 14, 2013. 

Hope to see you all again in the very near future! :)