
One year ago I started my preparations to go to Ghana. Now one year later I’m back home again and had the most amazing summer of my life, with the biggest and most beautiful experience I will ever have. 2 days before leaving I packed my suitcases with all the stuff I got from my sponsors for the children in the orphanage. I was so excited to go to get my experience to Africa, finally! When I was in the airplane, I was thinking by myself what on earth am I doing? Alone, to Africa? But as soon as my plane landed I was excited to see my family and the children in the orphanage. I was placed in Kumasi and my workplace was in the Kumasi Children’s Home. A big orphanage with different units for a lot of children. In the beginning of the trip I really had a culture shock. It was hard for...
Marije (Netherlands)