On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday we headed out to the 2 villages where we were to put up two new poles. By the time we had travelled there, dropped the poles off at both villages it was time for bed. I think Andy, Bob, Josh, Robbie and I will all agree that travelling on the roads is exhausting. More often than not, progress is very slow as we navigate our way through huge potholes (really huge! – see the pictures attached).

Thursday saw us at the first village again. It is called Dorfforkame and it’s on an Island in the Volta river. We were welcomed to the Island by the village chief and a group of elders from the village. We got the pole erected and working despite a very heavy tropical downpour and lightning hitting the ground not too far away. Then, back to our accommodation for another night’s rest.

Friday saw us drive to the next village, Doglokpo, where, once again we were welcomed at a ceremony by the village elders. The pole went together and was erected more quickly here because of the lessons learnt the previous day. Unfortunately, there were some unforeseen technical issues which meant although the lights worked when we left the speakers did not. We are going back tomorrow to fix this.