It's Fred's birthday today!

Written on the 13th of July
Summary:
On Monday we were 1.5 hours late for the reading club, due to the volunteering solution’s car picking us up late which was really sad to see as they’d all been waiting but they couldn’t read with us anymore as they had to go help their mums with dinner. Today’s Fred’s birthday so we’ll going out for drinks tonight, it’s also the last night for 2 of the volunteers. We’re slowly decreasing in numbers, which is sad. The last 3 days have just been the same as last week, which is nice as it’s good to have a routine. I also got to meet the chief’s newborn baby, she was so cute! Also I just told school finishes next week for the summer holiday, which I never got told, so I wonder what I’ll be doing after that...
Detailed:
On Monday, I went to Maltiti Girls school again in the morning and at lunch 3 more volunteers arrived. One 34 year old Israeli woman and two British 17 year old boys. We were meant to get picked up at Sparkles, the restaurant we have lunch at everyday, at 3pm, but they didn’t get there until about 4pm. This was really sad as the girls at Maltiti had been waiting from 3pm and as we had to drop some volunteers of at the orphanage, we didn’t get there until about 4.30pm. The kids had already set up the tables etc and when we arrived only about 6 of the 40 girls were left over. We felt so bad! I asked Francise, one of the Ghanaian boys, to really apologise and that we got delayed, but all the Ghanaians were just like don’t worry! Which was frustrating as we all just felt incredibly bad.
That lunch many of the volunteers were very frustrated as we often feel like we waste a lot of time at lunch (from 12pm until 3pm) which sometimes can extend to 4pm. Vicky and Colm talked to Fred about this. Also on our trip on Saturday there were 6 volunteers that went which meant that we paid 420 cedis altogether. The entrance fee was 12 cedis each so we really wanted to know where the rest of the money goes. They talked about this too. Fred took this quite badly and so when he came home to the other volunteers we had about a half an hour lecture about where the money goes to and about how we thought he cheated him which we didn’t think at all, we just simply wanted to know where the money is going. The whole lecture was very uncomfortable as it was all about figures and about how much of his own money he puts in etc. Also they’ve now made sure that our lunch is shorter and we do some manual labour like painting and the boys are building an office by the Maltiti school, which is good.
Yesterday was just a normal day, I got a lot of reading done in my breaks and a lot of sleeping. I’ve been going to bed at around 9pm since Sunday night now, it’s been great! People keep asking me, where I go, which I guess is a bad sign, but I love just reading, listening to my ipod or sleeping in my room. I’m going to try a bit harder to socialise a bit more in my free time.
Today is Fred’s birthday. We’re buying him a goat, which we bring to him alive and apparently he slaughters it. Tonight we’ll all be going out for drinks with everyone which is nice.
At the school break today, we got to see the village’s chief’s baby, which is now 7 days old. A week after the child is born they have a naming ceremony, so we got to come along for a part of that. I got to hold her, she was so cute! It was strange though as she was wearing eyeliner and eyebrow pencil and her ears were already pierced as well.
2 of the volunteers are leaving tomorrow and 1 is leaving on Saturday. This slowly cuts down the numbers of our group, which is a sad thought as we all gel so well, but ah well that’s all part of it! I also got told yesterday that the schools in Ghana close after next week, so I wonder what I’ll be doing after that... I’m a bit frustrated that I didn’t get told this, but ah well ‘this is ghana’!