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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…

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…

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,…

Ghana Time!

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…

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…

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…

100% Donation Matching Through End of 2012!

Thanks to an anonymous donor, all on-line donations through the end of 2012 will be matched 100% up to a total of $1000! That means with the current 2:1 exchange rate in Ghana, your dollar will be multiplied to four Ghanaian dollars. See below to get a sense of what your dollars will do: $5…

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…

Portland Fundraiser- Great Success! Get ready for the SD fundraiser!

On Friday, November 30th, the Rural Health Collaborative hosted our second annual Portland fundraiser and it was a great success! We would like to thank everyone who took the time to be a part of it. Over 50 people were in attendance and in high spirits. The biggest prizes included a home-cooked Puerto-Rican dinner for 6…

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…