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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…

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…

Give for Ghana Fundraiser – Join us Nov. 30th in Portland!

Come one, come all! We are having a fundraiser to support our projects that will be taking place in Akatsi, Ghana, in January 2013! The fundraiser will be in Northwest Portland, OR, at the Lucky Lab Beer Hall on November 30th. Drop by anytime between 6 and 10pm. 100% of the donations received will go…

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…

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…

Bicycles 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…