This is not a good e-mail but I wanted to tell you before the media shares with you all.
Every month Projects Abroad holds a monthly party where all volunteers from all over Ghana come to Accra to eat food and have a good time. Every other month the party is held at the beach. Last night we had one of our monthly parties at the beach. I had decided not to attend the party and go to watch football matches instead. However, I received a phone call last night being informed that one of the volunteers drowned in the ocean. She was wading in the water at dusk with one of the male volunteers and the rip tide took her under. The boy then jumped in after her to try and save her but couldn't get to her. After making it to shore he informed everyone that there was someone with him and he was rushed to the hospital to get treatment. After searching for this girl an hour and a half she washed up on shore. She was rushed to the hospital but I think she was already dead when she washed up on shore. She was a volunteer from Kumasi (7 hours north of Accra) so I did not know her personally. She was 24 and had only been here one week.
As things stand I am sure the media is going to get swamped with this story in the next couple days and I did not want anyone to worry.
Everyone that was at the beach party is emotionally destroyed right now and our Projects Abroad staff are really struggling. I am doing ok, shocked, but ok. Thankfully I was not there and did not have to witness such an awful event but I am still shaken up a bit. Counselors are flying in from Britain tonight to talk to volunteers and staff and make sure that everyone is ok.
I just needed to tell you before the media did.
Sunday, June 1, 2008
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