Healthy Ghana Mamas and Babies

We started this incredible journey of working in Ghana a little over six years ago. San Diego is the place we all met, it is where we held our first meetings, planned our first trips, held our first fundraisers, and perhaps more importantly, found our first supporters. A lot of friends and family who heard…

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A Few Firsts from Week One

When we first arrived, I had a hard time counting how many times I have been to Ghana. Not because each trip has been indistinct; but that each trip here has been full of countless learning experiences, challenges and growth. As I reflected at the end of my first week back in Ghana, there were…

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17 Things I Learned While Running Round a Mountain

Sometimes you will give your legs pep talks.  Sometimes you will cuss at them.  When you roll your ankle really bad and want to cry you realize you probably shouldn’t because you’ll lose hydration. Sometimes you’ll try and hydrate more JUST so you can squat to pee/ take a break (sorry Coral).   You will go…

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20 Things I’ve Learned While Training

I feel extremely grateful to be able bodied enough to even attempt something like this. I’m terrible at active recovery- active recovery after a hard effort involves me lying on the couch and moving as little as possible and asking for things to be brought to me. Fear is a great motivator- there have been…

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Why run 40 miles?

“40 miles? Around a mountain? That’s crazy!” has been the immediate response from anyone I have shared my plans with. I agree; it feels crazy. At this point in my training I am grateful that I really did not have an understanding for what I was getting myself into. I have never trained for anything,…

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When do you become a woman? #internationalwomensday

Our culture often ignores a significant event in a young girl’s life: when that girl becomes a woman. Some cultures have a ceremony, rather than simple happenstance, to usher in the change. But for me, no one and no culture ever recognized when I became a woman. During my 20’s, with all their substantial bumps…

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#GivingTuesday #givingriceday

There are always so many thing to give on the holidays; gifts, time, food, money, patience. I find myself almost overwhelmed by the asks daily. And yet, here I am, about to the same. Of course I think it is different; it’s personal. I love these women. I love what they do. I love that…

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Ghana and back again!

How has it already been a month? I know I am not the first to marvel about the passage of time, how a month can feel simultaneously like a mere moment but also forever ago. I am grateful for the softness time lends to memories and feelings. This was my fifth trip to Ghana and…

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We’re back!

The RHC is back and ready for action! The entire team is now in the continental U.S. and we had our first meeting since the trip this past weekend. The Kekeli women are putting us to shame as they have met twice since our trip. They went straight to teaching their communities within the week…

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Thoughts from Ghana – Post #1

sooo ghana! it has been so many things thus far but overall amazing! to come back to this familiar place and knowing people has been great, also the weather is pretty good too! not as muggy and we can see the sky compared to last year during hamatahn where there was a layer of saharan…

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