In the fall of 2018 we released our first ever RHC promo video, created by our friends and partners at Furnace Fps. The video was shot in August of 2017 during a trip where we were joined by filmmakers Sergio and Sarah Salgado. The video is titled “A Glimpse Into RHC Ghana: Healthy Moms, Healthy…
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Weeks 2 and 3, in photos
Our final weeks were filled with so much laughter, reconnection, new hurdles, old hurdles, new and old friends both Ghanian and from stateside. We thought it best shown rather than written about this time.
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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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Meet Georgina: RHC Director of Monitoring
Georgina is a woman of wisdom and great character. Born in Eastern Ghana, she has been living and working in the Akatsi District for over 30 years. She works for the environmental service, a branch of the Ghanaian government in Akatsi, and she is widely respected throughout the district for her work ethic and honesty.…
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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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A 3am Phone Call
I received a phone call from Africa at 3am this morning. It was our Director of Operations in Ghana, David Sefe. He called me during the latest Kekeli meeting because the women wanted to say hi and wish us happy holidays. Groggy, eyes half open, I spoke with Comfort and Esther about their villages and…
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Water.org: Tackling Death & Toilets
3.4 million people die from water related disease each year – equivalent to the size of the city of Los Angeles. Some of those people live in the district where we work. ———————– When we began our first Kekeli Village Health Promoter Program in January of 2011 we started the first day of class with…
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Tiyatien Health – A model that moves and inspires
I came across an organization today that inspired me. It’s called Tiyatien Health and it is based in Liberia. Formed in response to the death of 12 women suffering from AIDS in a rural village in Liberia, it has moved mountains to train local people to be health workers and bring care to those in…
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Why Rural Development?
When I first visited Akatsi in 2008 my vision was to start a clinic in the town center. I had always dreamed of starting a clinic in the developing world. The problem with forming a ‘vision’ before you’ve actually seen a place is that it isn’t much of a vision. After speaking with Ghanaians in…
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