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Notes from Ghana

...friends and family back home about life in Ghana, a common thread of conversation tends...as I initially was) to discover that Ghana, a modern democracy (and predominately...exhausting household chores, the women in Ghana are also responsible for most of the heavy...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/072707/nei_20070727014.shtml
Neighbors
Why showing up for dinner unannounced is a good thing - in Ghana

...to joining the Peace Corps and moving to Ghana, it was definitely reasonable to assume...living in a completely communal society like Ghana (where I am learning it is better to be...repay. I hadn't yet realized that in Ghana there is value placed on assisting your...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/022807/nei_20070228001.shtml
Neighbors
More African immigrants call Alaska their home

...15 teenage girls lined up on a stage in the Northway Mall with the flags of their homelands: Togo. Nigeria. Ethiopia. Ghana. Sudan.They were competing to become the first-ever Miss Africa Alaska -- the pageant queen of a growing community of...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-08-26/more-african-immigrants-call-alaska-the
State
More precious than football

...2008 Cup of Africa Nations (hosted by Ghana) on television. Excited teens lead impromptu...have proven an illuminating foray into Ghana's educational system - a journey both...Juneau, is a Peace Corps volunteer in Ghana, West Africa. She can be reached at scpolasky...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/032808/nei_262629776.shtml
Beckham wins 2nd MLS title, Galaxy beat Dynamo 3-1

...defensive scramble by the Dynamo. It was another high-profile mistake by the U.S. national team player whose turnover led to Ghana's first goal in the Americans' 2-1 elimination loss at the World Cup two years ago."When the penalty came, I'm not...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2012-12-02/beckham-wins-2nd-mls-title-galaxy-beat
Sports
Student sees children in tough situation overseas

...Juneau woman, said she saw something on her second day in a Ghana orphanage she wished she'd never seen: Staffers trapped a...miles north of the equator, in Western Africa. Harris went to Ghana to work in an orphanage because she's interested in social...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/123100/Loc_Overseas.html
Local
Chugiak's Kelly Cobb on inter- national pitch

...Saitama, Hiroshima and Tokyo. Three matches were scheduled for television viewing. The USA won their first match against Ghana on ESPN3.com 4-0 (ESPN3.com is showing many matches online). The USA match against China will be shown on ESPNU at...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2012-08-23/chugiaks-kelly-cobb-inter-national-pit
Sports
Hip-hop performance to help raise funds for sustainable farm in Africa

...develop their own projects in conjunction with local needs. They have active projects in five African countries (Uganda, Ghana, Rwanda, South Sudan and Tanzania) as well as Cambodia and Ecuador. In addition to farms, projects include the construction...

http://juneauempire.com/art/2012-07-26/hip-hop-performance-help-raise-funds-sust
Art
Liberia's Leymah Gbowee: The power of the powerless

...forced to send her young children away to Ghana for their safety. Anguished and angry...exploded in Monrovia, peace talks began in Ghana. When they seemed to be going nowhere...organized Liberian women living in exile in Ghana to gather outside the hotel where representatives...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2011-10-12/liberias-leymah-gbowee-power-powerles
Opinion
Feds offer American high school students scholarships for foreign study

...Exchange and Study Abroad Program offers scholarships to spend a semester or an academic year in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Egypt, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mali, Morocco, Oman, Thailand, and Turkey. The application deadline is Jan. 11, 2012...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2011-10-27/feds-offer-american-high-school-student
Local

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