Ready to go

Our team of 4 heading to Ghana was supposed to leave
yesterday (January 1), but because of a mechanical problem
with our plane from Hartford to JFK, we ended up spending
the night near the Hartford airport and driving down to JFK
with a rental car. We're going on this afternoon's flight to
Accra, arriving a day late (Sunday morning in Ghana).

For those of you not aware, our goal is to set up a modest
computer lab for a rural middle school in a village called
Mafi Dove. (You won't find it on maps, but it's essentially
across the Volta river from Adidome, which you can find,
if you care to.

We're bringing 8 XO laptops, the kind developed by the One
Laptop Per Child people (see laptop.org).
We're also bringing a couple of printers (even more of an
experiment than the XOs -- not sure how sustainable they are
in Ghana). Also clothes, books, gifts, dental hygiene gear,
etc. But mostly, we're bringing ourselves and a desire to
develop a relationship with the people of Mafi Dove.

We plan to be there for a week, staying at a relatively
local hotel and going over to the village during the day. We
hope to see a couple of other places around the country, but
will focus on Mafi Dove.

Perhaps this is enough for my first post!
Greetings to you! Eliot