“What is your typical workday like,” my father questioned me during our weekly phone conversation. Timidly I responded, “I don’t know,”attempting to silence my dad’s inquiries. Moments later, I hung up the phone but his question lingered. What is a typical day for Exponential Education staff? Hopefully, if you keep up with our blog and activities you know that “typical” and monotonous are rarely experienced in Ghana! Though our programs have regular components, i.e. hiring tu

Greetings, or as we say in Twi, Ago! Actually there are many different greetings in Twi, that is just one of the most basic ones. As you can probably tell from the subject line my name is Matt. My Ghanaian name is Akwesi Mattew. To tell you a bit about whom I am, I will start from the very beginning. I was born on a mountaintop in Tennessee, greenest state in the land of the free… Okay maybe that’s not true, but I do have a raccoon skinned cap. I really was born in Delaware,

Ghana’s school children returned to classes on September 10 – around the same time we at Expo finished our new staff orientation. We are proud to welcome three new members to the Expo team on the ground in Ghana: Regina Fuller who is running Exponential Education Services – our college advising arm; Matt Hotmer, a Program Manager posted in rural Ghana; and me – Spencer Campbell – Expo’s new Director of Operations. We are supported by a number of individuals in the United Stat