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I forgot to pick up the photos this afternoon and am not sure if the Walgreens (downtown Chicago) is open this weekend, but I’ll find out. Once I have them, I will scan and post them as well as more stories about what’s been happening in the camp lately this weekend.

The donations to the tip jar malaria campaign in liberian refugee camp in ghana totalled to $290.

item	US$
donations	290.00
paypal fees	-10.91
Western Union fees	-34.00
transfered to Ghana	-250.00
from Ted’s pocket	4.91
balance	0.00

The US$250 became 2,233,750 cedis in Ghana.

Here’s how they spent it:

item	unit price	quantity	GH cedis
spray tank	650,000	1	650,000
insecticide	100,000	1	100,000
file	30,000	1	30,000
gloves	20,000	4	80,000
chapper	35,000	4	140,000
cutlass	35,000	4	140,000
rake	15,000	2	30,000
nose mask	10,000	2	20,000
hoe	15,000	2	30,000
broom	10,000	4	40,000
paint cup	60,000	3	180,000
wheel barrow	500,000	1	500,000
shovel	40,000	1	40,000
plywood	60,000	1	60,000
plank	20,000	3	20,000
transportation			25,000
miscellaneous			25,000
total			2,230,000

Notes:

• The spray tank and insecticide are used to spray for mosquitoes. This is not the most cost effective way of combatting malaria (that would be insecticide-treated bed-nets), but it is an effective recruiting tool because people in the community see something being done and then want to get involved.
• A file is for keeping tools sharp.
• I believe a chapper is a long type of cutlass for cutting brush.
• Paint cup, plywood and plank are for making sign-boards publicizing campaign as well as prohibitting dumping in certain areas.