It can be exciting, tiring, and sometimes dangerous. Currently, I am in Ghana, the most stable country I've lived in since I started working in Africa in the late '80s. That experience sparked my interest in development and relief work, and living in places other than my home country, the United States. I am involved here in development work, as opposed to my previous experiences in relief work. There is a difference.
Development has many definitions.
Ghana aims to become a middle income country by the year 2020. Some of that money has been given to the large organization I currently work for, whose mission here is to implement programs that enable people to help themselves. I manage the education component of our program. At this point, we are trying to increase school enrollment and attendance rates through the provision of food incentives. We also provide infrastructure support and work intensely in community mobilization.