CREATIVE WRITING

The Aba House kids are awesome. They have been making paper and journals and now, next summer, will write original, culturally relevant stories ( and of course, illustrate them) and we will self publish.
Schools in Ghana don't have story books.
Some of our books will be donated to schools.

We are looking for someone to facilitate this workshop. Can you teach CREATIVE WRITING? Want to come to Ghana this summer?

Let's talk. contact aba@culturalcollaborative.org

activities at Aba House Jan. 2013

A generous donation allowed us to cook lunch for the kids and another donation brought 50 pair of sneakers.
We had a batik workshop and Sharon collected stories. Ghanaians all have stories to tell.

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If you'd like to come to Ghana as a volunteer, workshop participant or tourist just let us know. We are planning our summer program.

In memory of Mrs. Adipah

A wonderful lady who some of our visitors met. We're not sure how old she was,but if not 100,very close. She'll be missed and remembered fondly. As a Krobo,beads were very important to her, as you can see in these photos.

A few more photos from fundraiser

 Imani demonstrating Africican headwraps- Benkadi drummers and dancers - and friends of Cross Cultural Collaborative having a good time

WE DID IT

We did it. We had a fantastic fundraiser. Raised money for the Aba House kids and danced the night away. Lots of donated food, vendors with a variety of interesting things for sale, a silent auction, an African headwrap demonstration, a wonderful young reggae singer and a good time was had by all.
Let's see what we come up with next!

Azonto

The latest dance craze...everyone was doing it. Abayaa,the drummer in the middle, brought his group to Aba House. One of the wonderful things about Africa is that everyone's invited to dance...no age discrimination. Erica (in orange shirt ) was so good that Abayaa invited her to join his group. We'll have to wait awhile for that. She's 8 years old and, somehow, I can't see her parents letting her go to Accra for rehearsals.

A few close ups of quilt