Final day in Tafo

Today was a tour of the town of Kwahu-Tafo and see all of the projects that Friends of Tafo have managed, including the water project through the charity donations.

Local teachers and schoolchildren escorted us around to show the developments achieved.

This included the Community Library and the Internet Cafe funded by Friends of Tafo to provide both a resource to the local people and as a source of income.

Most importantly we visited one of the original bore holes that is contaminated. The money that people have donated for the Go Ghana Cycle Challenge will ensure that the well is covered and a pump and filter installed which will keep the water clean and reduce the amount of illness.

Note the colour of the water!!!

The huge bowl balanced on the ladies head is full of water!!!!:

One new well with a pump and filter has just been completed, last week thanks to the money raised from the Go Ghana Cycle Challenge. This is already providing clean drinking water and will make a big difference to the quality of life of the town people. The project is also managed by local people to ensure that it is sustainable for the future.

It is also really great to hear that the money raised is in excess of the original target which means that more wells and boreholes will be able to installed - THANKYOU!!!

In the afternoon it was time for the local teachers versus cyclist mixed football match. I was playing left midfield and did not know what to expect. The pitch had long grass with boulders on it and it was not going to be a match of one touch passing. When we saw their team it was obvious it was not a teachers team but the older students. Their professional warm up suggested we had no chance. We enlisted some of our Ghanaian bike support and put on a respectable performance. We were always going to lose but 2-1 was not bad at all. I was absolutely exhausted as what was promised as 2 x 20 min halves ended up being 25 mins then 40 mins (typical Ghanaian time management)

I am in this pic.

Tonight there is a celebration farewell party at Humphrey's house before we leave for Accra the capital in the morning and to our overnight flight.

It has been a truly life changing and memorable experience which I shall never forget which I have so enjoyed sharing with the new friends both from the UK, Sweden, Malaysia and Ghana.

Gary