Rafiki House

We went to visit Rafiki House today. It was what we had on our plan and it actually happened.
This is a different kind of orphanage; one that McIntyres would like to fashion their baby home after, the difference being that they would having both mothers and fathers on site to raise the babies. The Rafiki here in Ghana is the first of ten; one in each of ten African countries. The goal of this ministry is to raise and educate these orphans from 1-1/2 to adulthood and see them life productive lives. By keeping them in ghana rather than having them adopted into families in other countries they hope to improve the country of Ghana. I know that I am not presenting this exactly as presented to us. But I hope you are getting the idea. The home is really a village. The children are in small homes with 'mothers' that have been carefully selected and trained. Besides those children that live there, approximately 50 orphans from the surrounding villages go to school at Rafiki. There is a school building, a dining hall, a medical building, and various other buildings. All these buildings are clean and well maintained. the children also are clean and well fed. This orphanage village is about a 45 minute drive (on a good day) from Accra. There are hills which are called mountains here, and lots of grass and some trees. It is by far one of the nicest places, aside from McIntyre's that we have visited so far. Tomorrow we will be going back to Beacon House with team two.
The weather today was cool (75)and cloudy with a few drizzles. The sun did shine for a few minutes. Perhaps it will shine a little more tomorrow, but I won't hold my breath.