No longer waiting on the Platform2 Ghana

After several attempts at packing, emotional goodbyes and a very early start. We have arrived in Ghana with all our luggage! My first night under the African sky and I am excited but also terrified. For the next 10 weeks, Ghana will be my home. Here I will blog my experiences, my emotions and of course my opinions!

So why am I here? After several years campaigning on development issues, I'm here to meet the people behind the statistics. The fact that 'Every 3 seconds a child dies from preventable poverty' stirred me to act in 2005. Three years later I want to find out if our campaigning to Make Poverty History is making a difference and if Ghana is on track to meet the Millennium Development Goals (promises our politicians made to tackle poverty). I'm also here to embrace Ghanaian life, to learn from within a community and have fun!

I named this blog '2 expose' because not only do I want to expose the scandal of poverty. But also the beauty of Africa, often our media is full of depressing images of Africa. Here I want 2 expose the beauty, the truth. I intent to teach photography to children in our village, to let them capture their stories, their experiences and their dreams.

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