Meet Africa and Sognaayilli

Jessica Cornelissen of Meet Africa has forwarded me updated version of the entries in the current edition of Bradt Ghana:   Situated about 7km northwest of central Tamale, the village of Sognaayilli hosts a worthwhile community-based tour programme set up by the Dutch/Ghanaian volunteer organisation Meet Africa (which p 65-75% of income goes to the community). Operating …

Home stay in Sognaayilli, Tamale

Liz and Mustapha write: Are you planning to visit Tamale in the Northern Region during your travels, maybe on route to Mole National Park?  Or perhaps you are going there to work as a volunteer on a project?  Instead of staying at an impersonal hotel/guest house, why not consider a ‘home stay’?  We would love …

Sognaayilli and Gowrie

Thanks to Teun Segeren for the following updates: I am a volunteer for Meet Africa Rural Village Experience and Lodging, which runs Pro Poor Tourism projects in two villages in the north of ghana. I would like to leave a discription of the current situation of the project as an update to the information in the …

Bálint Tóth’s updates

My name is Bálint Tóth, a Hungarian pharmaceutical student, and this July I participated in a student exchange programme in Ghana. During the month I spent there I used the 2007 edition of your guidebook and I found it most helpful! As a part of an international group of university students, we were fulfilling our compulsory pharmacy …