When you visit someone in Ghana and want to leave, you do not bluntly say: ‘I’m off!’ If you do that, your host might take offence, because it seems that you don’t like to be with him. That is why you ask where the road is. Your host will answer: ‘Okwan da ho – there is the road’. He will also accompany you outside and walk with you for a while.

Above all, people are very welcoming and warm, which makes encounter them worthwhile in the long term. Visiting Ghana is a very enriching experience, especially if you do not expect a stereotypical tourist attraction with sun and palm trees. Ghana gives you so much more: various cultures and many artistic experiences. When you inquiringly develop an eye for that, a trip to Ghana will be a voyage of discovery in another way of life. Discovering more of that context makes encounter in Ghana even more valuable.

This means: eating together, working together, having fun together, being together, praying together and doing other everyday things together. ‘Together’ is an important feature of ‘encounter’ and adds value to sharing with and learning from each other. It lets you to see life as a whole. What you thought was important, might get a totally different dimension when you meet someone. ‘Encounter’ will all of a sudden change to encounter yourself and you having to revise your opinions and for example having a different look at society. ‘Encounter’ touches all dimensions of life! The ‘roads’ of Travel & Training all have 4 dimensions. Those are the life dimensions of encounter. We will explain them all.

It turns out it encompasses life as a whole. From an ‘absolutely normal’ greeting, which usually is at the start of ‘encounter’, to getting a whole new perspective on life and everything in between which leads to change, is based on ‘encounter’.
‘Encounter’ has a bearing on the four dimensions of life.

These are: This concerns
– Encounter the other social development
– Encounter the community societal development
– Encounter the divine spiritual development
– Encounter yourself personal development

All building blocks for a tour or training at Okwan da ho are based on these dimensions of life.
In this way, a trip to Ghana is not just a beautiful holiday, but a voyage of discovery into life!
In this way, a training facilitated by Okwan da ho is not just an eye opener, but an urge to change your life!