The Animals of Ghana

This weekend brings week 2 of 10 to a close! 2 months from now I will be back at home in the UK and Ghana will be another finished experience on my world tour. This week has been our first week back in the office which means more planning than doing as I’ve found once you have a plan of your objectives, it helps manage expectations and gets people in the right mindset. We found out this week that we are the last cohort for PAGSUNG and potentially the last cohort for ICS with International Service, but time and the government will tell. As a result, we have been told to focus on celebrating the achievements of the 5 previous teams and putting more measures in place, so the work is in the hands of the PAGSUNG women and local organisations to help sustain it.

Most of my pictures this week are just of the office which you have already seen but next week we will be going out to new communities. We have this Tuesday off work as it’s May/Labour Day. I’ve never been one to argue with a national holiday. Thought I would take the chance to show you some of the “wildlife” in Tamale and the Northern Region. In Tamale it is mostly free roaming livestock with some fowl and lizards for variety. 

An elephant, mainly found in protected national parks like Mole

Guinea-fowl, a chicken and her chicks. If you get chance to eat a guinea-fowl I would highly recommend it ... yum yum yum. (Tamale-Sagnarigu)

A ram, probably tied up to give the sheep a break. There are lambs everywhere! (Tamale-Nwagu)

A goat and her kids (Tamale - Gupanrigu)

Piggys! We don't have many pigs (or dogs) in Tamale at is a majority Muslim population (Bolgatanga)

Donkeys! (Bolgatanga)

Sheep, they serve as food hoovers and happily turn up at any social events (Tamale)

Cows, they go where they want, when they want (Tamale)

Lizards, this is the most common type I have seen. They tend to bop their little yellow heads up and down. (Tamale)

A cricket, at night (especially after a rainfall) they are so loud! (Mole)

A moth, need to be careful keeping your lights on at night or this beast, mosquitoes and tiny beetles will flock to them. I'm not having another stand-off with a cockroach! (Tamale)

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