Linda Gray teaches year four at Warley Primary School in Brentwood. She travelled to a school in Wariboga,Tamale in Ghana for a week with two organisations RAINS, an NGO that aims to improve lives in the northern regions of Ghana and Camfed, Cambridge based organisation that supports female education in Africa.

Linda raised money to take books and equipment to the school and taught some classes to introduce informal ideas to a formal teaching set up.

She also received support and advice from the Harambee Centre, which is a resource and education centre based in Cambridge to promote global understanding and citizenship. Harambee visited Linda at Warley Primary School with workshops for the children and staff.

She's hoping to set up a 'fair trade' arrangement with local people using locally produced batik cloth to make cards, which can be sold in the UK and money returned to the area. She's also hoping to raise money to fund a return visit by teacher from Wariboga to Warley Primary school.

Linda found that the people she met were inspired by the fact that she was older educated woman travelling independently.

	Listen to Linda's audio diary of her trip to Ghana
	PART 1: 'We've been into the village to see the school. The most amazing day.' LISTEN NOW (Dur: 5'47")
	PART 2: Despite a burst tyre Linda manages to get some shopping done and meet some interesting people. LISTEN NOW (Dur: 7'19")
	PART 3: 'There was a fantastic reception at Wariboga School... I had to meet the chief in his palace and have a reception...' LISTEN NOW (Dur: 5'46")
PART 4: 'Last night we had a thunderstorm and powercut so we had to be in bed by 9pm..' LISTEN NOW (Dur: 9'08")
	PART 5: Linda's thinking of setting up a Fair Trade scheme to sell locally produced batk cards in then UK. LISTEN NOW (Dur: 9'59")

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