This afternoon we will all attend the Grand Opening to celebrate the completion of the Social Center complete with wonderful Ghanaian drumming, dancers, the high school choir, Jolof rice for dinner, and speeches. Marilyn and Lou Schuster, co-founders of Yakote Women Farmers, have personally financed as well as received donations to build this multi- use building deep in the heart of the Nabdam district of northern Ghana. A significant purpose is to provide a place for women to learn income generating skills and to store food staples. In the naming of the Center and the advertising of the Grand Opening, Marilyn and Lou have desired to be without grandiose recognition, but that is just not the Ghanaian way. This week Jonas Timbire, the local assemblyman and a good friend of Yakote Women Farmers, surprised us by posting this large banner on the building. So much for staying ‘under the radar’.
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