From Ghana to Liberia: It takes a village

Ken Maguire - GlobalPost March 25, 2009 11:39 ET

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A refugee in Ghana knows it will take a village to improve his war-torn home

By Ken Maguire - GlobalPost
Published: January 26, 2009 12:43 ET
BUDUBURAM, Ghana — Karrus Hayes is a Liberian refugee in Ghana who keeps kids in school, arranges cataract surgery for the elderly and recruits volunteers through Facebook.   Now comes the hard part.   After years of convincing donors continents away to trust him with their money and working alongside them mixing cement to build a school for his refugee camp in Ghana, Hayes...

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