Moresby seems like a city built for expats. Nice hotels full of mainly expats, fancy restaurant with even more expats. Shopping centres stock expensive imported merchandise that no local can buy (mushrooms for $30 a kilo). All of this is quite a contrast to Ghana with it's one Shop Rite and a few shops in Osu.
I got to know the PSP project a little better. It's quite ground-breaking especially in this country. Here's why: the Poro Sapot Project does HIV "intervention" (I learnt that this is HIV/AIDS jargon which mean whole bunch of stuff around HIV/AIDS prevention and support) for sex workers and men who have sex with men. Both of these are illegal in the country. The PSP runs a free STI clinic for this demographic. The project also run HIV awareness campaigns, works with government on policy changes and also educates the police force.
There is always a colourful crowd hanging in front yard playing cards or making themselves a cup of tea. I learnt the term "sister girls".
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