Center for Global Perspectives: Finally, the pictures from my adventure up in Northern Ghana!

My friends from the bus station in Tamale, (L-R) Yachman and Alado

This is what the seating is like on a "207" bus. Public transport in Ghana is the best way to experience the country. By the way this is from my journey from Sunyani (Brong-Ahafo Region) to Tamale in the Northern Region. The girl on the right is the one tried to get sick out the window and failed. I forgave her don't worry! ;)

On the way to Tamale I noticed the change in the style of houses. In the Northern Region you will often find round houses which is quite different from what you will find in the Brong-Ahafo, Ashanti, and Central Regions. This style of housing actually came down from Burkina Faso.

You will also see a drastic change in the landscape. In the Northern Region the vegetation is not as thick and the hills of the Ashanti Region are long gone.

Passing over the White Volta River just into the Northern Region.

Passing over the Black Volta River.

The great Central Mosque of Tamale. At night you can hear the prayer caller throughout the entire city, louder than all the other mosques. Trust me its loud.

One of the magnificient minarets.

Downtown Tamale early in the morning. Just wait untill it gets later...you will have a hard time trying to cross this street!

Giving the camera some love while chillin' at AlHassan's Hotel in Tamale. I won't show you what the room looked like...

Tamale town. A nice view I'd say.

So I decided to walk all the way to the stadium with a buddy. As you can see it was far.

After walking right past the angry old security man to geta closer look at the new stadium that was built for the African Cup of Nations.

The place is really nice I am telling you. I couldn't believe I got in.

Michael Essien eat your heart out...this is my territory!

Examples of what people mean when they say that the North is completely different from Southern Ghana. These picturesque villages have don’t even have access to potable water. But wow they are beautiful. When you see these things you being to realize the obscurity of your situation.

And now!!!! The Mole National Park Experience!

Bush Boy!

Well, I hope that you will all go back and look at all my old posts. I think some of the pictures might make reading the posts more interesting! Enjoy!

Holy Cross Service Corps

The Holy Cross Service Corps is one of the newest endeavors of Holy Cross College. HCSC is a post-graduate service program housed in the Center for International Programs. The concept for the year of voluntary service was born out of the enthusiasm exhibited by our students returning from their International Experience. So many of our students return saying the same thing, “I want to go back!” HCSC gives our graduates the incredible opportunity to return to the sites of their International Experience to help advance the mission of the Brothers of Holy Cross.

In July of 2007 the inaugural volunteer for the Holy Cross Service Corps left the United States for a year of service alongside the Brothers in Ghana, West Africa. The undertaking was a complete success and will spur the growth of this exciting new program to include our other International Experience sites. A great deal of work will be done throughout this year to continue to structure this program so that our graduates may continue the mission of Holy Cross which “sends us across borders of every sort.”

HCSC Mission Statement

The mission of the Holy Cross Service Corps is to provide volunteers, or Moreau Fellows, named after the founder of the Holy Cross Congregation Fr. Basil Moreau, with an opportunity to improve their personal relationships with Jesus Christ through service, simple-living, and prayer. The goal of HCSC is to establish a more intimate relationship between the professed brethren and the laity all the while advancing the mission of the Holy Cross brothers as educators in the faith.

The Ghana Global Immersion Experience

This is a 17 day experience in Ghana, a culture ancient yet ever-changing, poor yet developing. In that land are some of the most significant sites in the history of the world. For example, we visit the slave prisons that held millions of Africans when the coast of Ghana was the center of the slave trade, beginning in the 1500's. We spend time with church officials, like Ghana's only Cardinal, Peter Kodwo Turkson. And we spend much time at the retreat center where the Holy Cross Brothers share their life with us. Below are some pictures. Also, fyi, the emergency contact with us in Ghana:
Brother Paul Mensah, CSC
Telephone: 011-233-910-1624 or
011-233-42-91482
Mobile: 011-233-20-834-4631
His email is: pkmensahcsc@yahoo.com