Thursday, October 15, 2015

Industrious people!

The Apostles Revelation Society School. Ghanain's are very religious and strong believers, mostly christian and very friendly and approachable.

This section of the highway has tons of tires for sale. Nothing goes to waste here. A nearly worn out tire, if it holds air, still has value and will be used until it blows out. 

Lots of furniture manufacturing by families as a business. Look closely on the left side of the picture and you can see the frames being made prior to adding foam. They have LOTS of foam. must be several large manufactures of it here. It is everywhere as furniture and mattresses etc. You can see a chunk of it laying on the ground in the middle of the picture. Ghanians are extremely hard working and waste nothing, and full of two handed waves and smiles all the time.

Making Charcoal and then selling it is a huge business here. Further away from town people will gather sticks and branches from trees, build a pile 5-6 feet tall,  cover it with dirt and light it in the center before closing in the pile with dirt. A few hours later they have charcoal that is bagged and hauled to the larger towns. Virtually all cooking and heating of food and water comes from charcoal, homemade! I will try and get some pictures of the trucks that haul it. Amazing how much a truck can be overloaded!

The Church has helped many people start their own businesses, one of which is raising chickens for sale. Such a small investment with some training really helps lift a family to better life.

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