I swam down Ghana's Volta River for 40 days to show the true cost of cheap clothes | Yvette Yaa Konadu Tetteh

Secondhand clothing waste from Europe is choking the waterways of the west African country. It must not go onMy body has taught me that few things are impossible when you take your time. Sometimes I'm taken aback by how natural this has all felt to me. Since when is it "natural" to be able to swim 10km, 5km or even 2km?How could it feel so easy to hang off the side of a boat and let go, slipping into the water, sometimes miles from the nearest land. And yet every day, for 40 days of the Agbetsi Living Water Expedition, that is precisely what I did. Continue reading...