It has been 1,249 days since Chalmers and I left Ghana back in late September 2019. Who would have thought that just a few months later the world would come under siege by a pandemic!
When the pandemic was in full swing, there wasn't much we could do or our colleagues with the Presbyterian Church (PCG) could do to further our mission of bringing pure water and heath education to more schools, clinics, and training centers in Ghana.
However, by summer 2020, the PCG was beginning to figure out how to navigate the pandemic in Ghana and the PCG was taking the lead on figuring out how to restart the installation of the water treatment systems and health education at new sites.
Chalmers and I are heading to Ghana later this morning and looking forward to reconnecting with our Ghanaian friends and colleagues and meeting some new (Zoom) friends for the first time like Teiko Sabah.
Our time in Ghana this week will be spent visiting the new sites the PCG installed since the fall of 2019, visiting Anum and Cape Coast for the first time (these sites were installed in 2019, but we were not able to visit them during our visit in 2019 due to the airline strike which shortened our stay), we will get the opportunity to participate in some health and education refresh training and work with our PCG colleagues to plan the next couple of years of new sites, training, another operator conference, etc.
We hope this blog shines a little light on the importance of relationship, friends, and colleagues all working toward bringing the treasures of pure water and how to use it in daily life to the many without - especially the children and the most vulnerable.
PEACE
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