Hello All,

Today is my 1 month anniversary of being in Ghana. I apologize for not being able to write earlier. The week before, we were doing outreach every day. Two days, we worked in partnership with another organization called the Tema Christian Eye Centre, which was great, because we learned a few tricks on how to improve efficiency just by observing and working with them side by side. For example, Unite for Sight originally dispensed our eyeglasses from the original plastic bags that they were donated in. Finding the write prescription glasses was not only a confusing process, it was quite dusty. After working with the team from Tema, however, we got the idea of looking for small cardboard boxes which could be used to display and organize them. It was through this experience that I really learned just how RESOURCEFUL you have to be when working with an NGO in a developing country. Instead of buying the boxes, we looked for some used ones in the Crystal Eye Clinic.

I am rushing now, because my time in the internet cafe is coming to a close, but I have much more to write later on about how to overcome culture shock, sight-seeing in Ghana, and my week doing overnight outreach in Adansi South and the challenges involved with bringing eyecare to rural areas. So, stay tuned!

Christine