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trips To Ghana Two years ago Cliff was invited by a Ghanaian musician, Nii Tettey Tetteh www.rctvonline.net/percussion to go to Ghana and show his people how to finish and improve their Djembe making skills. The following story is about their amazing journey, told in their own words. "The experience was amazing, a one month learning and teaching tour studying drum playing, singing and dancing. The people of Ghana taught us their customs, showed us their friendship and when it was time to leave it was with such heavy hearts we felt the need to help in some way. But how? Well, we collected used and new hats/caps and sunglasses to send to Ghana where they would help to prevent the eye disease Pterygium. After two years we had collected over 9,000 pairs of sunglasses and 4,500 hats. This was done with the kind donations of Unki Sunglasses in Rowville, Victoria. Sunbusters Sports Wear in Lismore, NSW and the general public. We thank all who helped. The items were then kindly shipped to Ghana by World Vision where they hav ebeen distributed to school children in the North of Ghana where the sun is most severe. On our second trip to Ghana we took along the recipes for making soup out of Palm Oil, 7 litres of shampoo from one bar of soap, seeds and the knowledge to start someone in Permaculture and the pattern (thank you Lisa Szoko) of how to make reusable sanitary napkins, which we shared with the local women and world vision. This will save the people there much needed money and also will be more earth friendly than paper products. The fabric of the napkins was donated by Spotlight, also over 60 dozen pens and pencils were kindly donated by Viking Office Supplies. Cliff Received and Australian Council Grant to study traditional drum making and spent three weeks with a drum maker in Accra the capital of Ghana. His name is Bongo and he also makes sculptures, puppets and other percussion instruments. Cliff learnt how to choose timber and their methods of carving a drum. Cliff took the opportunity to improve on some of their tools and show them safety in the workshop. Bongo now emplys twelve people and anyone interested in his selection of Ghanaian art and instruments can contact us. Information about the Kusun Study Tour in Ghana can contact Jane Pentland on pentprom@enternet.com.au about the next tour. If you are interested in any information about Ghana, the Tour or the People please contact us, we are not just Drum Makers" Kerrie and Cliff Salaun |
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