So, at RHC we know that most baby showers celebrate a new expected child in someone’s life. Our idea of an RHC baby shower is slightly different. We are asking you to come join us for the first ever RHC Baby Shower Fundraiser and bring us your babies! While real life babies are more than welcome,…
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The Meetings Go On
Despite our silence from time to time on our RHC Blog, the work does go on. Recently, on March 14th, the Kekeli women came together for their first training of 2014. They discussed the importance of vaccination, pneumonia prevention, and blood pressure management. We are also welcoming a new Kekeli woman into our group. Replacing…
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Reducing Maternal Mortality through Home Based Life Saving Skills Course
Home Based Life Saving Skills (HBLSS) is an educational program that trains birth attendants, community health workers, and community members in specific actions aimed at reducing maternal and neonatal mortality. The program has been studied in several developing countries where it has been effectively disseminated and has been shown to increase actions to prevent hemorrhage…
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Silent Auction and Raffle Items – Beer for Bikes
Below you can read the (growing) list of items that will be up for auction and raffle this Saturday, October 5th at our fundraiser. Check back for updates during the week! Have something to donate? Email us at contact@rhcollaborative.org. Silent Auction Newport Beach house – 4 night stay + 2 one day tickets to Disneyland!…
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Kekeli Teaching
Kekeli ‘old’ and Kekeli ‘new’ met on May 24th for some continuing education and encouragement. They met together under the mango tree near the Sefe Clinic. Below are some photos of their meeting, along with photos from the community education session led by Comfort, who taught to over 3,000 community members. Notice the drumming group…
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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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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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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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August Kekeli Meeting Pictures
This past week 15 out of 20 Kekeli women met for their bi-monthly meeting. They learned about family planning methods and available access to various options. Check out the photos below which were taken at the meeting. More information is on its way about what the women have been working on in their villages. …
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