The ugly
Well I think I've feeded you enough information to think that Ghana is quite a nice place to be in, so now I can share something that is not so nice:) So the ugly...
One of the first things that strike my mind when thinking "what is wrong with this country?" is the gutters, trash and, of course, poverty. I really don't understand why (and nobody has yet explained me) they have open gutters in most places. I have to admit I keep thinking how not to fall in to one of those one day:) And of course it's worse at night when the lights are off... and the worse stories are connected with somebody loosing something there, a sliper for example:)
Trash. Well trash cans are not a common invention around this place, so there are places like around the famous "circle" where all you see are trash trash and more trash. Oh and the shitting people... now that's not a very pretty sight, trust me;)
As for poverty, I find it kinda interesting here. There are a lot of people who really earn way below any normal wage for living, but they don't seem to care that much... They have their own small business' selling some stuff and just live like that. Don't think much about the future, keep having babies one after another and live. Every like second woman you see is carrying a baby on her back. It does strike me, because they really don't have what to offer to that child. And it's a closed circle: poor women have babies, who grow up with little education and go for the same "small business" and stay poor and have more babies... I find it very very sad...
On the other hand the government has tried to take all those people away from the streets by not letting them sleep all around, minimizing those "small business'" etc. But it all ended up as a very unpopular policy when the elections were comming as a huge part of population where those "poorer" people.
I cannot stop wondering what can and needs to be done to change this situation for the better? And how long it would take Africa to be closer to Europe? And the thing is that it is really possible. There are places in Accra with tall buildings, clean streets, where you don't see the gutters etc. That's of course where the government sits and embassies are. But it does imply that if they'd really want to they could clean up the whole place. Or at least that's what I'm getting...
I'll write about my job here in the next post as it does not really correspond to the topic:D
One of the first things that strike my mind when thinking "what is wrong with this country?" is the gutters, trash and, of course, poverty. I really don't understand why (and nobody has yet explained me) they have open gutters in most places. I have to admit I keep thinking how not to fall in to one of those one day:) And of course it's worse at night when the lights are off... and the worse stories are connected with somebody loosing something there, a sliper for example:)
Trash. Well trash cans are not a common invention around this place, so there are places like around the famous "circle" where all you see are trash trash and more trash. Oh and the shitting people... now that's not a very pretty sight, trust me;)
As for poverty, I find it kinda interesting here. There are a lot of people who really earn way below any normal wage for living, but they don't seem to care that much... They have their own small business' selling some stuff and just live like that. Don't think much about the future, keep having babies one after another and live. Every like second woman you see is carrying a baby on her back. It does strike me, because they really don't have what to offer to that child. And it's a closed circle: poor women have babies, who grow up with little education and go for the same "small business" and stay poor and have more babies... I find it very very sad...
On the other hand the government has tried to take all those people away from the streets by not letting them sleep all around, minimizing those "small business'" etc. But it all ended up as a very unpopular policy when the elections were comming as a huge part of population where those "poorer" people.
I cannot stop wondering what can and needs to be done to change this situation for the better? And how long it would take Africa to be closer to Europe? And the thing is that it is really possible. There are places in Accra with tall buildings, clean streets, where you don't see the gutters etc. That's of course where the government sits and embassies are. But it does imply that if they'd really want to they could clean up the whole place. Or at least that's what I'm getting...
I'll write about my job here in the next post as it does not really correspond to the topic:D
5 Comments:
man atrodo tu dabar esi online :)
I think every "life being" if I can use the expression has it's own story, so do continents, there is nothing we can do to make Africa fit our standars, and there is no need to, the more we will try to interfere the more Africans will oppose, let me use the analogy of a child for Africa, it needs time to grow, and it does not need his parents (Europe or America) to tell him what to do and give money for that (Africa is misusing this money, to my mind, the child is just misbehaving)...
I still feel you are lucky to see the childhood of Africa...
Miss U.
Great experience you are going through!
Yes. I am in Egypt for a traineeship. Welcome to Africa. Or in my case more like Middel East.
If you happen to stop by let me know :)
Ruta - you're a poet:) I like your thought;) One day I'll be telling my grandchildren - I've seen the childhood of Africa:) sweet...
Hope I will be one day... When I find my treasure maybye..
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