Business Trip To HOHOE, Tourist Site in Volta region

I visited in Hohoe, Volta region, to cooperate with my colleague JOCV since Hohoe Municipal Assembly asked for visual data of tourist sites in order to improve public relations. I took the leave from in April 2010, and photographed Likpe Todome, Liati Wote, Monkey Sanctuary, Kente Village, and Wli waterfall. It was certainly enjoyable to visit these tourist sites, rather stimulating to look round colleague’s activity in rural community development as well.

You go up the steps and then reach TOGO over the mountains, the eastern neighbour of Ghana. EWE, the ethnicity and language in Volta region, are much effected those in Togo more than Ghana.

   Ms. Aki is a JOCV in rural community development who has been attached in Tourist Office under Hohoe Municipal Assembly since March 2009. We are same group in JOCV and this time her recipient agency requested me to take photographs of tourist sites in order that Ms. Okoma makes DVD-ROM as a collection of visual data and Assembly uses the data to make calendar for next year.

   We shot pictures of the beautiful landscape in Hohoe, portraits for executive officers in Hohoe Municipal Assembly, and daily scene in local market. We climbed the mountain and the grand caves, visited the secret waterfall and community in Likpe Todome. In Liati Wote, we were satisfied with the view of Mount Afad Jato, the highest mountain in Ghana, and the secluded Tagbo Waterfall. Interaction with Peace Corp. Volunteers there was also fulfilled one. Then Municipal Assembly provided us the official car to visit to Monkey Sanctuary and Kente Village. Finally we reached Likpe again and hiked Wli Waterfall.

   The most impressive experience was to inspect the community development activity which she promotes in Likpe Todome. She facilitated women group to produce the souvenir, which recycled the water sachets of Pure-Water, for visitors especially foreigners. The women group is ordered the products regularly on a small scale by the souvenir shop in Hohoe. Now they improve their skills to make the recycled purses. Her activity as community developer stimulated me a lot. Though we do not have specific tourist site here in Sunyani, I will definitely contribute to connect production of soap in forest fringe community of Sunyani with outside market opportunity for expansion of palm soap business.