power problems

Since I arrived back, Ghana has been experiencing an electicity shortage which has resulted in the government rationing power.  This means we have no power for 12 hours every 4 days.  Very annoying.  Last week when I came into work on Monday I was surprised that there was no power as it was not a scheduled "off" day.  Turns out the transformer that supplies our power has broken.  This meant we had over a week with no power in the office.   Simli Aid do not have a generator, although we did try to beg/borrow/steal one, with no luck.  Thankfully they have now fixed the problem and we have power again, woohooo!!  Lots to do, as I think tomorrow is an "off" day! 

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