I just wanted to post an update on the impact of some gifts that were given as part of the Babson College and Nyansa Project trip to Ghana. To recap, my team of 35 students from Babson and four other faculty/staff/professionals were in these high schools teaching entrepreneurship and business planning to literally hundreds of [...]

This was written by Babson undergraduate student Leigh Myer ‘09.
This past week, the group spent their time at various secondary schools to teach Entrepreneurship. They worked with 13 different schools with class sizes ranging from 30 to 80 students. On Thursday, Dean Hanno and Rev. Andoh dropped off 25 computers in total to [...]

This post is written by Babson undergraduate Jillian Brooks ‘09
Today began with a bit of friendly chaos as we all grabbed a Ghanaian style breakfast to-go and headed to our respective schools. On my group’s ride in particular, we toured all of Takoradi, getting dropped off at the wrong school not once but twice. Since traffic signals [...]

This is written by Babson undergraduate student Anna Gu ‘11
We woke up this morning with excitement and nervousness. It was the first day that we would start teaching at the churches and schools. The morning began with the usual breakfast of eggs and toast. We then waited patiently for the buses to come and pick [...]

This is written by Babson undergraduate student Dan Brown ‘09
At 10 a.m. we departed the Erata Hotel and made our way to Sekondi. Frank, Rev. Andoh’s right-hand man, was able to secure us a charter bus (with AC, TVs, and cushioned seats!!) for our five-hour journey. This was quite a miracle compared to [...]

This is written by Babson undergraduate student Alisha Varde ‘11.
After an early morning breakfast of fruit, toast, cereal and pasta (yes, pasta), our entire group went to Ashesi University to learn more about Ghanaian politics, culture and business. During our first break, we were asked to meet a student from Ashesi and share ‘crazy business [...]

This is written by Saki Pradhan, Olin College/Babson College joint degree program
That was the road that we traveled for the first day and a half for our trip to Ghana. Departing from Boston was supposed to be a nightmare that would take several hours. There were no problems. The flight across the Atlantic from Boston [...]