Mum and I are going to be in Kasoa (I had been confusing it with Kumasi), which is so small that we haven't been able to find it on any maps so far. Apparently, it's about 45 minutes (by car) outside of Accra, which is the capital city. I'm pretty sure that Kasoa is west of Accra, not too far away from the Atlantic coast. The southern part of Ghana is wet and humid, and contains a band of rainforest that connects with the Congo rainforest. The north of the country is dryer and contains savannah and desert. We'll be there for the rainy season, which means ridiculous humidity accompanied by ridiculous temperatures and ridiculous downpours.
Mum will be working at the Christ Outreach Orphanage, which apparently has something like 60 kids with only 3 people working there--haha hope she knows what she's getting into! I'll be at the Kasoa district medical clinic. It's a small clinic that is not open 24 hours a day and does not have emergency services. From what I gather, I'll be doing some lab testing (for malaria especially), potentially administering vaccines, doing some administrative work, and weight babies and taking other basic information. (click on map to see enlarged version)
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