The advance Chelsea team finally arrived in Accra Tuesday evening to begin their first humanitarian visit to Africa.

Chelsea’s travelling party was without Ghana midfielder, Michael Essien leaving Jose Mourinho as the only notable face in the Stamford Bridge club set up.

Michael Essien, who is an ambassador for Right To Play is expected to join the rest of the entourage on Wednesday.

However, another Ghanaian-born player, Nana Ofori-Twumasi was on board the flight from London. Nana, born in Accra is in his first season as a full-time scholar with Chelsea and has been capped at England Under 16 level.

The FA Cup holders and former English champions will begin their working visit on May 30 with a press conference in the morning after which they get down to work on the field with a coaching clinic at the El-Wak Stadium the same day.

Work will continue with the inspection of projects run by their Global Charity Partner, Right to Play, an athlete-driven international humanitarian organization that uses sports and play as a tool for development of children and youth in the most disadvantaged areas on the globe.

The delegation will be in Ghana from May 29 to June 3 and will visit projects run by the club's global charity partner.

The second part of the visit will see the team travel up North to Tamale on Thursday.