I have always loved learning about and immersing myself in different cultures, which has led me to join forces with locals on several different community development projects all around the world. My first trip was to Haiti while I was attending Point Loma Nazarene University with fellow RHC collaborators. My team worked with the local…
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Semi-annual Newsletter – June 2012
If you would like to read our semi-annual newsletter that came out this past month, please click here! We are really excited about several new programs that are in the works as well as the ongoing work of the Kekeli women in their villages throughout the Akatsi district. Thanks for your support these past 6…
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Welcome to the new RHC web-site!
Over the past several months we have been hard at work on a new web-site. To be more accurate, our partner Sergio Salgado of Furnace Creative has been doing the heavy lifting. We are pretty excited with what he has come up with! We believe our most important work is done by our partners in…
Read MoreHarvard School of Public Health: Global Chat, March 28
Olivia and I have been invited to give a presentation at Harvard School of Public Health to share with students about the Rural Health Collaborative. The presentation will take place next Wednesday, March 28th from 12:30-1:30pm in room G2 of the Kresge Building in Boston, Massachusetts. Our presentation will focus on the long-term development approach…
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2011 RHC Year End Newsletter
The end of 2011 marks our first year of programs at RHC and we are proud to report that the 20 Kekeli women who were trained in January continue to do great work! We have completed our end of the year newsletter which can be found at the below link. Click here to access our…
Read MoreBicycles and Goodbyes – Post #3
We have spent a good portion of our time in Ghana visiting each of the women in their 20 different villages. We were told this couldn’t be done in 2 weeks time, as many live in remote places, but alas, it has been completed! It was very important to us to follow up with the…
Read MoreVisiting Villages to Learn – Post #2
Steph, Jess, and I have continued with our busy schedules, bumping along the bush roads daily and enjoying new adventures. We have now visited 19/20 Kekeli women in their villages, a feat we are all quite impressed with. We had originally planned to visit at least half, but realized that the unvisited half would not…
Read MoreThoughts 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…
Read MoreQuick Update: The team has arrived
Olivia, Steph, and Jess arrived in Ghana about 48 hours ago and have already completed their first day of training with the Kekeli women. In a quick conversation I had with Olivia yesterday she said that 16 of the 20 women attended the meeting. They managed to outline a plan and a schedule for the…
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Beer for Bikes Fundraiser
Our second ever RHC fundraiser and first in San Diego will be hosted by Steph and Jess to promote the upcoming trip to Akatsi in December. We are raising funds to purchase bicycles for the Village Health Promoters to assist them in their work. It is also a time to share about the project and…
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