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When people tell me that we have done well to come out to Africa and work for peanuts to help the people of a small village in the bush I answer that we’re privileged to be able to come and do this work. I am constantly humbled by the generosity and kind spiritedness of the people of this village. I will be forever grateful that I have had the opportunity to spend this year in Humjibre. How many people can say that they take their dog to the rainforest for a walk?

But, in answer to the question of what do I actually do here, I will list a few things for those who might be interested. We recently opened a brand new library building with 1,400 books which can comfortably seat 50. And it has been packed every night so far. Adjacent to the library is the classroom where I and a couple of local teachers teach an after school programme for Secondary School students. We also opened a computer centre with 10 computers and a fully trained member of the community oversees this. Then we do health projects like outreach and conduct surveys that lead to interventions such as deworming and bednet distribution/ retreatment. We also have set up cocoa cooperatives which are really bearing fruit for farmers now. Plus we have facilitated other livelihood diversification programmes. We also teach a free-to-all programme of Sciences, Math’s and English for students. Then we also help bright and responsible students get to further their education by providing scholarships. I’m proud of the organization and, though it is small, it is perfectly formed.

So there you go St Peter, do we get in?