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Prison – Traumatised | Matt Away Again
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A collection of my thoughts and feelings whenever I am away. Prison – Traumatised. At the moment the only things i can write about Lomé prison is a list of adjectives. It seems impossible to write on the blog other then something that wold only downplay the conditions that people held there are kept in. Adjectives such as anarchic, medieval, noisy, claustrophobic, filthy and simply wrong. Laquo; Children behind bars. Covered in chalk again. Date : February 1, 2009. Categories : Togo 09. Hi Aaron, What ha...
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A collection of my thoughts and feelings whenever I am away. A new breakdown job. So you now know where to find me. Comments : Leave a Comment. Categories : Togo 09. Paxan, Matilda Asante would eat you for breakfast. A four hour drive from Accra to Lomé via the border town of Aflao is not exactly beautiful, so the thought of the driver putting on a Ghanan political chat show did not at first fill me with excitement. Little did I know I was about to hear the famous Matilda Asante. Categories : Togo 09.
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Children behind bars | Matt Away Again
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A collection of my thoughts and feelings whenever I am away. We were first taken to the TV room which is the only place where they are allowed, other than their cells. It was dark and had an old TV blaring away to itself. It was empty because at weekends they are held in their cells the whole time and not allowed out at all. We entered the courtyard between the cells and could see the faces of the detainees behind the bars, peeking out curiously at the visitors. Laquo; Religious Irreverance. This is a co...
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Religious Irreverance | Matt Away Again
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A collection of my thoughts and feelings whenever I am away. It was a moment of pure comedy genius. We have had to do a fair bit of translating at our first weeks meeting, as there are two German participants who can’t speak French. So me, LG and Noxy have taken turns translating their English into French and visa-versa. All good, but surely there was some room for comedy……or even some unintended religious irreverence. 8220;to a story from the bible”. 8220;Jesus is Risen”. 8220;Jesus isn’t…? Date : Janua...
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Return of my youth | Matt Away Again
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A collection of my thoughts and feelings whenever I am away. Return of my youth. I have slowly been coming to terms in positive ways with my 30’s and learning to embrace those flecking greys as distinguished looking, meals in with friends as a genuinely ‘big night out’, and becoming more tidy as a good trait to be developing. Well, My youth has officially returned and it has been awesome to be young again this week. However this is not just because I am here at the African Youth Summit. You are commentin...
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Lizards wars | Matt Away Again
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A collection of my thoughts and feelings whenever I am away. I often have lizard friends on my travels most recently Lizzie and her family who I room shared with in Kanyakumari. Fun to watch but strange to understand. LG has just informed me that the colourful cocky ones are the males. Don’t know if thats true, but it certainly explains it. Laquo; Covered in chalk again. Snacks on a plane. Date : February 4, 2009. Categories : Togo 09. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Snacks on a plane.
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Covered in chalk again | Matt Away Again
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A collection of my thoughts and feelings whenever I am away. Covered in chalk again. We’ve been doing some advocacy training out here in Togo for young people, so its been good to try and be all ‘youth workerey’ in a totally different context (and language! The first was in Lomé and was suitably youth workery as we stuck flip charts on trees, did moving evaluations and led the sessions outside amongst the cluster of sandy trees outside the Y office. All informal and safe. Laquo; Prison – Traumatised.
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Snacks on a plane | Matt Away Again
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A collection of my thoughts and feelings whenever I am away. Snacks on a plane. On long-haul flights, the little snacks you get your with your gin and tonic, or whatever your nerve dulling drink of choice is, are usually pretty boring, dry and over-salty. So it was extremely exciting to get handed out quite simply the most fun plane snacks I’ve ever had. Well done Ethiopian Airlines for having the best – it was a a highlight in the otherwise tedious same-ness of long-haul flying. Laquo; Lizards wars.
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Lizzie – Is she a rival for Roland? | Matt Away Again
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A collection of my thoughts and feelings whenever I am away. Lizzie – Is she a rival for Roland? I seem to attract animals to my room. In Mumabi in 2005, it was a family of pigeons who nested on top of our air conditioning unit (never thought through the health implications at the time, those were in the days before bridflu! And in Sierra Leone recently, it was my old friend Roland, the rat. Who kept me company. I shall try and post piccies later! Laquo; Something for the Pongol holiday sir? So sorry thi...
