Accra, Ghana
So it turns out that volunteering includes a room with aircon, hot running water, a swimming pool, three buffet meals a day and wi-fi! (At least until I headed up north, but that was a whole week away and so I pushed it right to the back of my mind). The first few days we spent in the hotel in lectures and doing activities. The most useful was talking to a rep about what life was going to be like up north. It turns out that every VSO house is kitted out with a ...