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An assortment of photos from the last 3 weeks at Ashan Children's Home outside of Kumasi.
Mary handing out oranges to the children.
Jim, Kwabe, and Kojo with their oranges.
Vincent and Samuel.
Boys being silly - Vincent, Emmanuel, and Appiah.
Kwabe "Chubba Bubba".
Mary on her birthday, blowing out her candle on the "goo cake" balls.
Crazy Obrunis and kids bathing in the rain.
The road outside the orphanage and a tro-tro piled very high with luggage!
Jim, Konte, and Jimaimah at school.
Mary with Vincent and Prince.
Maron hanging out in a bucket.
Aimee Carter (with Lucy on her back) braiding Cecilia's hair.
Cecilia and her pretty new braids.
Konte and Mary.
Prince, Maron, and Payaw wheeling bricks down to the construction project.
Regan, Francis, and I working on the new steps in the courtyard.
Isaac, Thomas, Appiah, me, Daniel, Francis posing with a brick.
Leaving our mark on the new steps.
Francis and I.
IV #2
The view from the hospital bed.
A few days later, healthy and with the hospital staff.
Collecting water from the well in Akom.
Doreen, Emmanuel, Lucy, and Afia
Carrying the water back to the house.
Kwabe and my $2 "Dior" sunglasses.
Me with Konte, Christine, Millicent, and Mabena.
Hanging out in the courtyard doing laundry.
Konte, me, Mabena.
Stealing a kiss from Kwabe.
Sleepover in the volunteer's rooms on Aimee's last night.
Children in the P6 classroom at Triumph International School in the next village. This is where the kids from the orphanage will be filtering in to for Junior Secondary School.
Emmanuel and Elijah with me at the school. My parents and I will be supporting these two boys at J.S.S. for the next 2 years.