Saturday, October 08, 2005
Second email from Jenell Oct 8, '05
Subject: Family Life
October 8, 2005
I am writing from an internet cafe in Techiman, about 5k away from the
village of Krobo where I will be living until December. I will find
out my site on Thursday!
My family is great... they are all about teaching me how to do things. The first thing I did when I got to their compound was get a tutorial from a 4 y.o. little boy, Derek, on how to take a bath with only a bucket of water. Derek is my new best friend, he will point to things and tell me the name in Twi until I say it right, and we exchange funny faces whenever Mama isn't looking. Mama Filamina is the owner of the compound where 4 of her 6 children live, and their spouses and their children and their friends... it is hard to tell who actually lives there. there are kids everywhere... it's funny to think of my parents concerns with daycare, as I watch 6y.o. carry a baby in one arm and a cutlass in the other.
It seems that my family is very poor, just like everyone else, because for example they do not have toilet paper, but instead use recycled newspaper when frequenting their pit latrine, and there are no mirrors in the compound. But, they have a Tele and DVD player in one of the rooms, so they can watch Ghanaian music videos.... very strange.
Only 1 minute left, must leave
Until next Saturday….
jenell
October 8, 2005
I am writing from an internet cafe in Techiman, about 5k away from the
village of Krobo where I will be living until December. I will find
out my site on Thursday!
My family is great... they are all about teaching me how to do things. The first thing I did when I got to their compound was get a tutorial from a 4 y.o. little boy, Derek, on how to take a bath with only a bucket of water. Derek is my new best friend, he will point to things and tell me the name in Twi until I say it right, and we exchange funny faces whenever Mama isn't looking. Mama Filamina is the owner of the compound where 4 of her 6 children live, and their spouses and their children and their friends... it is hard to tell who actually lives there. there are kids everywhere... it's funny to think of my parents concerns with daycare, as I watch 6y.o. carry a baby in one arm and a cutlass in the other.
It seems that my family is very poor, just like everyone else, because for example they do not have toilet paper, but instead use recycled newspaper when frequenting their pit latrine, and there are no mirrors in the compound. But, they have a Tele and DVD player in one of the rooms, so they can watch Ghanaian music videos.... very strange.
Only 1 minute left, must leave
Until next Saturday….
jenell
