The Departure lounge is the place to hear about the excitement, anticipations and expectations of future volunteers. Caroline Shackley is about to join us here at Projects Abroad Ghana and took some time out of her last minute packing to discuss her feelings as she prepares to arrive in Cape Coast.
“I finished my degree at Australian National University (Canberra) at the end of 2006, and was intending to undertake an honours year in international relations in 2007. However, I had a bit of a revelation that I wasn't really up for another year of study, and I wanted to do something productive with my life - so I have been working full time for the Australian Government (I finished last Friday) to earn enough money to go away....and off I'll go on Friday!
I have always wanted to go to Africa - I went to South Africa a few years ago, and ever since have wanted to go back. It was going to be between Ghana and Senegal, but I ended up choosing Ghana - it's got such an incredible history, and on the more practical side, is pretty safe (always a bonus!). I choose Projects Abroad because they offered projects in Ghana and not a whole lot of agencies from Australia do that.
Hopefully it will give me a bit of life direction. I don't have a great deal of that at the moment (hehe!). I did a lot of study focusing on the development of the third world - so it will be really interesting to see what life is like at a grass-roots level. I really do think that it will be a wonderful experience.As such I’m coming to Ghana and now as I it gets so close to my departure I’m naturally getting a little nervous about jumping so far from the comfort zone, but I'm sure it'll be fun - challenging, but so very, very worthwhile.
I'll be doing teaching - at Abura School in Cape Coast. It's a school for street kids who normally wouldn't have access to education. I really like kids - I worked as a swimming teacher while I was at University and I am a firm believer in putting effort into a nation's future generation - the more kids who get an education, the better. I realise that I have been so fortunate in my life - always had access to what I've needed, had a great education - so I'd like to be able to share that with others who don't have such opportunities.”
“I finished my degree at Australian National University (Canberra) at the end of 2006, and was intending to undertake an honours year in international relations in 2007. However, I had a bit of a revelation that I wasn't really up for another year of study, and I wanted to do something productive with my life - so I have been working full time for the Australian Government (I finished last Friday) to earn enough money to go away....and off I'll go on Friday!
I have always wanted to go to Africa - I went to South Africa a few years ago, and ever since have wanted to go back. It was going to be between Ghana and Senegal, but I ended up choosing Ghana - it's got such an incredible history, and on the more practical side, is pretty safe (always a bonus!). I choose Projects Abroad because they offered projects in Ghana and not a whole lot of agencies from Australia do that.
Hopefully it will give me a bit of life direction. I don't have a great deal of that at the moment (hehe!). I did a lot of study focusing on the development of the third world - so it will be really interesting to see what life is like at a grass-roots level. I really do think that it will be a wonderful experience.As such I’m coming to Ghana and now as I it gets so close to my departure I’m naturally getting a little nervous about jumping so far from the comfort zone, but I'm sure it'll be fun - challenging, but so very, very worthwhile.
I'll be doing teaching - at Abura School in Cape Coast. It's a school for street kids who normally wouldn't have access to education. I really like kids - I worked as a swimming teacher while I was at University and I am a firm believer in putting effort into a nation's future generation - the more kids who get an education, the better. I realise that I have been so fortunate in my life - always had access to what I've needed, had a great education - so I'd like to be able to share that with others who don't have such opportunities.”
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