The Story

Since before beginning the Nursing program in 2006, I knew that UBCO offered their fourth year Nursing students an opportunity to go to Ghana. I knew right away that I wanted to take part in that trip, and have been looking forward to it ever since.

And now...

It is almost here. Completely surreal. Wow.

I will be going with 15 other students and one instructor. We will leave Kelowna at 1030am on January 28th and will arrive in Accra on the 29th at 2130 local time. We will spend 2 nights in Accra, and then head over to Cape Coast where we will go to the slave castles and spend one night. We will then spend a night in Kumasi, and then my mini group of four will break off and move along to Tamale. Here we will complete a 2 week practicum in the regional hospital and in the orphanage. We will then go to Gushegu (a rural village) for 2 weeks where we will do a practicum in an outreach clinic and a small modern hospital (furnished by IKEA!). After that we will have a week of our own travels and the specifics of that will be determined later on. We will return to Kelowna on March 16th at 2100.

Thanks for joining me on this crazy, wild, incredibly exciting, and lifechanging adventure. Hope to keep you all posted as often as I can :)

Love, Lauren

P.S. Here's a map! Gushegu isn't on it but it's northeast of Tamale.