My Life Story, by Abdul Latif

My name is Abdul Latif. I came from Burkina Faso. I am twelve years old.

The game I like best is football and the food I like best is rice and stew. The name of my parent is Mohamed and Agarah. I have 3 siblins.

The reason why i came here is that I was playing with my friends and a white lady came to our hometown and went to my house and told my uncle that she wants to help me because my parents are dead and I am not going to school, so she brought me here.

I want to be a footballer in the near feature [future].

By Abdul Latif

May God Bless You.

Amen

“My Self”, by Isaac Nyarko

My name is Isaac Nyarko, I am a boy of 13 years old. I am in J.H.S one. I am dark in complexion. I come from Ghana in the Ashanti religion [region] in a town named “Asokorimenpon” but I stay at Adullam orphange, with a white lady named Louisa Timothy.

I am a short boy with a round head, with a point nose, two eyes, one mouth and two ears. The game I like best is football, playing cards, volleyball, and I dislike Golfball.

I want to tell you how I came to adullam orphange. I came to Adullam in 2001 when 2 years of age. My mother was a cripple when I was born. My father run away when I was 1 years old and when he run away my mother was very poor and no money to buy food to eat.

So one day I and my mother were going to beg for money so we saw a man. The man told my mother that he can help me so that my mother will work and get money to eat. So the man came to us one day and brite [brought] me to the white lady. At that time I was having one brother who was 21 month and the white woman took care of him and me and up to when he was 6 years old and you will bless mum Louisa Timothy and forgave his trespasses. And I want to become a Doctor or a pastor if future.

THANK YOU

By: Isaac Nyarko

Deaf Girl Dancing

I really enjoyed this girl’s dancing and so I decided to shoot a short video of her. As the other kids join in the fun, you can hear them yelling “Obruni!” a few times as they vie for my attention.

I found out about an hour later that the dancing girl is completely deaf, and has been so from birth. She does not speak a single word. It took me this long to figure it out because her body language was so expressive, I did not experience a communication barrier with her. The better part of an hour went by before I finally realized she did not use words to communicate! So here she is:

Adullam Orphanage, Part III

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OK, so here’s the deal: the kids have basically nothing. The orphanage is understaffed and the existing staff are underpaid. The founder of the orphanage is chronically ill. Not a great scene. You can donate directly to the orphanage at their website: http://www.adullamorphanage.org/donate.htm. It only costs $30 to feed, clothe and house an orphan for a […]

Adullam Orphanage, Part II

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I have been volunteering at the Adullam Orphanage. The children there are fed but they don’t have toys or books or much at all. We have lots of fun playing together. On this particular occasion I brought 100 pieces of sidewalk chalk…

Adullam Orphanage, Part I

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WHEN A GUY TELLS YOU THAT HE LOVES YOU AND YOU ARE A TEENAGER……

Teenaged orphan girls, Adullam Orphanage, Obuasi

WHEN A GUY TELLS YOU THAT HE LOVES YOU AND YOU ARE A TEENAGER, WHAT WILL YOU SAY? GIVE REASONS

As my request I will rather tell you NO. Because can not take good care of me. Secondly, I will tell you that you will rather stop learning. And every day thinking about the guy. Thirdly, the man will tell you to have sex with you. After having sex with him and you impregnate, he will never accept the baby. But now you will be the loser and he will gained. And he will still continue his school, meanwhile you the loser will drop out of school. So is for me I will never have a boyfriend.

 By Sandra Amoah

GHANA’S NATIONAL ANTHEM

God bless our homeland Ghana

And make our nation great and strong

Bold to defend from ever

The cost of freedom and of right

Fill our heart with true humility

Make us fearless honesty

And help us to resist oppressors (x2)

Rule and might forever more. (x2)

• Contributed by Sandra Amoah

WHAT IZZZZZZZZZZZZZ…Everyday Life in Ghana

Woman pounding fufu with her mortar and pestle, Obuasi, Ghana

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS FROM OUR READERS ABOUT LIFE IN GHANA

What about a recipe?

A recipe about fufu.

These are the ingredients for preparing fufu: cassava and plantain.

First of all, you will pill [peel] the cassava and plantain and then you wash it. After that you put them in the suspan [saucepan]. After that you will put an amount of water in the suspan. You then cover it and put it on the stove. When it’s up, you then bring out your mortar and your piste (pestle), and then you will washed your mortar and pistel. You first pound the plantain, after that you remove it from the mortar. Secondly, you pound your cassava. After that you mix it up and pound for about thirty minutes. You then add your soup and meat, we then have our fufu ready to eat!

My favourite subject and teacher and why?

My favourite subject in school is science. Because I want to be a Professional Doctor in the world. I like to be a great doctor so that I can help the poor and the needy or orphanages. In my opinion I ike everyone to achieve his/her goal. And also the teacher I admire the most is my science teacher Sir Alex (Editor’s Note: In Ghana, all male school teachers are referred to as “Sir”). Because he is helping me to achieve my goal.

Do I notice the change of seasons here?

Yes please! (Editor’s note: In Ghana, “Yes Please” is a polite and the most common form of saying “Yes”.) I have noticed that when it is raining season there is a lot of money in the country, but in the dry season there is no money in the country. Rainy season is from April through July. Dry season is from December to March. The other months are sometimes rainy and sometimes dry. When it is dry season, people find it difficult to get money.

More about the language:

We have many languages in our country. Examples are Twi by the Ashanti, Ga by the Greater Accra, Frafra by the Northerners and many more. We mostly speak the Twi by the Ashanti. I am an Ashanti I speak perfect Twi but I am good in speaking English and French. When I get a laptopt I can teaches you at your e-mail. So please if you are interested I can teaches you a lot.

What is the best thing about my country in my opinion?

In my Opinion the best thing in my country is Gold. My country is full of Gold. We have a lot of money and work in my country.

What do I want to do when I grow:

I wants to be a professional Doctor in the world, so that I can help the poor and the needy or Orphanages.

What Ghanaian food should you try first:

Ans: Please try fufu with cow meat with a little okra in the soup.

By Sandra Amoah