This morning, we are happy to announce our Beer for Bikes 2013 Annual Fundraiser! Our event will take place on October 5th at Base Camp Brewing Company in Portland, Oregon. We are raising money to buy bicycles for the new Community Health Promoters we trained in 2012. We are asking for your help! 1. Join us…
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While I am a little behind in this post, I wanted to share what the amazing Kekeli women did in the month of February. They held 17 presentations throughout February where they taught on topics like: blood pressure, nutrition, hygiene and sanitation, family planning practices, malaria, cholera, diarrhea, dehydration, HIV / AIDS, preparation of local…
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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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Akatsi District is Making Strides
I have been paying attention to the water and sanitation space in the Akatsi District over the past couple of years – ever since the women we work with told us they wanted toilets in their communities. Recently, there has been some pretty cool developments I wanted to briefly share. A group called Water Services…
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Beach Excursion
On Saturday January 19th, the Original and New Kekeli groups met for the first time. They piled into a school bus we rented from the Ghana Education Service and headed west to PramPram Beach for a day of socializing and checking out the ocean. Although the excursion was out of the ordinary for normal Kekeli…
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Ghana 2013: One week down, much more to come
Thursday concluded our first week with the Original Kekeli women, as we are coming to call them in order to distinguish from the new group that will begin training Monday. As always it has been wonderful to return and be greeted warmly by the women whom are our friends. We tried out for the first time our Leadership Curriculum,…
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After much hard work, dedication and preparation the RHC group has finally made it to Akatsi. Flying in from various cities and states we all met in Accra on Friday night. Between long days of traveling, minimal sleeping, foreign food, and losing some baggage we are excited to get these 3 weeks started! Our first few days were spent…
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The Training Begins – #ghanastyle
2 days ago the RHC team landed in Accra and made the 2 hour journey to the Akatsi District where we work. They are spending their first weekend getting acclimated to the time zone, the temperature, and solidifying the schedule for the 3 weeks they’ll be there. Here’s the general outline for their trip: Tuesday…
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Back to Ghana Next Week!
It is New Year’s Day, which means in less than 10 days we are embarking on our return to Ghana. Much unlike the first time I traveled to Africa, I feel quite relaxed about heading halfway across the world. This is because in many ways, Ghana is like a second home. For example, as I…
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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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