Ghana Welcomes ADE Team 2013

January 3rd, 2013

The ADE Team, pictured above (Isabelle Byusa, Nikhil Gupta, Abigail Mechtenberg, Rainey Jernigan, and Benjamin Linder), arrived in Ghana safe and sound around 1pm (Ghana time). We were greeted by the colorful entrance of the Kotoka Airport in Accra.

 The three graters + all our luggage made it to Accra! Excited to get down to business.

Alison Shin, a member of the ADE team who arrived in Ghana earlier than the rest of us welcomes the group with boxes of authentic Ghanaian food. We sure were hungry!

 Jolloff rice & chicken

After a five-hour ride in our mini-van to Kumasi, we finally arrived at our destination – Tek Credit Union Hostel, which is a residence hall in the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) campus. We then unwinded and unpacked.

Our first night consisted of eating at a restaurant at the engineering guest house which is located a few minutes away from the Tek Credit Union Hostel. On our way back, we had toads of fun! The team is looking forward to assembling the graters and introducing them to gari producers, agricultural shops and gari associations in the coming days. 

-Isabelle Byusa