Media Centre for Volunteer in Ghana

Becky Peters – Jones

Today we went with Piter Silveira to visit his home community. Piter is one of the students from Yachana High School who spent a week with us. He took us for a walk to a swamp complete with caimans and birds. Piter also showed us how they harvest coconuts and how to make a dessert with them. He showed us how to make chocolate from the Cocoa beans, how they harvest rice and how they make the jungle jewelry.

A watermelon farmer rescued us from the blistering heat with two wonderful melons. Best melons I ever had. We then went to Piter’s home, where his Mum (45 years and 11 kids age range 4-27, oh my goodness ! ) had put an amazing spread. Plantain chips, traditional soup, rice, chicken and salad followed by sugary coconut craziness and fresh lemon juice. To wash it down we had a chocolate drink using the chocolate we just roasted in the garden.

Piter’s family house was a wooden house on stilts with a lovely kitchen. Inside it was lovely and homely with family photographs on the walls. It was a great day with a wonderfully kind community. We even signed a guest book Piter keeps. Definitively a highlight of the trip, and very interesting to see the home life of a student we have spent so much time with.

Becky Peters – Jones
Newcastle, England