Accra, Ghana

On August 20, Bruce and I flew from Phoenix to New York's JFK airport, where we met the members of our Project CURE team for the first time. After making sure we were all there, we all boarded our 11 hour flight to Accra, Ghana. It was a huge relief to get off the plane and be met by Dr. Isaac Boateng, our host for the trip and David, our driver. They helped us through customs and we were officially in Ghana!

This first picture is a shot of the Accra airport.

From the airport we went to the physicians council of Ghana to register our two physicians, Cynthia and Nancy. Then it was on to the Nurse and Midwife council for Mary, Trish and I to be registered to work.

The Nurse and Midwife council was right on the coastline of Accra, so we had a great view of the ocean.

After finishing all the official paperwork, we piled into two cars (5 people in each un-airconditioned compact car), for a 9 hour drive to Tepa, our final destination.

The streets of Accra were crowded with traffic and beautiful Ghanaian people, then it was a looooong trip through rural and primitive roads to our destination. We all arrived tired, and all new kinds of dirty! But we were excited to finally be at our "home away from home" for the next 2 weeks.