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Senase, Ghana




 I had an amazing 4 days in Senase, Ghana visiting and volunteering at the Semanhiya School.  This school was started by Fred Benneh who grew up in Senase.  It is in an area that is extremely poor, but Fred always had a dream to build a school for his community.  His story is an amazing story.  He has a very strong connection to Semester at Sea.  Fred is an amazing man!  As part of our time volunteering we did several painting projects around the school.  It was such a positive place to be and all of our students were moved by it.  Many of the students have plans to fundraise for the school in the future (running marathons, etc.).

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