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VOLU, the Ghanaian Voluntary Organisation
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  • sachara
  • Updated By sachara on February 13, 2007
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  • VOLU office - Accra
    VOLU office
    by sachara
    In 1980 I visited Ghana for the first time, participating in a voluntary project. Volu, the Ghanaian Voluntary Organisation, offers the possibility to Ghanaian volunteers, mostly students and teachers, but also to volunteers from abroad to participate in voluntary projects all over the country. There are different types of voluntary work like construction work, working at a plantation or with kids and in hospitals. The VOLU office is in the citycentre at the Highstreet, not far from Akuma village. I had to register in advance, but could chose the type of work first in the VOLU office after arrival.

    With a lot of Ghanaian volunteers -and some European- I helped with the start of building a community centre in the Volta Region. For my first acquaintance with Africa below the Sahara, it was a very good decision to meet the people by staying in one village for some time instead of touring around and see all quickly from a distance. Participating in a VOLU project became one of the most impressive experiences in my life.

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    Central Accra
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    Within Accra, one gets the sense that it is definitely a developing country. Yet, there was not the sense of extreme poverty that I expected. Its boldest and grandest buildings were quite modest compared to other overly-opulent monoliths that dominate the cityscapes of other cities in the developing world. The roads were remarkbly clean, the traffic was orderly. Really gave me the sense that it shouldn't be looked at and compared in the same light as other developing countries. Indeed, I thought that it would feel more at ease if it were to remain undeveloped - any attempt at rapid development would only ruin its character..

    The friendly people.

    I arrived in Accra from Abidjan, and was heading to Libreville afterwards. Both of those cities felt much more hostile than Accra.

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    I will take them to the Kwame...
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  • By shahiddisu on August 26, 2002
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  • I will take them to the Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum.This is the last resting place of the first President of Ghana, and a famous pan-Africanist.

    The George Padmore Research Library of African Affairs
    A famous research and educational centre for African-American studies.

    It night vision and the wonderful people of Accra.
    It beaches and coastal lines.

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    I WILL WANT US TO VISIT MY...
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  • By JAGGEREDEDGE on August 24, 2002
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  • I WILL WANT US TO VISIT MY HOUSE FIRST SITUATED AT DOME IN THE CAPITAL ACCRA AND LATER TO SHANGRI LA HOTEL.

    I MISS SPEAKING GA.

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    GO TO LABODIE BEACH...LOTS OF...
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  • By Cassia_love on September 13, 2002
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  • GO TO LABODIE BEACH...LOTS OF PEOPLE THEIR WHO ARE TRYING TO RIP YOU OFF...JUST LOOK PAST THEM AND ENJOY THE CULTURE! GREAT PLACE TO BUY A DRUM, OR GET AN IDEA OF WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE...WHATEVER YOU DO...BARGAIN....

    CULTURAL MARKET IS A GREAT PLACE TO BUY SOVEIGNERS

    WHEN I THINK OF ACCRA I THINK OF ARGUING WITH THE TAXI DRIVERS...THEY REALLY TRY TO RIP OF FOREIGNERS.

    THEIR IS ALSO A GREAT PLACE PAST LABODIE BEACH..I BELEIVE IT IS CALLED SIDE DOOR...GREAT PLACE FOR FOOD AND DANCING AND MEETING PEOPLE

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  • By evliyasems on August 26, 2002
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    Flyovers in Accra
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  • By Pieter11 on January 5, 2007
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  • Ako Adjei Overpass - Accra
    Ako Adjei Overpass
    by Pieter11, 1 more photos
    When I first arrived in Accra, one of the first things I saw was a postcard with a picture of an interchange on it. Interchanges like you see every 10 kilometres in Europe. I was really surprised by this postcard, because it was nothing special to me.

    After two months of staying in the high North of the country I came back to Accra, and then I understood why they make a postcard of this piece of infrastructure. NOWHERE in Ghana you find flyovers, so something like a huge interchange is really something special for the country and something to be proud of.

    At the Ring Road around the citycentre you find a few flyovers like King Tackie Overpass and Ako Adjei Overpass, and on the way to the north towards Aburi and Kumasi you cross the interchange that was on the postcard: Tetteh Quarshie Interchange.

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