More donations have been given for Togo: $2385 has been raised so far! I also have received goods which I will take to Africa: school supplies and toys from many friends, Cray-pas from Candace, to organize a creative workshop with the kids from, hair bands for girls and used precription glasses, donated by Nancy Roberge, from Chestnut Hill Physical Therapy Ass. in Wellesley. I am planning to give a class about dental care and we can give each child a tooth brush, tooth paste and floss, donated by my dentist, Dr. Thomas Puschak in Lexington. Kim from Pearl Vision in Burlington has donated a large bag of used glasses. CVS has donated first aid materials for PDH, which will be welcomed by the doctors who come to the centre to provide free consultations for patients. Via Passback Program, a joint effort between the U.S. Soccer Foundation, Eurosport and Major League Soccer I have received soccer shirts, soccer balls and shinguards in several sizes to outfit two teams. Soccer is the national sport in Togo and the kids will be thrilled. http://www.passback.org/.
Thank you all very much!
This blog is about the volunteer experience of Saskia van Manen and Yoka Heijstek in Togo, West-Africa for a very small non-profit organization, called PDH: "La Promotion et Developpement Humain", The Promotion and Human Development Organization.
Please note
Due to very sporadic availibily of electricity and the internet his week (this past weekend Togo just wasn't on-line, none of it, nowhere!) two new posts have just been posted at the same time! Happy reading!
Pictures
The internet cafe has a very slow connection; unfortunately pictures have to wait, but we have some good ones...
Schedule
Yoka will fly from Boston to London on Thurday May 29 early in the morning. On Friday the 30th both Yoka and Saskia will fly from London to Accra, the capital of Ghana. On Saturday night they will stay at a hotel near the beach where African drumming and dances will be performed. On Sunday, May 31 they will be picked up by a representative of PDH and will cross the border to Togo, which is a 2 hour drive. On July 4th they will return to Ghana for a few days of relaxing and sightseeing before flying back to London on July 9. Yoka will arrive in Boston on July 11.
Map of Togo
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